From: kali@powder.keg   
      
   In , Frank dawgface@ten.hut said:   
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   >"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 addictive, and symptoms, return when medication is withdrawn.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?   
      
   That isn't a panic attack. The distinct difference being that a   
   panic attack happens in spite of the lack of plausible danger.   
      
   Any more brilliant psychological science from you today, Frank?   
      
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   Kali   
      
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