| By Dr Bruce Riddler, M D
People suffering from panic attacks resort to one of two ways to remedy them.
One is to resort to psychiatric treatment which includes seeking a psychiatrist' help, who will then prescribe drugs as well as therapy.
The other alternative is to resort to alternative remedies which come in the form of a do-it-yourself self-help programs.
There are good reasons why numerous panic attack sufferers worldwide have opted for and successfully got rid of panic attacks through self-help programs rather than go for psychiatric treatment.
Here are the reasons:
Psychiatric Treatment : The conventional psychiatric treatment for all panic attacks and disorders is drug treatment, combined with therapy if available.
This line of dealing with panic attacks, on one hand, involves taking anti-anxiety pills to reduce the anxiety and panic.
The group of drugs usually prescribed are benzodizapenes and anti-depressants, often as a combination.
The drugs sedate you and make your panic attack less intense when it occurs. The drug effect is temporaray and lasts only as long as you take the drug.
The therapy, on the other hand, largely focuses on behaviour modification and is intended to teach you how to cope and live with the panic attacks so that you can discontinue the drugs over time.
Conventional psychiatric treatment has three distinct disadvantages. One is that the relief is temporaray and once the effect of the drug wears off, you are back to square one. So you constantly need to take the drugs usually either as a single or as divided doses everyday.
Secondly, drug treatment it is highly addictive with some side-effects as well. Also it is noticed that the drug dependency is often so severe that the lack of the drug itself becomes a source of panic.
Thirdly, while there are several benefits to individual therapy if you have the financial resources ( very expensive) and time to pursue that route, there is a problem here too.
Even if you have the funds, the difficulty is not in finding a therapist, but finding a qualified therapist who specializes in treating driving anxiety and driving disorders and can really do a great job.
Self-help Programs:
Self-help programs for panic/anxiety attacks are a effective alternative to conventional treatment for panic and anxiety attacks of all kinds.
The positive aspect about such programs is that firstly, the programs are put together by those who have beaten panic attacks permanently on their own. So the authors know what they are talking about when they tell you what you have to do to permanently get rid of panic /anxiety attacks.
Secondly, the author has put in the necessary time and effort to effectively streamline the provided cure techniques prior to assembling the self-help program/course.
That way there is no ambiguity about what you are supposed to do and you are provided with precise techniques to overcome your panic / anxiety attacks permanently.
Some self-help programs are purely informational in nature, while others are step by step programs to overcome your panic and anxiety attacks. We recommend the step-by-step ones. All of them can be downloaded online in the form of ebooks or audio or video files.
Your choices of self-help programs are many. You should select a program that you feel is best for your preferred learning method and individual panic attack type.
Most self-help programs are very cost effective, usually between $35-70, as compared to the thousands you would have to spend on drugs, psychologists and and therapists year after year.
Moreover, it is a statistical fact that an increasing number of people are employing self-help to sucessfully and permanently eliminate panic/anxiety attacks. Most of them have done so after having failed with psychiatric treatment because of its limited results and never ending costs.
Self-help programs, therefore, are the better method for curing panic attacks and disorders of all kinds.
These programs are about permanently eliminating panic attacks as compared to psychiatric therapy which strives to enable you to cope or live with panic attacks. This is a vital difference.
Given below are proven step-by-step self-help remedies to permanently cure and get rid of "general panic and anxiety attacks" for good.
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