Panic Attacks – Can They Be Stopped Without Taking Drugs?
Panic attacks and/or anxiety attacks, as there’s not much difference, can hit you at any time. They will strike you totally out of the blue. If you are a sufferer I’m sure you would give anything to stop them dead. Your wish could be granted.
Hit Like A Train
My wife was hit with a very severe panic attack while she was driving the 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.
After the lecture that it’s all in her head we eventually got prescribed beta blockers. I’m using the term “we” here as I felt as much part of it as my wife did. The drugs would slow her heart rate and stop the onset of the attacks, fingers crossed.
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 result was a panic attack but with a calm heart rate. She said this was worse than before. Full blown panic yet her heart never even got into second gear.
Say No To Drugs
We trashed the beta blockers as soon as we got safely home. My wife never drove, not once, in the next 9 months. My wife had mixed emotions because while not driving she was panic attack free, she could not bring herself to drive.
We couldn’t let this situation go on. Her not being able to drive for fear of having an attack at the wheel. I did some in depth research on the web and we came across various techniques to try. Which we did with varying results. None of them worked properly, at least not for us.
We Tried ‘Em All
We then happened across yet another “method” to supposedly stop them. We thought we may as well give it a go. We knew any success wasn’t down to drugs as she wasn’t taking them anymore. Fingers crossed it was looking good. The first attempt at driving and she got the overwhelming senses of an attack coming. She put the system into gear and managed to come out unscathed. So far so good.
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. She knew she had managed to lessen its effects herself. And this was a big confidence booster. She now felt the power within herself to stop the next attack dead. She didn’t quite manage this.
Bit By Bit
Although not stopping it fully, she did low the intensity again. Every time she had an attack she had the ability to lower the force of it. It wasn’t too long (weeks) before she felt confident enough to see an attack coming and to halt it from going any further.
If panic attacks are the bane of your life you can either do nothing, or see your doctor and try some form of medication. Which may or may not work? Good luck.
Or you can take the matter into your own hands and stop these panic attacks without drugs; the answer is here at this website…