When somebody uses the term “having a panic attack” in jest, the reaction is usually one of amusement from those in receipt of the comment. The reality is though, over 30 per cent of people will have an episode at some stage of their lives but it’s those who suffer from it on a daily basis, the chronic sufferers, who would find such a comment less than amusing.
You see, for a chronic sufferer, living in fear of an attack has repercussions such as social withdrawal and loss of control and for these people, it’s a daily grind living from one episode to another.
Panic Attack Medication
Medications are available for people suffering from panic disorder. The question is, are these medications just a quick fix solution or do they actually help a sufferer eliminate it from their lives entirely? Medication for panic attack comes in different forms from what are known as Beta blockers to antidepressants.
Beta blockers are a class of drug designed to relieve heavy work load on the heart and control high blood pressure. What has this got to do with panic attack? Well, one of the frightening symptoms is the pounding heart. It’s such a scary experience that those who have experienced it often confuse it with having a heart attack. They are useful in their application but again, treat the symptom rather than the underlying problem.
Depression is a result of constant episodes of panic disorder and antidepressants are effective in treating it. For chronic sufferers, drugs with a tranquilizing effect known as Benzodiazepines also have proven effective in reducing the symptoms.
The above medication has it’s place amongst the list of panic attack treatments however, while patients report being able to control and reduce the incidence of an episode while using them, relapses are possible if the drugs are discontinued while in the case of Benzidiazepines, there’s also a risk of dependency.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Medications are considered a fix for the symptoms of panic disorder however, getting to the cause of the underlying problem is best achieved through counselling. A popular form of counselling is Cognitive-behavioural therapy and it’s aim is to modify certain thoughts and behaviour patterns to control the symptoms.
An example of this type of treatment involves working with a therapist and basically predicting when a panic attack is going to occur. How does this help you? The idea is you will learn of ways to deal or respond to a panic attack which will help eliminate the fear of having another attack. Your therapist will introduce you to effective exercises designed to identify your destructive or fearful thought patterns and alter them.
The process can usually be a long and involved one and eventually, when a patient is confident of controlling their attacks, they are introduced to controlled situations or areas where they have experienced or had cause to experience panic attacks in the past.
Panic Attack Vs. Anxiety Attack?
There is some confusion surrounding the difference between a panic and anxiety attack. The former is will happen without too much warning and has severe symptoms associated with it while anxiety tends to build up and last longer.
Will You Continue To Let Panic Attack Control Your Life?
While the side effects of medication or the stigma attached with counselling may be unacceptable for some, the truth is, doing nothing about chronic panic attack will not improve someone’s chances of being free from it. You need to take the first step and seek professional advice and then steer a course which suits you best in controlling panic attack in your life.
Dean Caporella is a professional broadcaster. Just how effective are panic attack medication treatments and are they just a quick fix solution. Plus, read the latest panic/anxiety attack news and reviews at:http://www.panicattacksite.com

To whoever is unfortunately familiar with panic attacks, it is a well known fact that once they kick in they quickly spiral out of control, leaving the victim with a sense of fear, hopelessness, anguish, even impending death, and an exhausted relic afterwards. The fear of future panic attacks further fuels this unfortunate situation into an anxiety deadlock from which the only apparent solution are the usual drugs or breathing remedies or distracting techniques.   Drugs and breathing or distracting solutions have their time and place, they help the sufferer to mitigate the effects of a panic attack at least temporarily. But they fail to cure the problem at root level, in other words they partially cure the symptoms (fear), not the root cause of the unpleasant occurrence. It is like expecting to cure a painful ailment with pain killers. The pain will go away temporarily, but as sure as the sun rises in the morning, it will always come back until the cause of the illness is treated first.   Panic attacks are no exception to the “cure the root cause” rule and this is the way they should be looked at, not like some sort of evil and mysterious phenomenon that finds its fuel in the intricacies of psychology. It is of course a psyche related manifestation, but there is nothing mysterious about agoraphobia, fear of flying or speaking in public, they all share the fear of loss of control. It is when this fear perpetuates itself on and on just at the thought of having a panic attack again that is abnormal.   But it doesn’t have to be like this anymore since it is possible to break this vicious cycle right on its tracks with a very simple technique that is instantly implementable and will have you get rid of panic attacks for life, once and for all. To live in fear and anxiety all the time is no fun at all, it undermines your ability to enjoy life to the full and with traditional remedies it can only be contained at best, or even increase at worse as the time goes by.                       
There is no need for anyone to put up with fear and anxiety longer than is needed.
There is a simple yet very effective panic attack treatment that will get rid of self fueling anxiety loops for good and vastly improve your quality of life.