| If you have ever been a victim of anxiety panic attack | | | | dying or losing your mind, many people run to the |
| symptoms, you know you would do almost anything to | | | | doctor for relief from this experience. While the |
| make sure this frightening event never happens again. | | | | prescribed medication does in fact bring some relief, it |
| These symptoms may have led you on a desperate | | | | does not help with the underlying fear causing the |
| search for something to prevent future attacks--and | | | | experience. |
| on this search you may have found that there are lots | | | | Many people are so thankful by this relief that they |
| and lots of options. You probably also realized that | | | | forget to think about the long term. They don't realize |
| choosing one can be difficult. | | | | that medication will only decrease the frequency of |
| There are two opposing schools of thought regarding | | | | attacks. They don't think about the fact that the panic |
| anxiety attack panic treatment: one is tied to doctors | | | | is still waiting in the wings, just showing up less often. |
| and traditional medicines, while the other is for natural | | | | Sufferers who choose medication are treating the |
| cures for panic attacks. There are some who choose | | | | symptoms, not the driving force of this experience, and |
| to use either, or both, and there are those stridently set | | | | without addressing the causes, there are no long term |
| on both sides of this debate. | | | | solutions. |
| Many victims of this experience will choose only one | | | | Empowering Yourself |
| method and disregard all other options. Since I was | | | | One of the most positive reasons for using a natural |
| raised by a mother who gave us vitamins before we | | | | method is that individuals are empowered to control |
| could chew, I always lean toward the natural side of | | | | the panic attacks. With prescription medication, |
| health maintenance. I'm also a firm believer that | | | | although the number of attacks declines, there is still |
| knowledge is power, so I tend to research the issues | | | | the continual understanding that it is not 'if' it will happen |
| and options. When I looked into solutions for dealing | | | | again, but "when." If you have been lulled by the |
| with anxiety panic attack symptoms, I found that there | | | | thought that your pills are working, you are completely |
| are definite benefits and success through using natural | | | | unprepared when it does happen. |
| cures for panic attacks. | | | | You are much better prepared to face a panic attack |
| There have always been limits to medicine's ability to | | | | if you rely on a natural method to cope. Natural coping |
| 'cure' disease and there are several reasons to defeat | | | | techniques reduce the horror of experiencing an attack |
| panic attacks naturally: | | | | by giving you important tools to fight them. Over time, |
| Three Reasons for Choosing a Natural Cure | | | | the panic attacks will lose their edge and eventually |
| Treating Causes - Not Symptoms | | | | they will leave. |
| Many medicines are developed to treat only | | | | Lasting Results |
| symptoms, not causes, of an ailment. For example, | | | | Medication is only effective while you are on it. When |
| aspirin may bring relief from the symptoms of a | | | | you quit taking it you are no better off than before you |
| headache but it won't do a thing for the allergies, | | | | started the prescription. As we discussed earlier, |
| stress, or illness that may be causing them. | | | | medications only work on symptoms, but using natural |
| When the panic of an anxiety attack sets in, | | | | cures for panic attacks empowers you to eliminate the |
| accompanied by shortness of breath, palpitations, | | | | attacks completely and gives you skills to fight them |
| sweating hands, dizziness, shaking, and the fear of | | | | off for life. |