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The Causes of Panic Attack and Treatment

By ebazaar ⋅ April 17, 2009 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

Panic attacks may not be as common as other health problems and not often become the main topic of a typical discussion. Panic attacks are actually a psychological health problem. They are sudden, irregular period of intense anxiety that often times amount to physiological arousal and even hallucination. They may even start imagining things that are not even there. Besides that, it could consequently cause physical discomfort as well such as stomachaches, vomiting, headaches and migraines. In serious cases and especially for first timers it can even cause heart attacks and nervous breakdown. There are also cases of panic attacks where it happens when there are no particular symptoms or obvious triggers.

Panic attacks are usually related to a person’s terrible experience that happened previously in their lifetime. It can be an extremely frightening, upsetting or uncomfortable experience. This problem attacks different people differently. Most of the time, the afflicted person may experienced an approximately 15-30 minutes of the attacks. But there are also cases where the attack frequency is in a cyclic form and can last for hours.

The problem of panic attacks can even be from hereditary and genetic cause. This is because there are researches being done on some patients where it has been found that the problem run in the family line. Despite of that, there are also many cases where people actually develop it.

Other possible reasons, triggers and causes of panic attack are:

• Due to certain biological causes such as Wilson’s disease, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and the deficiency of Vitamin B from insufficient nutritional diet or tapeworm infection can also cause panic attacks.
• Phobias and post-traumatic stress disorder are often the common cause of panic attacks. Alas, it is something that we often heard of. It is habitually that the attacks will happen when the sufferer is in contact with certain object or causes of the phobic and traumatic object or situation.
• Triggers of panic attacks can also be from stimulants such as caffeine, nicotine, amphetamine, alcohol, certain anti-depressants and drugs like marijuana. Sometimes the trigger can also be a result from certain medication like Ritalin, although it is only a momentary side effect.

The best treatment is to immediately consult a professional physician. They would know the best method to cure the sufferer after a few diagnoses. The physician would most likely tell you to practice a few things in order to counter your problem, such as diaphragmatic and abdominal breathing, which is breathing slowly through the nose using the diaphragm and abdomen; taking anti-anxiety medication; regular counseling session; hypnosis; coping statements or talking with a supportive person. Another useful and efficient therapy is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).

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