subject: Cure for Panic Attacks - Is There Really Such a Thing? [print this page] Cure for Panic Attacks - Is There Really Such a Thing?
Is there really a cure for this condition? Most doctors would say nomostly because some are actually promoting the natural way as an effective cure for anxiety attacks. Please understand that a cure is very different from treatment. A cure gives permanent relief from the disorder without having the signs and symptoms return to you ever again, even when exposed to extreme triggers. Treatment, on the other hand, is a method to control the condition in such a way that it doesn't affect the quality of life.
The products that offer a cure for panic attacks are just pulling your leg. Most of these products revolve on the principle of repetitive exposure to the source of anxiety attacks. Well, this is called systematic desensitization, a type of behavioral therapy. And guess what? It is used in psychotherapies to treat, NOT CURE, anxiety attacks.
Panic attacks are caused by unknown factors, other times caused by triggers such as stressful situations. Look at it this way, how can you find a cure for these attacks if you don't know what's causing them? Or how can you cure something that's caused by stressful situations when we are constantly exposed to stressful situations? The single most effective way to remove stressors and eliminate any unknown causes would be to die, wouldn't it?
If panic attacks are caused by other diseases or disorders, you'd have to treat that certain disease or disorder first in order to remove the secondary disorder, which is an anxiety attack. By removing that source, you will successfully remove or lessen the occurrence of attacks. More importantly, most commonly anxiety attacks only occur a few times in your entire lifetime. If you experience these attacks every single day (which is highly unlikely), then you have an entirely different problem which is called panic disorder.
There are many options when it comes to treating panic attacks. Psychotherapy is usually a good place to start. If psychotherapy sessions are not enough, medications like SSRIs, SNRIs, benzodiazepines, MAOIs, and TCAs can be used in conjunction. With this combination, the success rate for treating this disorder is extremely high. Psychotherapies alone yield a relatively high percentage of success rates.
