subject: Panic Attack Remedies I Used [print this page] Panic attack remedies do exist but I only know of one bonafide cure. That is the one I used, but I have a pretty unique story and I know how to cure panic attacks.
I had my first panic attack back in the 80's and it was a whopper. Like it goes for most people it seemed to just fall out of the blue. Up until then I didn't know what a panic attack was, and, actually, I didn't learn what they were for quite a while.
The unusual part of my story is not that I had these attacks for six years. The unusual part is that I worked out a way of thinking that enabled me to get rid of these attacks altogether.
I had elevated anxiety levels my whole life. My doctor told me I was just "wired" that way and that I'd probably grow out of it. If he was still around I'd tell him he was almost right.
I just got better at keeping my anxieties down as I grew older.
But panic attacks are wholly different than anxieties in the normal or even elevated states. Anxiety attacks, as they are also known, are huge spikes of fear that cause an adrenaline surge which floods your mind with the "fight or flight response."
In this state the sufferer experiences a sudden rise in heart rate, sweating, red flush to the skin, and sometimes heart palpitations, dizziness and shortness of breath to name a few.
This is often accompanied by a feeling of unreality, like you are watching a bad movie with you in it, and it often gives you the fearful thought that you are "losing it."
That would be your mind you fear you are losing because, while there are "triggers" for these attacks there are rarely any real dangers or imminent disasters to be panicking in reaction to.
So the remedies I used to help get through panic attacks were my attempts to get rid of the attack or at least lower it to a livable level of panic, if that exists.
One of my best remedies was best used right at the start and couldn't be used in all situations. I would simply step outside and start running at a slow jog. The way it worked for me was that usually the panic attack would quit and not come back right away. And if I ran long enough, the attack wouldn't come back that day.
Another remedy I'd use was what I called the "water method." When I was sort of "stuck" in a social situation when the attack came on, I'd excuse myself to the bathroom, go in there, turn on the water and listen to it's sound.
Then I would start rinsing my face and do that twenty or thirty times, and while noticing the cooling effect on my red and sweaty face, I'd think "I'm washing little pieces of the fear away and I'm cooling down. This is good." So simple, yet, for me it worked.
It wasn't as good as the running, however.
That was a couple of my coping methods but coping methods are temporary. I needed a cure. I wanted those attacks to go away and remain gone.
And I did it by working out a way to let go of my fear of an imminent attack.
What I discovered was that getting rid of the fear of panic attacks was the key to getting rid of the attacks themselves.
In fact that core idea has turned out to be one of the most successful cures for the attacks that has worked wonders for tens of thousands of people.
