Overcoming and Dealing With Panic Attacks
For a very long time I was one of many people that suffered from panic and anxiety attacks.
These attacks were often, and anyone who has experienced the symptoms of these attacks can understand how traumatic they can be.
Fortunately for me I was on medication which didn't eliminate symptoms permanently, but helped suppress the worst parts of my panic and anxiety attacks.
I must point out that the medication helped a lot with my anxiety attacks, but the effect on my panic attacks was not so obvious.
This is not to say they didn't help in that area, but, the drugs prescribed for my panic attack symptoms often left me feeling drugged up and dozy.
Yes it was great my panic attack symptoms were reduced significantly, but those friends and family around me started to take note that the side effects to the medication left me unsociable and lifeless.
You must remember this medication wasn't given to me to cure my panic attacks, but instead advised for use to calm my panic attacks down to a manageable level.
I believe that until there is a cure to prevent panic attacks happening in the first place, there will always be a need for medication, and as anyone one will tell you your dependency for drugs increases the more you use them.
After 3 years I finally came to my own conclusion that I needed to face this problem full on, and determine what was causing me mentally to have these panic attacks.
I realised that If I could take control of my life as well as my well being I could take small steps in preventing these attacks from occurring in the first place thus eliminating medication that left me like a walking zombie.
By realising over time how to practice living life in a calm manner as well as always remember that I am in control of my life, I had taken small steps which would eventually over time lead to the elimination of these panic attacks.
On that note I would like to leave you with one sentence that summarises this article as a whole.
Always remember it's always better to combat the problem from the root before it grows bigger, medication only trims the top half of the plant allowing it to grow back.
Aim for the roots.
These attacks were often, and anyone who has experienced the symptoms of these attacks can understand how traumatic they can be.
Fortunately for me I was on medication which didn't eliminate symptoms permanently, but helped suppress the worst parts of my panic and anxiety attacks.
I must point out that the medication helped a lot with my anxiety attacks, but the effect on my panic attacks was not so obvious.
This is not to say they didn't help in that area, but, the drugs prescribed for my panic attack symptoms often left me feeling drugged up and dozy.
Yes it was great my panic attack symptoms were reduced significantly, but those friends and family around me started to take note that the side effects to the medication left me unsociable and lifeless.
You must remember this medication wasn't given to me to cure my panic attacks, but instead advised for use to calm my panic attacks down to a manageable level.
I believe that until there is a cure to prevent panic attacks happening in the first place, there will always be a need for medication, and as anyone one will tell you your dependency for drugs increases the more you use them.
After 3 years I finally came to my own conclusion that I needed to face this problem full on, and determine what was causing me mentally to have these panic attacks.
I realised that If I could take control of my life as well as my well being I could take small steps in preventing these attacks from occurring in the first place thus eliminating medication that left me like a walking zombie.
By realising over time how to practice living life in a calm manner as well as always remember that I am in control of my life, I had taken small steps which would eventually over time lead to the elimination of these panic attacks.
On that note I would like to leave you with one sentence that summarises this article as a whole.
Always remember it's always better to combat the problem from the root before it grows bigger, medication only trims the top half of the plant allowing it to grow back.
Aim for the roots.
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