Extreme Anxiety Attacks When Prescription Medication No Longer Works, What Do You Do?

Suffering through the occasional anxiety attack is something that most people will experience at some point in their lives

. Whatever the cause for this attack, usually the individual accepts it as being a temporary event, and moves on in his/her life. What if you are a person who suffers from repeated and extreme anxiety attacks? Medically, and over time this condition can seriously threaten your life. Your doctor prescribed medication, but it seems as if it no longer works. You ask yourself what could happen in the future.

The cause for anxiety attacks in an individual may be difficult to understand initially. Obviously every person has different circumstances and events that occur within his/her life. A person may have received an unexpectedly bad diagnosis after consulting with his/her doctor. Or, a person may have experienced the unexpected death of an important loved one in his/her life.

In the above two cases, if the individual becomes consumed with overwhelmingly negative thoughts, (the first person believes that he/she will die soon even though the doctor did not specifically make such a statement, the second person thinks that it would be difficult to go forth in his/her own life through the grieving process) the result could lead to repeated and damaging anxiety attacks.

These attacks are the result of a persons brain and central nervous system becoming over-stimulated metabolically. Symptoms of an impending attack would be any of the following: chest pains, dull ache in the stomach, overall nervousness that can be easily detected, sweaty palms, inability to focus, unexplained irritability, or mood swings.

If you happen to unfortunately suffer from extreme anxiety attacks, and are being seen by a doctor, that is a positive first step. Your doctor may have prescribed medication in the form of anti-anxiety pills, as example. How long have you been on this medication? Did your doctor explain to you why he/she prescribed the medication? Do you understand that these pills are only meant to be a short term cure?

As I personally went through an anxiety disorder and suffered from depression for a period in the late 1990s, please understand where I am coming from through experience. I hope that your doctor told you the reason why he/she may have put you on medication. I trust that you understand that any medication that you take will only work on the physical symptoms which are causing your attacks. The pills will only help to ease the chest pains or dull ache that you may have in your stomach.

If you have been on medication for a long period of time; through my own experience I cant understand why your doctor is doing this. Are you still having very severe or extreme attacks? My psychiatrist told me that medication is not the long term solution. I would have hoped that your doctor explained it to you at some point. Medication does not work on the triggers (or causes) for your frequent attacks. A prolonged dependence on pills will actually have an adverse affect on your body over the long term.

Medication will not help you in understanding why you are grieving over the loss of your beloved family member or friend, as example. Instead of popping pills daily, accept the loss of your family member/ friend as being a part of human life here on Earth. Honor your friend by remembering all of the positive experiences that the two of you shared. Above all, I sincerely believe that your friend would not want to see you wallowing in self-pity for the rest of your life. Instead you can, and must move forward in your own life.

As you are reading this article, are you now beginning to understand why your prescription medication may no longer be preventing you from having those attacks which have been so devastating to you mentally and physically? So, if medication can not find the permanent solution, what do you do? Have you, or your doctor considered all-natural, behavior modification techniques?

You have to begin changing your mindset, working on the triggers (or causes) for those attacks. Get yourself involved in activities that will take your mind off of the negative trigger(s) that have consumed your every waking thoughts. Why dont you join a book club, do volunteer work in your community, or take up chess, as examples? Get involved with a workout regimen; start a daily walking or jogging routine. Ride a bike, hike through trails or join a fitness club. Exercise has been proven to not only help your cardiovascular system, but it releases endorphins (or bad toxins) from your body. High levels of endorphins in the body are what cause stress and anxiety within an individual.

You may also consider relaxation exercises. Try deep breathing exercises to lower the amount of stress in your body. You could also consider getting yourself involved in yoga or meditation. Try taking time out in your busy day by listening to soothing Classical music. Give your mind and body some quiet time, as many of us do lead hectic, stressful lives.

by: Joseph P. Landry

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