| Learning about your anxiety disorder will make it much | | | | that contain stimulants such as diet pills and no drowsy |
| easier to live with the physical symptoms of anxiety | | | | cold medications |
| and stress that are causing you many issues in your | | | | 3. Relaxation techniques, such as yoga, progressive |
| day to day life. Knowing all that you can know about | | | | muscle relaxation, and mediation can work wonders in |
| panic attacks, anxiety, and fight or flight response will | | | | having the opposite reaction to anxiety, therefore |
| help you understand what is happening to your body | | | | relieving many of the physical symptoms of anxiety |
| when you have an anxiety attack. These are all | | | | and stress. |
| normal feelings for anxiety attacks, you are not losing | | | | 4. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the |
| your mind or control, nor are you going crazy. The | | | | behaviors and thinking patterns that are triggering your |
| following things are some that can help you to cope | | | | panic attacks, the things that set your fears off. By |
| with panic attacks: | | | | facing these fears and thinking Clearly about what is |
| | | | the worst thing that could happen if this fear were to |
| 1. Control your breathing, when you hyperventilate you | | | | come true, you can rationally see that nothing that |
| can set off an entire chain of sensations that take | | | | terrifying is going to happen, then the anxiety attack |
| place during an anxiety attack, such as dizziness, light | | | | seem to be less severe |
| headiness, and tightness of the chest. By practicing | | | | 5. Medication, in the most severe cases there are |
| deep breathing and controlling your breathing you avoid | | | | medications that can be used to help people with panic |
| or relieve these symptoms. This is a wonderful coping | | | | attacks cope, it is usually used in conjunction with other |
| skill that you can use to calm yourself down when you | | | | therapies and works best when the source of the |
| start to feel anxious, before you are in a full blown | | | | anxiety attack has been identified. There are 2 main |
| panic attack. | | | | types of medications used, antidepressants and |
| 2. Avoid smoking and caffeine; they can both provoke | | | | anti-anxiety drugs. Of the two drug types, the |
| a panic attack in people who are prone to panic | | | | anti-depressants sometimes take over a month to |
| attacks. It is smart to avoid cigars, cigarettes, tea, | | | | start to work, where the anti-anxiety medications work |
| coffee, chocolate, energy drinks and other caffeinated | | | | within an hour. |
| beverages, It is also a wise idea to avoid medications | | | | |