Treatment for all types of panic and anxiety disorders tends to revolve around either psychological or medical treatment. One of these methods, or a combination of both, can be used to attempt to treat your panic and anxiety attacks. However it is increasingly true that people are favouring psychological based natural anxiety treatments as medication is often viewed as potentially hazardous for your health in the long term.
A lot of the focus with anxiety and panic disorder treatments is on reducing the severity and frequency of panic attacks. However, it has been my experience that your main aim should be on finding a treatment that eliminates anxiety from your life, and removes the fear of a panic attack. This was the most effective method for me, and believe me I tried lots of different methods.
Natural panic attack treatments involving psychological based treatment revolves around changing your thought and behavioural patterns. It is proven by the medical establishment to be the most effective and long term form of treatment, and far superior to medication based anxiety solutions such as anti depressants.
Cognitive behavioural therapy is an effective form of psychological treatment. It involves talking with a therapist about the way you react during a panic attack, and what your thoughts and feelings are whilst having a panic attack. The aim here is to work out exactly what your thought pattern is, identify what your negative thoughts are, and replace them with something more positive. The idea here is that by removing the negative thoughts that take place during a panic attack, you will be lessening the severity of them, and by doing this reducing your fear of panic attacks. This is in essence a part of what the one move technique is.
Support groups can also be beneficial, and I hope you find this blog a part of that – it would be great to build a small community around the issue of how to stop panic attacks. Perhaps a group of people talking about their experiences and what has worked for them will help everyone.
I am an advocate of natural panic attack treatments, as this worked really well for me, however many people also use medication, namely anti depressants. Although you may think they are only used to treat depression, they can also be used to treat general anxiety symptoms and prevent panic attacks. The major down side to these are the negative side effects they often produce, and the danger of dependence and addiction. I also feel that they are a temporary “band aid” type fix and not a long term solution.