Panic Attacks – Can They Be Stopped Without Taking Drugs?
Panic attacks, or anxiety attacks as they are usually one and the same, can strike you out of the blue. They will strike you totally out of the blue. If you have had one I’m sure you pray you don’t get another. Well your prayers could be about to come true.
Hit Like A Train
My wife had her very first (and most frightening) panic attack while she was out driving in our car. This could have been a disaster if she had crashed, or crashed into someone. After she, and me to be honest, got over the shock we did what everybody does. Went to see our doctor.
We got a standard lesson on the facts. Nothing to worry about, never in any real danger etc etc. Then we got a prescription for beta blockers. I say “we” because even though it was my wife having it, I was feeling like part of it all. If that makes any sense. Beta blockers work by slowing the heart. By doing this a panic attack shouldn’t build as the heart can’t race out of control.
We tentatively went out in the car again and sure enough at the same junction my wife started to feel an attack coming on. The upshot was, she had a full blown panic attack. Albeit without the racing heart rate. She said it was the strangest feeling having a panic attack but at the same time feeling quite calm.
Put The Drugs Where They Belong….In The Trash
The drugs went straight in the trash as soon as we got home. Me driving this time. My wife suffered for about nine months not being able to get behind the wheel. She had mixed feelings about it because she didn’t suffer panic attacks when she wasn’t driving.
We couldn’t let this situation go on. Her not being able to drive for fear of having an attack at the wheel. I constantly searched the internet for help and advice, and to be honest, hopefully a magic cure. Nothing really did the trick of stopping them completely.
We Tried Hundreds…And Then Some
The search continued until we happened on another so called “cure”. As we had tried everything we found so far we tried this also. Initial results were ok. We knew any success was because of the method and not the drugs, which she wasn’t taking. The first time she drove she felt an attacked looming. However she quickly put the method into practice and got through the attack ok.
In our debriefing session later she said that although there was a panic attack, it was no where near as bad as before because of the new system. This knowledge alone boosted her confidence no end. She was sure that next time she had an attack she had the tools to halt it in its tracks, although it didn’t work out as good as that.
Bit By Bit
Although not stopping it fully, she did low the intensity again. Each and every time she felt an attacking growing she decreased its effects. In less than a month she was able to know when an attack loomed. And more importantly stop it completely.
If panic attacks are the bane of your life you can either do nothing, or see your doctor and try some form of medication. Either way there’s a good chance you won’t get better any time soon.
Or you can take the matter into your own hands and stop these panic attacks without drugs; the answer is here at this website…