| With the amount of ozone damage that we are | | | | treatment available. |
| causing on a daily scale, it's perhaps no surprise that | | | | When a panic attack happens, the first and most |
| allergies are on the increase. The extra heat from the | | | | noticeable effect is that the sufferer's breathing |
| sun that shines through the depleted ozone layer has | | | | becomes extremely laboured. Since your body is |
| numerous side effects - more plants mean more | | | | fighting the alien bodies that are trying to force their |
| insects, which means more pollen, one of the key | | | | way into your system, it's a natural occurrence to |
| factors in many allergies. Dust mites are also more | | | | happen. If you can imagine yourself fighting many |
| common due to the increased warmth in households. | | | | different opponents at once, you can understand how |
| For allergy sufferers, this extra burden can have such | | | | your breathing would become heavier. Knowing that |
| an impact that the allergy itself can lead to a far more | | | | fact can help in the psychological battle against panic |
| serious panic attack. So how can you combat this | | | | attacks caused by allergies, as well as the obvious |
| potentially dangerous combination? | | | | physical one. |
| Obviously, the first thing that needs to be done is to | | | | It's not just the immediate effects of a panic attack |
| differentiate the causes of your panic attacks. Since | | | | that can cause problems - sufferers experience such |
| stress can be one factor, it would be relatively | | | | discomfort that they fear when the next attack is |
| immaterial trying to control that type of panic attack | | | | going to happen, and the result of this is yet more |
| with a treatment more suited to allergies. Therefore, | | | | panic attacks. Imagine waking up each day in the |
| make sure that it is an actual allergic reaction that is | | | | summer, fearing that you're not going to be able to |
| causing the panic attack in the first place. | | | | breathe, panicking that the pollen will cause an allergic |
| Since most allergies are a result of an alien source | | | | attack and bring on all the related side effects of that. |
| making contact with the sufferer through either skin or | | | | That's the kind of fear that sufferers of allergies and |
| breathing, it can be fairly simple to control the relevant | | | | resulting panic attacks have to deal with each day. |
| allergy and its effect on you. If it's a pollen allergy, for | | | | Thankfully, there are treatments available, some |
| instance, there are many sprays and inhalers that can | | | | pharmaceutical, others more intense and medically |
| help to stop the pores that cause the allergy from | | | | driven. Recently, much press has been given to the |
| infecting your body. The most common kind line your | | | | Linden Method, a course designed by a fellow sufferer |
| nose and act as a blocking agent, allowing clear air in | | | | and one that's meant to be extremely effective. At |
| and helping you breathe. Since pollen allergies, more | | | | least with these treatments and more, controlling an |
| commonly known as hay fever, is one of the most | | | | allergy inspired panic attack can be that little bit easier. |
| common allergies around, it has by far the most | | | | |