Anxiety panic attack sufferers tend to resort to some kind of medications when this disorder becomes a lifelong occurrence. Though these medications are quite helpful, the sufferers start to abuse them once a quick solution is not achieved. A high majority of anxiety attack suffers simply cannot carry out their daily chores without the aid of these medications.

Physicians who prescribe these anxiety medicines strictly advise against prolonged use. Usually the recommended advice is to gradually decrease the medication intake and try to manage the anxiety attacks yourself. This advice, however, is not adhered to and prolonged dependence on anxiety drugs can cause more harm than good in the future.

Getting rid of anxiety attacks without the use of prescribed drugs is a real possibility. This article outlines some natural practices that will make you throw away those medications and eliminate your anxiety attacks naturally. One important point to note is that natural cures will definitely take more time to work than prescribed drugs, however, offer several health benefits that can never be achieved through medications.

Some natural methods to completely cure your anxiety attacks are:

Drinking plenty of water

Properly hydrating the body will allow nutrients to freely flow inside the human body and transfer these nutrients to the vital organs. Establish a good drinking habit; for example, make a point to finish eight to ten glasses of water every day. In fact, deficiency of water can send out signals that resemble anxiety and panic attacks, so keeping yourself hydrated is the first step towards natural anxiety cure.

Healthy diet

A balanced diet consisting of lots of fruits and vegetables will build resistance to all kinds of diseases and viruses, including stress, anxiety and panic. Avoid caffeine, salt of any food that cases acidic buildup in your body. Instead, take in plenty of alkaline food, such as, green vegetables, fruits and dairy products.

Exercise and rest

Taking plenty of exercise in open fresh air can help in proper oxygen intake. Exercise can also strengthen the body and make it immune to stress and anxiety. Taking compulsory rest breaks will help revitalize the body and mind. A rejuvenated state of mind can stop anxiety and panic attacks in their tracks.

How To Prevent Panic Attacks | A Modern Condition | Understanding The True Cause

Modern Stresses

Panic and anxiety attacks can be considered a modern epidemic because our modern lifestyles are causing them. Things like a nutrient empty diet, absolute sedentary lifestyle, isolation, and over work greatly influence this condition.

All of these things can combine to form what we know as panic attacks. These conditions are extremely difficult and debilitating and can last for many years. Although it doesn’t have to be that way at all.

Having lived with the condition and come through it with a full recovery I can say this: not having panic attacks is one of the greatest things that I’ve ever done for myself. I thank God every day.

As many of you realize, when we live with panic attacks we’re miserable, it’s like living in the prison of our own bodies. It feels like there’s no possible escape. But, when we break free all that changes.

We actually become even better than before. Yes, we begin to enjoy the things we used to do before and that’s great but we also begin to take on new challenges. Things which seemed difficult all of sudden don’t seem so hard.

True Cause

“While it’s true that environmental influences are a part of panic attacks, in every case it’s a defective nervous system which is to blame. A nervous system which has become hyper sensitive no longer allows us to respond with the proper amount of fear, instead we become way overly fearful in harmless situations.”

Knowing that this is the one true cause of panic and anxiety attacks gives us the power to change our situation. We now know how to directly influence our nerves positively instead of negatively, and the healing can begin.

How To Prevent Panic Attacks | A Natural Treatment Plan

Ease Stress

We must rebuild a calmer nervous system directly. Things such as massage (self or professional), hot/cold alternating showers, deep breathing exercises, progressive relaxation, and deep sleep cycle all help incredibly. Deep sleep is critical, take 5 HTP and valerian to go down deeply and go to bed at the same time each night in a completely dark and quiet room.

Work With The Diet

Diet has immediate long lasting effects on the nerves. The most important points to remember are eating enough protein for neurotransmitter development and getting enough alkaline minerals for healing. So eat 0.5 to 1.0 grams of protein per pound of body weight each day and eat 8 - 10 servings of fruits and green vegetables too.

Minimize Isolation

Panic attacks thrive on isolation. Be social, cheer others up, volunteer, stay active. Also, share your condition with a trusted friend for emotional support - this offers the same result as a 100 dollar an hour therapist.

Move The Body

Nothing burns out panic attacks from the body like repetitive motion exercise. Walking, jogging, swimming, biking, and even gardening are excellent. Make sure you stay with it about 3 -5 times a week. Follow these steps and you’re on your way to a totally panic free life.

Panic attacks can be terrifying events and if you’ve had one you know you don’t want another. The sad fact though, is you are likely to experience it again until you learn how to stop a panic attack and lose your fear of having one.

By now you probably already know that panic attacks are cause by the release of adrenalin into your body as a response to a message from your brain declaring an immediate danger. Of course the danger isn’t real but your brain has done a convincing sales job and the adrenal glands are pumping out adrenalin to get extra blood to your brain and large muscle groups.

In order to stop the panic attack you have to interrupt the emergency message your brain is sending and tell the body something else all together. Here’s a few tips that can help you get through the next one.

First understand what it is and accept it. When the symptoms start showing up know that it is a panic attack and you are not really in danger. Also know that most attacks last 3 minutes and the worse case scenario is you just ride it out. Nobody has ever died from a panic attack.

When the adrenalin starts to pump, your heart is going to start beating faster and your lungs will try to keep up with an oxygen supply by causing you to breath rapidly. You want to get that breathing in control. This is the first way to tell the brain you are in charge and that there is no need to go into the fight or flight response.

Take deep cleansing breaths. In through the nose and exhale through the mouth. Do this in a conscious manner to overcome the body’s desire for rapid breath.

In your mind just yell STOP as loud as you can. Scream it out two or three times to interrupt the brain’s focus on the attack.

Then you have a couple of options to distract the brain.

You can start thinking and being logical with the brain explaining that this is just a panic attack and no you’re not having a heart attack, or no the roof of the mall isn’t going to collapse or whatever logical message you need. Try to flood the brain with affirmative thoughts.

If your breathing is nearly normal you can try another technique to trick the brain back into the harmless present rather than focusing on the panic driven future.

You can do these exercises in your head although they tend to be more effective if spoken out loud. The first technique is the “What Is This” game. In this technique you look at an item close by and ask “what is this ” and then answer what it is.

For example if you were sitting in your car you would look at the steering wheel and ask “what is this ” and then respond “it’s a steering wheel.” Then move on to another item and repeat the process. What you are doing is demanding that the brain respond to an immediate question. You are blocking out the message that panic is sending and replacing it with a demand for immediate data. When the panic message is blocked there is no need for the body to pump adrenalin and you’ll feel the tenseness drain from your body.

A second technique that works for some is simply to count it down. You know that most attacks end after 180 seconds (3 minutes). You make the statement, again out loud if you can, that this attack will end in 180, 179, 178, 177…down to zero. Both the statement and the requirement to do subtraction will divert the brain to the present.

When you get to the point that you know you can handle a panic attack, you will probably not have another and your bigger fear, the one that’s controlling your life, the fear of having a panic attack rather than dealing with the attack, will disappear.