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Medical Treatment to Stop Panic Attacks |
By Michael Borden
 After initially experiencing a severe panic attack, the first thing people typically do is seek medical advice, and that can be good and bad, for this simple reason.
Doctors are trained to treat physical symptoms, and to treat discomfort they typically prescribe prescription drugs, and the drugs used to relieve panic attacks can be very habit forming.
Additionally, most medications only cover up the symptoms, they do not treat the underlying emotional fear of the panic attacks. And if you think panic attacks are a struggle to live with, they are nothing compared to trying to break an addiction to potentially dangerous drugs. Your panic attack will seem like a walk in the park compared to breaking an addiction.
With that in mind, let's explore some of the tests and advice physicians typically bring to the exam room so to speak.
There are medications that could temporarily help you.
If you schedule an exam with your doctor after experiencing a panic attack, odds are they will place you on prescription drugs as a treatment for
the panic attacks.
Someone who is having a heart stopping panic attack is often thought to be having what is commonly known as a nervous breakdown'
A doctor will often prescribe medication as well as perhaps counsel you to obtain therapeutic care.
Your physician will also most likely advise you to stop harmful activities such as smoking or partaking of alcohol, to diet properly and increase physical activity.
These may be helpful when you are seeking to prevent or control panic attacks.
When you see the doctor the first time, it is highly likely that he or she will prescribe an anti-panic attack medication. Most prescription drugs used to treat panic attacks are labeled benzodiazepines.
They work to alleviate your fears and will take the edge off of your panic attacks. The problem with these medications is that they are highly addictive and can cause even greater panic attacks when you are trying to control your use of them.
Some of the most commonly prescribed drugs for panic attacks include Xanax, Klonopin and Ativan. The important thing to remember when taking drugs like Xanax is that they are not only habit forming, but they build up a tolerance in your system. This means that you gradually require more medication to achieve the same effect.
While these drugs can effectively relieve the symptoms, they should only be taken as needed - that is, when you are experiencing an actual panic attack. Xanax and other medications work to calm the symptoms that you experience from your panic attacks, but they do not cure the underlying cause.
In order to treat panic attacks properly, and prevent panic attacks, you have to get to the underlying trauma for the panic attacks themselves.
One must remember that panic attacks are caused by two things - a fear of the unknown and a loss of control. That's it in a nutshell, and drugs, while they can have a temporary calming effect, do not address the primary causes.
Thus, speaking from my personal experience, the primary objective from the doctor's viewpoint will be to control the panic attacks with powerful drugs that do nothing more than provide a very short term relief to the discomfort you feel.
Drugs do nothing to treat the cause or help you cure panic attacks themselves, but just mask the condition.
Is that what you desire?
Here is what you must remember. Even with medications, you will still experience episodes of panic or panic attacks. In my opinion, physicians are not the best equipped to treat panic attacks and one should look elsewhere for more permanent results than that offered by prescription drugs.
Are you suffering panic attacks? If so, I can empathize with you but I can also tell you there is help for you. If you wish to learn more about panic attacks, visit my blog:
Stop Panic Attacks.
There you can find a free report describing exactly what I did to end panic attacks and take control of my life again.
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