Panic attacks can deprive a person of his freedom and make him virtually a prisoner of his fears. It is one of the most striking examples of how much power the brain holds over the rest of the body as manifested in every part of the body, from the heart to the stomach and limbs. The symptoms include: rapid heartbeat, sweating, feeling of suffocation, numbness, trembling, nausea, chest pain, dizziness or fainting, fear of going crazy and fear of death. The symptoms of the attacks often mimic other serious life threatening diseases.

It’s very important to differentiate panic attacks from other diseases such as cardiac arrhythmias, myocardial infarction, epilepsy, stroke, and hyperthyroidism. A clinical examination will allow the correct diagnosis.

According to the statistics about 2% of adults suffer from this condition and women are twice as likely to have this disorder compared to men.

The problem typically starts in adolescence. More than 50% of patients had their first anxiety attack before the age of 24. Sometimes the attacks appear suddenly without any apparent cause and sometimes they are triggered under specific conditions (when a person visit a certain place).

Studies suggest that this disorder often coexists with other disorders, especially depression and substance abuse. About 30% of people who suffer from panic attacks drink too much alcohol and 17% take drugs, like cocaine and marijuana. The use of these substances seems to be an attempt to reduce the discomfort caused by this disorder.

Although the exact causes of the condition remain largely unknown, heredity and stressful life events may play an important role. When a person is experiencing acute stress or worry about a change in his life (like a divorce or the death of a loved one), an anxiety attack could be triggered. Sometimes the family environment is to blame.

A person that was raised into an overly protective family will find it difficult to survive outside the environment they are familiar with.

How to cure this condition?

Unfortunately, there is no magic pill. The drugs probably will not solve your problem. Many times doctors prescribe some kind of antidepressants, but the disadvantage is that initially the patients gets worse because some properties of the antidepressants cause panic attacks in the first week, instead of actually curing them.

The “magic pill” is within you, you just don’t know where to find it.

You need to gain control over your mind and start monitoring your own thoughts.

There is a very simple method that can help you eliminate anxiety without taking any drugs.

When looking for help for panic attacks it’s not always easy knowing as there are many different reasons that can contribute to the condition. Modern living and a hectic overworked lifestyle can cause our mind and nervous system to become so over stimulated that a panic attack is the result.

This over stimulation causes an imbalance of our brain and nervous system and it is this balance that must be restored to allow us to regain control of our lives and help panic attacks to become a thing of the past.

If stress is the cause of our problem how do we overcome it? Most of us are not in a position to up sticks and leave our family, quit our job or get away from whatever situation is causing us to experience these panic attacks.

We have to restore a balance so we need to teach ourselves how to confront the anxiety that is troubling us and learn to keep it under control and we can program our minds how to do just that.

We obviously need to reduce or eliminate the stress that is the root of our dilemma; this could mean making some basic changes to our lifestyle. A change of diet could help and making sure that we get a good nights sleep, regular bed times and a better daily routine can help us to achieve a general feeling of wellbeing which will in turn reduce stress.  

By bringing some order into our lives you can overcome your panic attack problem. There many ways to reduce stress and so help people to learn how to cope with their anxieties. They do not need to involve prescription drugs and once the right course of action is found the benefits are immediate and will help panic attacks to be out of our lives for good.

We have seen people grumbling over small things without reason; we have come across people who have a fear or a phobia over something. Their behavior becomes noticeable and we can easily predict the fact that they are suffering from panic or anxiety attacks. Anxiety attacks are nothing but a common disorder in the minds of people. Anxiety itself means uneasiness; any factors causing uneasiness in the body give rise to symptoms of anxiety attacks. For e.g. you suddenly get nervous, you start feeling depressed over small things, you get a feeling of falling down from a place again and again. These all facts result into uneasiness.

The anxiety attacks usually happen because of having an unhealthy mind and unhealthy diet. It happens to people who make hard situations more complicated and think negatively. Apart from this it happens due to negative thinking attitude because negative thoughts obstruct your mind and body to such an extend that they cause uneasiness and disturbance within you, leaving you with an unhealthy mind.

Sometimes you may feel lonely, sad and left out alone. These thoughts lead you towards depression and cause anxiety within you. Stress is the main and basic reason for any disorders taking place with the body and mind. Almost all the people are under the misconceptions that only medical treatments can solve the problems occurring with your body, I don’t deny the fact, but I don’t agree with it completely, because anxiety disorders are something that can be cured with natural methods and at home too. Medical treatments are also important but they should be kept as a last option for treatment.

However, everybody cannot afford to spend high on the medical treatments so why not look out for some good and natural home based methods.

• First of all, learn to convert your mind into positive thoughts, whenever you start feeling uneasy engage your mind into other activities like cooking, listening to music, go out for a walk, etc. These things will definitely give you a feeling of relaxation and calm your mind.
• Yoga and meditations usually tend to give your mind and body a feeling of confidence; it soothes your thinking capacity and gives you a positive attitude and thoughts.
• Lie down and close your eyes take five deep breaths and think about all the happy thoughts and happy things that you have come across throughout the day.
• Get along with friends and family and get involved in what topic they are discussing, discuss your problems with them and I am sure they would prove to become your strength. You get a feeling of having someone with you to share your problems and the feeling of left out alone will not rise.

Many people face this problem but fail to undertake effective steps, so the above ideas will surly prove effective to you. are some steps that will surely prove to be an advantage for you.