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   From: dawgface@ten.hut   
      
   "lorena joyce"  wrote in message   
   news:fe826239-7504-42a9-942b-9c81dca22864@v26g2000prm.googlegroups.com...   
   >   
   > Having a panic attack is a terrifying experience. It usually starts   
   > with a sudden, inexplicable sense of fear, and then escalate, adding   
   > other symptoms along the way, such as feelings of choking or   
   > suffocation, chest pain, dizziness, lightheadedness, losing control,   
   > or that you're going crazy or having a heart attack. Prescription drug   
   > therapies are often used in treating anxiety disorders (anxiety   
   > attacks and panic attacks are the same thing), but many of them can be   
   > addictive, and symptoms, return when medication is withdrawn. There   
   > are, however, several natural anxiety disorder treatments that   
   > psychiatrists and psychologists use, sometimes in conjunction with   
   > drug therapy, sometimes not, that actually can successfully treat   
   > anxiety disorders.   
   > The most commonly known and widely used methods for controlling panic   
   > attack symptoms are: switching to a healthier diet, including   
   > eliminating caffeine, and deep breathing exercises. Caffeine is a   
   > stimulant that can make you edgy, irritable and anxious. Removing it   
   > from your diet, and eating more nutritious foods can make you feel   
   > better and give you more restful sleep. Breathing exercises are   
   > calming and help you avoid hyperventilation during panic attacks.   
   > These are good tools for controlling panic attacks, but treat the   
   > symptoms and not the disorder....   
   >   
      
   What good does this info do me when I'm in the middle of losing control   
   of my car, am in a 360 spinout heading into the opposite lanes and see a   
   huge Mac truck coming at me and I have a panic attack?   
      
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