HEALTH - PANIC ATTACK
Panic attacks are frightening but fortunately physically harmless episodes. They can occur at random or after a person is exposed to various events that may "trigger" a panic attack. People experiencing panic attacks may fear they are dying or that they are suffocating. They may have chest pain or believe that they are having other symptoms of a heart attack. They may voice fears that they are going crazy and seek to remove themselves from whatever situation they may be in. Some people may experience other associated physical symptoms. For example, they may begin breathing very rapidly and complain that they have palpitations, in that their hearts are jumping around in their chest. Then within about an hour, the symptoms fade away.
Panic attacks may be symptoms of an anxiety disorder and affect at least 20% of adult Americans, or about 60 million people. Other facts about panic include that about 3 million people in the United States will have full-blown panic disorder at some time in their lives, usually beginning between 15-19 years of age. Panic attacks occur suddenly and often unexpectedly, are unprovoked, and can be disabling. Panic disorder in adolescents tends to show similar symptoms as in adults. Teens tend to feel like they are not real, as if they are operating in a dreamlike state , or be frightened of going crazy or of dying.
Treatment
They usually last around 10 minutes, with the feelings of anxiety, slowly going away over the next few hours afterwards. Panic Attacks are very treatable and preventable. Understanding the reason they happen will help you treat them as they occur. This will help you reduce the intensity and eventually learn techniques that will help you prevent their occurrence altogether when you recognized the symptoms coming on. Generally, panic attack treatment comes under 3 different categories and can be a combination of the 2 or 3 of these categories. The first category is counseling and is usually treated using a form of psychotherapy called cognitive behavioral therapy or CBT.
This type of counseling focuses on learning the patterns associated with the triggers that result in your panic attack. You can then understand what situations and feelings occur that result in a panic attack. Using this information, you are able to learn the underlying reasons that are causing your attacks and then you are able to resolve the conditions that lead to panic attacks in the first place. The second category of panic attack treatment is around medications given to help control the panic attack. Medications reduce or resolve the physical symptoms of the attack.
While the physical symptoms regarding a panic attack are real, the reason for the panic attack is psychological, so while medication can help, it is not a long term solution to this problem. In fact, there are studies showing that people given placebo’s , are able to control their panic attacks because they think they are taking real medicine. Sometimes a counselor will use a combination of therapy and medication, if they think you need it.More details
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