Panic Attacks

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Curable

...Panic Attacks Panic attacks are at the extreme end of the anxiety spectrum, some of the symptoms of a Panic Attack are • Heart Palpitations • Sweating • Trembling And Shaking • Minding Blanking Out • Shortness Of Breath • Chest Pains Or Discomfort • Fear Of Going Crazy • Chills Or Hot Flushes • Derealisation Or Depersonalization What causes a Panic attack? You do, simple. Panic Attacks are caused by two forms of Anxiety. External Anxiety & Internal Anxiety External anxiety is something that is real such as say for instance you where in a Bank and a robber came in and held the bank up, you'd feel anxious right?? Then what happens is you add Internal Anxiety to the External Anxiety, Internal Anxiety is when you become overly concerned about the External Anxiety...

NORTHERNIRELANDGUY 29.09.2007 · Read review
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Panic attacks - don't suffer in silence

Advantages: Learning to live a calmer life
Disadvantages: Much misunderstood, bewildering at times, loss of control

...I've always considered myself to be a fairly laid back contented soul, fully appreciative of what I've got in life and not in any way prone to anxiety , stress or the like. So quite honestly panic / anxiety attacks were the last thing I'd ever have expected to have direct personal experience of. But back in December 1999, a relatively innocuous bump on the head set in motion a chain of events that resulted in months of prolonged anguish, bewilderment and discomfort until I finally found a way to somehow regain control. I appreciate that there are a multitude of possible triggers and causes for these attacks and there's certainly no magical cure-all for dealing with them, but it's really important to me to tell my story, and if in some small way it can be useful to anyone out there that would really mean an awful lot to me...

paulwilsontastic 14.01.2009 (22.01.2009) · Read review
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Panic attacks? help is at hand.

Advantages: None really, but they can be a warning.
Disadvantages: Debilitating, and physically and mentally demanding.

...So here I am in the ciao café. You can thank Jill Murphy for this as she suggested I look in here. I didn?t originally come in here to write about this subject, but as a counsellor, and as someone who has suffered panic attacks, and although very rarely , still does. I thought I could make quite a good contribution to this subject. After I have told you what they are, I will try to give you some suggestions on how to stop them or to cope better with them. Anybody can suffer panic attacks, at any time and in any place. I never ever thought I would experience them. They are the bodies physical manifestation to mental issues. My first one happened some time after my first marriage break up. A serious break up that left me with no confidence, very depressed, and with low self-esteem. Other things were happening as well but we wont go...

milleniumzeus 06.10.2003 (04.03.2004) · Read review
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Feeling of a Panic Attack

Advantages: None that i could possibly think of.
Disadvantages: They can rule your life, if you let them.

...I have had Panic disorder for about 14 years now, thankfully i have learnt to control them. I always found that the hardest part was trying to explain them to other people. This review is meant to give anyone whe has never had a Panic Attack, but whos friend or family menber does an insight of how they are probably feeling. A few years ago i started my own website, with a group offering support for anyone with panic and anxiety disorder, we decided that people needed the words to explain their fears, so here you have it and the feedback we received told us we had educated people to understand. If you are suffering from Panic Attacks then you could print off this review and give it in letter form to your loved ones, a lot of our members did this and it really did help them...

tracy_3princesses 03.10.2006 · Read review
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Don't panic!!!

Advantages: You are not alone!!
Disadvantages: Can dis-rupt your life, Nasty, Horrible feeling like you are going to die

...The doctors never told me that I suffer from panic attacks but me and my friend are convinced this is what I suffer from occasionally. ***MY FIRST EXPERIENCE*** I was staying at my boyfriend's and I woke up at 3am, and I could feel my heart beating very fast and I also felt sick. My hands/fingers were really tingly and felt itchy! I managed to get out of bed and went to the bathroom, where I came over very hot and sweaty, I can describe the feeling, but I felt so scared. My heart felt like it was doing over-time and I honestly thought I was going to die! I was physically sick and this last for about 15-20mins. ***MY 2ND EXPERIENCE*** I had got up out of bed and had eaten breakfast and done everything like normal and when I was in the middle of drying my hair I felt my heart racing again and my fingers/hands were tingly again...

kiss_me2070 05.11.2008 · Read review
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Attack Panic Attacks, Realize You Are Not Alone

Advantages: No Advantage Whilst Suffering, But Having Suffered Them, Helps To Know How Others Feel.
Disadvantages: Can Cause Irrational Fear Or Phobia, Low Self Esteem, Depression, Limited Social Activities.

...§~§~§~§~§~§~§~§ If you are reading this now, there is a chance that you have suffered or know someone that has suffered with panic / anxiety attacks. I am writing this in conjunction with the members advice on anxiety, as the two are pretty much linked. If you want to read some coping methods for panic attacks, please take a look at my other opinion there, titled: "Don't be Afraid, Someone Else is". You don't need to rate either opinion, as I am happy enough by being able to share both with you. I hope it can help at least one person, that would please me enough to know :-) §~§~§~§~§~§~§~§ Panic attacks can begin at any age, to any person, in any walk of life, with no discrimination for any race, colour or creed. There is often a sound reason why you might experience panic attacks. It can be difficult to pinpoint that reason...

RayMan_UK 02.12.2002 (04.02.2003) · Read review
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Panic? Who me?

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Frightening and exhausting.

...I cannot say whether there will be very much advice in this piece of writing, perhaps there is advice of which I am unaware of. My mind is still a bit cloudy of the events but I felt compelled to write my feelings. If my room 101was empty I would have banished it there. However this is my 101st review so that will suffice. I think I may have had a panic attack about fifteen years ago, the hospital said it was but at the time I had my doubts and still do. I had just eaten an Indian take away, I felt quite relaxed when suddenly I became intensely dizzy. I went grey and the room began to spin the next thing I knew I could not breathe. My ex husband was with me at the time and he phoned an ambulance during the wait for the ambulance and while in the ambulance I was fighting for my breath. The hospital kept me in over night after...

teacherofhooch 01.11.2004 · Read review
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DONT PANIC

Advantages: Helps you to breath easily
Disadvantages: Can happen anytime

...a lady docter who fitted me into her appointments. I went in told her I needed another inhailer and she asked me if I had been diagnosed asthmatic. I told her no and discribed my attacks and told her that the inhailer helped them to go away. I was surprised when she then told me that I was suffering from panic attacks. These usually come on in the middle of the night and the symptoms were the same as mine. I have had a few bad things happen in my past and don't react well to stress, even though I don't show it at the time it will trigger off a panic attack later. The doctor has said that the best thing for a panic attack is to blow into a paper bag and breath into it untill the attack has gone. Surprisingly it works, the doctor said that the inhailer can speed up the heart and will make the condition worse. I'm glad I went to...

Aquarian 25.10.2002 · Read review
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Sheer Panic

Advantages: Understanding of what is happening to you.
Disadvantages: Not a cure

...Firstly I must apologise for writing so soon after my last one, but I feel the need to share my experiences to others, for the help of them and for myself also. You see writing stuff down really does help, and this is a great way to do so. I bought this book from Amazon after suffering from Panic Attacks for 2 months. I am very much into self help, and thought a book may be a good way to do this. There is no reason why I chose this book over others, apart from the fact it was probably the first on the page. I read this in the space of one day, determined to recover immediately. But you won't find that in this book, so if you are looking for a cure, this is not the way. But if you are looking for understanding, then go for it. The first thing that made me sigh with relief from this book was the fact you know you are not the only person...

missy23 08.07.2004 · Read review
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Review of Panic Attacks - Christine Ingham

Dont panic

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Disadvantages: none

...Panic Attacks. ************** Panic attacks can be very scary. When my disability gradually got worse I just got so scared at the thought of my dependence being taken away from me, and not being able to do the most simplest of things, things we all take for granted. I tried to lift the kettle the other day, and could not, I just got so upset, and out of breath, I had to wait on my hubby to do it as it got so frustrated, and angry. Symptoms. ********** For me what I get is: palpitations. sweaty hands. Out of breath. Dizzy sometimes. What I do about it is: *********************** Sit down, get a paper bag, then breath in and out with the bag over your mouth till you feel much calmer. This helps me alot. I must admit I panic alot more than I used to as so much has happened in my life health wise. I am...

jeannie 12.11.2003 · Read review
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