In the video below, I can really relate to this young mans search for an answer to why he is getting panic attacks. Like him, I had very bad panic attacks at one time in my life. You can sense the confusion and fear that panic attacks causes in this mans life. Like him, I hate taking pills for any reason, but when you reach the end of your rope and go to your regular Doctor, he will recommend anti-depressants. Since you are at a point that you don’t know what to do, you give in to the treatment of drugs to find a solution to the anxiety and panic attacks problem.
After some nasty side effects with several brands, I finally settled on a light dosage of Zoloft. In the short term, it helped reduce symptoms. In the long run, I did not want to become dependent on these drugs. I feel they will compromise your health in the long term. Over a time period, with my Doctors advice, I reduced my intake and then stopped taking the drugs.
Only through a combination of special techniques and awareness, diet and exercise, Tai Chi and Qi Gong meditative practices, did I get to a point of stopping panic attacks. Overcoming anxiety and panic attacks is critical to finding peace, balance, and focus in your quality of life and to be in tune with the energy in the universe.
Like a recovering or a rehabilitated alcoholic, these emotions never truly go away. They are lurking in the background. You get to a point where you understand them, can manage and control the thoughts and emotions that can bring on a panic attack. Just like an alcoholic that can not take a drink, we can control our emotions to not go there. We are no longer afraid of any anxiety or panic feelings that may lurk in our brain.
Panic attacks and general anxiety become less and less until they stop completely. The panic attacks causes that brought them on in the first place are still there, but through awareness and special techniques along with lifestyle changes, I am always on guard should any of the feelings or emotions try to re-occur.
