Panic attacks are nasty conditions that are not only embarrassing, disconcerting, irritating, and scary but also sneaky because they can hit you right outta the blue when you least expect them! You most likely won’t realize it but these attacks are often caused by circumstances that occurred before the attack began. This may be due to the stressful day you had at work, thoughts revolving around your fear of keeping your job or the fact that you are unsure about how the bills will get paid. How it occurs is that you actually get home safely having a mind to rest and relax when next thing you know - wham! - you’re having a panic attack…

Although you may not be able, at the time, to identify the trigger - what caused the attack, later you may be able to actually trace it to the hectic day you had at work or any of the above-mentioned possibilities. Anyhow, you must work hard at being able to determine what your triggers are so that you can be best prepared to meet the panic attack half way when next it occurs.

What you need to do, before an attack, is to determine the things that help you relax. You are going to need this information to help your body and/or mind calm down during an attack. Also, this is different for different folk - what calms me may not calm you. For you it may be listening to a cool jazz tune (you know, those blue notes) or taking a long soak in the tub with that special bubble bath, and so on…once you feel a panic attack coming on, doing any of these should prevent it from occurring. Nevertheless this doesn’t work in all cases.

In the event that the above does not work for you, you could attempt using the deep breathing technique. This technique does not require the help of anyone else and is one of the most dependable methods for calming the body down. Practicing this technique before the onset of a panic attack is the key to its effectiveness. To achieve this, you want to ensure that you practice the deep breathing techniques several times during the week. Just remember that you will fail at it unless you have prepared yourself before hand to succeed by practicing; panic attacks occur suddenly - practice makes perfect eh?

The deep breathing technique consists of taking deep breaths through your nose, holding it within your body for a few second (mostly no more than 5 secs), and then slowly releasing your breath through your mouth while counting down from 1 - 5. What this does is that it allows extra oxygen to go into your body through your blood stream through the expansion of your lungs. The counting ensures that your mind goes off the attacking panic by focusing it on something else - the numbers. All of this helps you better calm your nerves by getting your mind off of the panic attack.

Most panic attack sufferers or ex-sufferers like me will tell you that panic attacks aren’t fun to experience and the best way to prepare yourself for an attack is to do so before hand by knowing what you can automatically do to relieve it. These panic attack remedies may seem silly to those who do not understand how nasty this condition can be, but to you who does, they can be life-saving most of the time.

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