Panic attacks, which incidentally are much the same as anxiety attack, will come quickly, and with a vengeance. They will strike you totally out of the blue. If you are a sufferer I’m sure you would give anything to stop them dead. Your wish could be granted.
First & Worst Attack
My wife was hit with a very severe panic attack while she was driving the car. Clearly this could have had disastrous consequences. After she, and me to be honest, got over the shock we did what everybody does. Went to see our doctor.
We got a standard lesson on the facts. Nothing to worry about, never in any real danger etc etc. Then we got a prescription for beta blockers. I say “we” because even though it was my wife having it, I was feeling like part of it all. If that makes any sense. The drugs would slow her heart rate and stop the onset of the attacks, fingers crossed.
We tried going out in the car again and sure enough, at the same place she felt another attack looming. Basically she had a panic attack while the drugs kept her heart rate slower. She said it was the strangest feeling having a panic attack but at the same time feeling quite calm.
Stick The Drugs In The Trash
We trashed the beta blockers as soon as we got safely home. My wife never drove, not once, in the next 9 months. She had mixed feelings about it because she didn’t suffer panic attacks when she wasn’t driving.
We couldn’t let this situation go on. Her not being able to drive for fear of having an attack at the wheel. I did some in depth research on the web and we came across various techniques to try. Which we did with varying results. Nothing really did the trick of stopping them completely.
We Tried Hundreds…And Then Some
We then happened across yet another “method” to supposedly stop them. As we had tried everything we found so far we tried this also. Initial results were ok. We knew any success was because of the method and not the drugs, which she wasn’t taking. The first time she drove she felt an attacked looming. However she quickly put the method into practice and got through the attack ok.
We had a chat later and she reported she definitely had an attack. But using the methods she was able to tone it down considerably. Just knowing she had been able to lower the intensity was a huge boost in itself. She was sure that next time she had an attack she had the tools to halt it in its tracks, although it didn’t work out as good as that.
Bit By Bit
Although not stopping it fully, she did low the intensity again. Every time she had an attack she had the ability to lower the force of it. It wasn’t too long (weeks) before she felt confident enough to see an attack coming and to halt it from going any further.
If you are a sufferer you can carry on as you are, or try drugs from your doctor. Either way there’s a good chance you won’t get better any time soon.
Or you can take the matter into your own hands and stop these panic attacks without drugs; the answer is here at this website…
