Anxiety and panic attacks are becoming more common now a days than it was, even before a couple of years. The phenomena may be owed to the increasing pressure but actually there is no explained reason for anxiety and panic attacks. These attacks may not have visited you already. But there is no assurance that it wont in the coming years. So it is always better to know in detail about these attacks and the way outs.

What are panic attacks?

Panic and anxiety attacks are different from panic and anxiety themselves. You can understand the severity by the word ‘attack’. But you must know that these attacks are not fatal, neither very dangerous too. But the danger lies in the fact that after one attack you may develop a fear psychology and that unexplained fear might grip you for the rest of the life. If you suddenly have a panic attack in an elevator, you will avoid elevators for the rest of your life.

Effects of panic attacks

Panic and anxiety attacks are feared only because of their effects. They result in lifetime fear, panic, depression leading to substance abuses.

Symptoms

There are a number of symptoms. The symptoms may not match in all the cases. But mostly the common symptoms include

• Increased rate of heart beat
• Paralyzing terror
• Nausea
• Discomfort in breathing
• Sudden chills or hot flushes

Treatment of the panic attacks

It is very important to treat the panic and anxiety attacks without any delay. But the most important factor is to diagnose that you are a victim of panic and anxiety attacks. Getting anxious over some thing or getting panicked by some occurrences is not equal to panic attacks. You must understand the symptoms of the panic or anxiety attacks.

There are a number of ways in which you can actually achieve complete recovery from this ailment. Apart from medicines there are various treatments which promise to come up with the absolute cure. There are private practitioners too who treat panic and anxiety disorders through meditation and breathing exercises.

But selecting the proper kind of treatment may turn out to be a daunting task. There are a number of points that you must keep in mind before taking professional help

• Do you want to undergo a long process or you want immediate result?
• Are you sensitive to any kind of medicine?
• How experienced is the practitioner?

Consider these facts before thinking of taking professional help to heal panic and anxiety disorder.