Panic Attacks – Can They Be Stopped Without Taking Drugs?
Panic attacks, which incidentally are much the same as anxiety attack, will come quickly, and with a vengeance. They hit you like lightening and probably do as much damage. If you are a helpless victim of panic attacks do you wish you could magic them away? Maybe you can
Hit Like A Train
My wife was driving when she was struck by her first panic attack. Clearly this could have had disastrous consequences. When we both got over the shock, and let me tell you I was as shocked as her. We went to visit our doctor.
The doctor gave us the usual garbage about it being all in her head, no real danger, blah blah blah. We then got prescribed some beta blockers. I’m using the term “we” here as I felt as much part of it as my wife did. 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 went for a drive and at the exact same location she felt an attack coming. The result was a panic attack but with a calm heart rate. She said it was the strangest feeling having a panic attack but at the same time feeling quite calm.
Say No To Drugs
The drugs went straight in the trash as soon as we got home. Me driving this time. My wife never drove, not once, in the next 9 months. She had mixed feelings about it because she didn’t suffer panic attacks when she wasn’t driving.
She was determined we couldn’t allow the situation to continue. Not driving wasn’t a long term option for her. I did some in depth research on the web and we came across various techniques to try. Which we did with varying results. We never found anything that really worked for long.
We’ll Try Anything Once
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.
When we talked after, she said she still had an attack but she managed to keep it at bay. Just knowing she had been able to lower the intensity was a huge boost in itself. 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.
Little By Little
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 you are a sufferer you can carry on as you are, or try drugs from your doctor. The former won’t help you and the latter may or may not help.
Or you can take the matter into your own hands and stop these panic attacks without drugs; the answer is here at this website…