What Natural Remedies Work For Panic Attacks?
Sunday, November 8th, 2009 at
6:43 am
My 15 year old daughter is having panic attacks which include feeling faint, becoming very hot, vision blurriness and fear. She recently was given glasses by our optometrist that are basically “placebos” because she didn’t need glasses but was convinced she did. I got some herbal supplements but I am afraid of the prescription medications for her. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Panic attackes are i feel is more a phycological than the physical one.. I feel you have to work on the same.. Sit with your daughter and discuss how things starts.. take a detailed note and listen to her with most attention and see what is all the possible reason onwhat she is teeling.. Once you have noted down all points try to define the fear or that things in simple manner and let you and her too accept that, this can happen to anybody and it is not unsual. The point here is i feel we must bring her to feel that it is normal to feel panic and evertbody can feel like that.. this whole process will nutralize the extreme feeling she may be feeling on the her fear.. Define fear clearly and than think how that can be overcome naturally.. not by special effort but how it can be negated in routine manner without doing that conciously..
Its more of acceptance of things, understanding the things, thinking of it as normal and as part of humna being and there is no big deal on that.. that basic things should be planted and than work on building on how to overcome that naturally rather than pushing anything very specific..
Do let me know if i really can do something on that.. it can be taken care of nicely with love and maturity..
Breathing is a key factor. Panic usually brings on an increased breathing rate. You need to slow breathing down. Try slow shallow breathing-in for a count of 1000, 2000, 3000; then breathe-out slow and shallow for 1000, 2000, 3000 and repeat 10 times. After the tenth time breathe slow, shallow, for a count of 1000, 2000 and hold the breathe for 10 seconds (1000, 2000, …10,000) and breather out slowly for a count of 1000, 2000. Start the whole exercise again. Do this a few times 1) to get familiar with it; 2) to feel the benefit. When you hold your breathe the mind switches from what it was thinking about (panic) to now thinking when will I breathe again! Practice will make it easier and more effective. Yes it does work, and no one needs to know you are doing it.
Dear Amy: Take a look at a natural remedy called Panicyl. It is effective yet mild and non addictive. Good luck – Ben
Homeopathic Calming tabs or liquid.
Slow, deep diaphragm breathing:
Watch Your Breathing! http://watchtower.org/e/19980722/diagram…
Chemicals can trigger severe panic attacks in MCS (Multiple Chemical Sensitivity). Remove ALL chemicals from the home, yard, clothing, foods, soap, etcetera.
good luck with the herbal supplements, my mom has panic attacks so bad I had to take her to the hospital more than once, she has tried every herbal supplement know to man and in the end had to get a prescription for Xanax.
close the eyes.. LOWER the shoulders… Think of the most peaceful shade of blue you can Breathe from the stomach.
If she practices this it will work better and better.
Slow breaths, Peaceful blue, shoulders down
it doesn’t rid it completely.. but usually i repeat to myself.. i’m okay.. i’m okay.. it’s just a panic attack.. it’s just anxiety… and i try to slow my breathing…
google breathing techniques or something similar
View the techniques for control of anxiety/panic attacks, in section 8, at ezy build, below. Begin, on this first occasion, only, by holding your breath for 5, or 10 seconds: this will give you the confidence to realise that YOU CAN CONTROL YOUR BREATHING, but not pass out, or die (your autonomic nervous system resumes breathing, if you become unconscious). Advice from a published psychiatrist on controlled breathing: (1.) Get a clock, or watch with a second timer. (2.) Practise for 5 minutes, 4 times daily, until proficient. (3.) Take a small breath in, and hold it, for 6 seconds. (4.) Think to yourself: “RELAX”, just before breathing out. (5.) Try to feel a sense of releasing tension, as you breathe out. (6.) Breathe in for 3 seconds, then out, for 3 seconds. Try to make your breathing very smooth, and light, as you breathe in through your nose, and out through your mouth, or nose. (7.) For the next minute, continue to breathe in, and out, every 3 seconds. (8.) Go back to step 3, at the end of the minute, and proceed through to step 7, doing this for 5 minutes. Use this at the very first sign of a panic attack starting, or any time you feel anxious, or tense. Similar, but simpler advice, from a clinical psychologist is to breathe in to the count of 3: (one thousand one; one thousand two; one thousand three) each takes around a second to say to yourself, in your mind. Then breathe out to the count of 3. Repeat, until it begins to take effect. Understand panic attacks, and what triggers them, in your life (if it is unresolved anxiety, or stress, see sections 6, [page N first] or 42, [page i first] respectively).
The paper bag method also works for most people, but is not suited to all circumstances, such as driving, or playing sport. Another alternative is psychotherapy, to address its fundamental cause, which is usually anxiety; read section 1, and examine the http://1-800-therapist.com/ & http://www.metanoia.org/choose/ websites, and use the locators to find a therapist, (and phone book, but only if necessary). I used to suffer from panic attacks, until I questioned what had changed in my life, at, or just before that time, to trigger them, which is enough for some people. Visualise as vividly as possible, a large, red, flashing, “STOP!” sign, and/or possibly a stern faced person wagging an index finger at you in a negative manner, then say to yourself as forcefully as you can, even aloud in a big voice, if alone: “I know this tactic: GO AWAY FOR A WHILE !!!” You may want to us either: “ruse”, “ploy”, “game”, or “trick”, instead of “tactic”. It usually takes 30 – 40 repetitions, for most people, to establish a new habit. I also suggest that you learn, then practise the controlled breathing technique, until competent, then employ it, at the very first sign of a panic attack.
Practice one of the relaxation methods in sections 11, 2, 2c, or 2i, daily, and when needed. Also, give the EFT a good tryout, to see if it helps you. There is also a version for use in public places, (if you like, you can claim to have a headache, as you massage/lightly tap your temples, but you would then be restricted to subvocalising – saying it to yourself in your mind). Sections 53, and 2, 2.q and 2.o at http://www.ezy-build.net.nz/~shaneris also refer: “Even though I sometimes suffer from panic attacks, I deeply and completely accept myself.” Note: the controlled breathing only helps with the symptoms (as do medications/herbal remedies): you need to address the underlying cause, which requires some form of therapy, and Cognitive Behavio(u)ral Therapy has been shown to be effective. Imagine that the cause of your panic; your anxieties, fears, your self doubts, self recriminations, all the agonizing “I’m-so-Stupids”; every painful “I-can’t-do-it” are huge raging, hurtful bulls snorting and charging at you. You see them coming at you and you hold out your red matador’s cape at arms length and simply let them charge right by.