Panic Attacks Support Group
A panic attack is a period of intense fear or discomfort, typically with an abrupt onset and usually lasting no more than thirty minutes. Symptoms include trembling, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, sweating, nausea, dizziness, hyperventilation, and sensations of choking or smothering. Panic attacks can be very sudden, appear to be unprovoked, and are often...
antidepressants can be a huge help for anxiety and panic attacks, I eventually found 1 that helped me a lot after years of trying many with no help from them at all
HOWEVER MANY DOCS PRESCRIBE THEIR FAVOURITE one then never bother to ask whether its helping and believe me often they dont, they can give you the early side effects but not then go on to work
there is no point in continuing taking an AD that isnt helping. dont forget the placebo effect that makes it seem to help for a while
if your AD is helping you will know it, there will be a big reduction in fears, stress and panic attacks.If you also have depression it may or may not help with it too
if your AD is helping, stay on it for 6 to 12 months and dont allow doc to swap you to any other one as it may not work at all for you
some docs are paid to put all their patients on one brand and paid for their so called research, which of course is a polite bribe.
also be very wary of a few docs who will insist on placing a new patient on a different AD, as like Ive said, theres no guarantee that a new AD will work for you at all
HOWEVER MANY DOCS PRESCRIBE THEIR FAVOURITE one then never bother to ask whether its helping and believe me often they dont, they can give you the early side effects but not then go on to work
there is no point in continuing taking an AD that isnt helping. dont forget the placebo effect that makes it seem to help for a while
if your AD is helping you will know it, there will be a big reduction in fears, stress and panic attacks.If you also have depression it may or may not help with it too
if your AD is helping, stay on it for 6 to 12 months and dont allow doc to swap you to any other one as it may not work at all for you
some docs are paid to put all their patients on one brand and paid for their so called research, which of course is a polite bribe.
also be very wary of a few docs who will insist on placing a new patient on a different AD, as like Ive said, theres no guarantee that a new AD will work for you at all
no ADs are overall better or worse for treating anxiety, results cant be predicted, you have to keep trying them, one after another, for 2 to 6 weeks to see whether one will help
somme docs take a shotgun approach by prescribing 2 or 3 to be taken at once in the hope that at least 1 will work
a lot of guessing is done by docs when prescribing these AD meds
As far as Harry saying the Dr's switch the AD's around I certainly would ask my Dr. lots of questions and make sure it is reasonable why the switch is recommended.
Too bad they didn't have proffessionals that specialized in panic, just like they have heart specialist etc, too bad they didn't have such a thing as a panic specialist who could expertly help us all live with out our panic once and for all. lol
I will see if I can find that book at the library thx . I have had panic in various degrees for 20 years so I don't think it is estrogen in my case.