From: dawgface@ten.hut   
      
   "Kali"  wrote in message   
   news:ftm07o$k03$2@blackhelicopter.databasix.com...   
   > In , Frank dawgface@ten.hut said:   
   >>   
   >>"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 addictive, and symptoms, return when medication is withdrawn.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.   
   >   
      
   My dear, who are you to define a panic attack? Do you have some narrow   
   sphere definition that excludes all other forms of panic attacks?   
      
   > Any more brilliant psychological science from you today, Frank?   
   >   
      
   ROTFLOL, you call that science? Where were the absolutes, and I'm not   
   speaking of Vodka.   
      
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