Help for Panic Attacks
Panic attacks are sudden and often random bouts of intense anxiety. By their very nature panic attacks seem to hold a level of unpredictability as they can come without warning. This unexpectedness leaves many to believe their only course of action is medication. Luckily there are effective alternative panic attack treatments available.
What are the Symptoms of a Panic Attack
The symptoms of panic attacks are typically short in duration, usually less than a 10 minute time frame, though they can last for hours. The person may feel like they are going crazy, that they are having a nervous breakdown or a heart attack. Those suffering from panic attacks are at times diagnosed with other anxiety disorders
Criteria for panic attacks
Panic attacks require four or more of the following symptoms to abruptly occur within a 10 minute time frame:
Palpitations, pounding heart, or accelerated heart rate
Sweating
Trembling or shaking
Sensations of shortness of breath or smothering
Sensations of choking
Chest pain or discomfort
Nausea or abdominal distress
Feeling dizzy, unsteady, lightheaded, or faint
Feeling detached from oneself or a feeling you are detaching from reality
Fear of losing control or going crazy
Fear of dying
Numbness or tingling sensations)
Chills or hot flashes
Rapid breathing
The medical community attributes the following as reasons contributing to panic attacks:
- Environmental or hereditary
- Biological, which includes numerous mental disorders, tape worms, and inner ear disturbances.
- Serious physical illnesses
- Tendency to be passive, shy or withdrawn
- Tendency to hold on to emotional events
- Intense fears or phobic triggers, negative self dialog and what if thinking
- Significant life changes or traumatic events, such as loss of a partner, abuse or major life transitions
- Substance abuse and substance withdrawal. This includes alcohol, depressants, stimulants, prescription medication, and caffeine
- Improper breathing
Panic Attacks cannot be attributed to a single cause
In the list above only the first few categories are outside personal control. The rest are changeable. Panic attacks by and large are subconscious reactions to unresolved issues, sensitivities or triggers.
Panic Attack Treatment
It’s the reason Designed Thinking has been able to help clients work through panic attacks and other anxiety related issues. Subconscious conflicts and unresolved issues creating emotional or mental stress can be changed. To find out more about our panic attack treatment, call our toll free number 866-718-9995 and see if Designed Thinking can help you overcome your panic attacks.
Having had an on and off relationship with panic attacks for many years. Isn’t hereditary causes one of the many reasons for panic attacks? Since they come out of nowhere, what else could they be? I know my mom used to have them.
Thanks for putting up the info.
When it comes to how the mind and body respond to each other, many assumptions are made and regardless of how scientific, reasonable guesses are still guesses. I don’t think I could give a satisfactory answer here, though I may post a blog about hereditary reasons for mental and emotional processes is often a flawed, yet plausible perspective.
I don’t want to change your mind here if you really believe in something. The real standard is finding a workable solution. If you have overcome your panic attacks, great, something you did helped your neurology change how it processed certain internal responses. If you still deal with panic attacks, try a different approach.