Take a deep breath…

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Just to tell you that help for your panic attacks
is only as far away as your next breath.
Breathing is as fundamental to life as food yet,
unlike food, we so often go through our day without
paying attention to our breathing.
Now, I don’t mean that you have to sit there and
meditate for an hour.
Just a [...]

3 nutrients that fight panic attacks

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As you know, good nutrition is essential for a healthy
life.
There are three nutrients in particular you will want
to make sure to include in your diet to help you
reduce the number of panic attacks or at least assist
you in managing them better and improve your overall
feelings of well being.
1. B-Complex
B vitamins are sometimes called [...]

The first step in panic attack management

Panic attacks can be hard to identify.
So the first step is to make sure that what you’ve
experienced is truly a panic attack.
Here are some of the common symptoms:

“Racing” heart
Feeling weak, faint, or dizzy
Tingling or numbness in the hands and fingers
Sense of terror, of impending doom or death
Feeling sweaty or having chills
Chest pains
Breathing difficulties
Feeling a loss [...]

Why don’t doctors and psychologists teach this method of ending panic attacks?

Doctors are used to prescribing medication… it’s what they’re taught to do, not to mention it gets the patient out the door and the room freed up for the next patient (doctors are extremely busy and often overworked.)
Most psychologists have never had a panic attack, so they have no
personal experience to fall back on.
Instead they [...]

What causes a panic attack?

The first attack a person experiences is usually fairly mild, and could be triggered by almost anything. (Subsequent attacks can be far worse.)
Then the panic attacks become self-perpetuating, because the fear of having a panic attack will actually BRING ON another attack.
The anticipation of the next attack starts the anxiety in motion.
Then the slightest trigger [...]