Have you ever been to the doctors with panic attacks and what treatment were you offered.?
Interested in answers from all. I went to the doctors and all he could offer was tablets, no counselling as there is no specific couselling available in UK to deal direct with Panic Attacks. Because of this, after just being made redundant I am going retrain to help people. Do you know that 1 in 10 of us will have them at some point in our lives. You can get private counselling but they tend to charge over £60.00 an hour.
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This is what happened with me, I was in my early 20’s and had BAD panic attacks. They would come over and over… I was clueless on what was going on and I was depressed also naturally. I took medication (zoloft) then they switched me to (lexapro) Which seemed to work. This is bad what I did but a year later I was feeling "normal" And I weened myself off. I started working out daily and when I felt the urge of panic I would tell myself it was ok stop freaking out over nothing. Its still hard to deal with to this day but I learned to deal with it and control my mind (sometimes!) Find someone you can talk to when you feel one coming on. My Father always helped me and now I have my husband that brings me back to earth. I don’t believe counseling will help just exercise, breath, relax and focus on the good and always remember… PANIC ATTACKS WON’T KILL YOU. Thats what I always told myself when I thought I was dieing!!! Its all about mind control.
I forgot to add.. I took me about 6 months to recover also. The fear was always in the back of my head. Both answers above me seem right on also. Change your diet is a must when your dealing with it. Its a scary and hard thing. Hang in there it gets better with help.
Learn to relax and control it yourself. Knowing you are in control is 99% of the battle. Self hypnosis is a good method of relaxation.
Most doctors don’t understand panic attacks. When my attacks were really bad it was because I had hypoglycemia. It took more than six months to recover during which I didn’t eat sugar or caffeine. That’s what helped.
Eat lean meat, beans, vegies and complex carbs and very little fruit and no sugar.
Also, try a natural doctor. They’re usually more open to panic attacks.
i will given 20mg of citapram and it totally helps! althou i am suffering from sleeping all the time.