Anxiety Disorder Panic Attack - What It Is And How You Can Deal With It?

Anxiety disorder panic attack is a condition characterized by long lasting and severe anxious feelings that interfere with one's daily life. Anxiety is a feeling that causes a lot of unease. All of us get anxious when we face a stressful or difficult situation, such as right before an interview or exam, or difficult times such as illness. Anxiety is the normal reaction of a person on coming face to face with a dangerous or difficult situation. In fact, mild anxiety is considered to have a positive impact on the situation.

However, a large number of people around the world suffer from intense anxiety that interfered with their normal lives. Extreme anxiety is often regarded as a form of mental health disorder, just like depression. Severe, long lasting and anxiety interfering with day to day activities is considered to be a mental health disorder.

Symptoms

On getting an anxiety attack, a person experiences a wide range of physical symptoms, mainly due to the release of adrenaline - the stress hormone. These symptoms include:

TremblingDifficulty swallowingDizzinessShortness of breathPain or tightness in chestDry mouthDiarrheaDiscomfort in the abdomen

Dealing with Anxiety Disorder Panic Attack

It is possible to avoid as well as get rid of the symptoms of anxiety attack by using self-help techniques such as exercise and relaxation techniques. You can also get advice and support from other people suffering from the same problem by joining patient groups and charities in your area. Besides these, there are other techniques of treating the problem as well such as:

Counseling

Talk to a counselor to help you focus on things you want to achieve and the way to achieve them. It has been proved that counseling can be quite effective in curing many forms of anxiety disorder such as panic attacks, GAD, and social phobia.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT is psychotherapy, or talking therapy, that is based on the belief that negative thinking gives way to negative reactions. It is carried out by trained therapists and involves finding out the reason behind your thinking and exposing you to situations that give rise to anxiety so that your behavior in the situation can be altered.

Medicines

Doctors often prescribe medications such as benzodiazepine, buspirone, anti-depressants and beta-blockers to relieve the symptoms.

Besides these treatments, relaxation is known to be quite effective against anxiety disorder panic attack. Discuss with your doctor regarding the right form of relaxation training for you from amongst Tai Chi, Yoga or other helpful exercises.

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