Panic Attacks Remedy

We all know that there are different types of panic attack medications out there. Your doctor can prescribe you with a range of drugs that can help prevent the symptoms of a panic attack. But what else is out there? Is there a panic attacks remedy? Are there other forms of alternative treatment? There is a belief out there that natural treatments can help can help get rid of not only the symptoms, but also the core and cause of panic attacks. Some of these alternative measures are meditation, energy healing like clearing the chakras, positive thinking and affirmations.

Let’s talk about meditation. What is it really? Well it’s all about the breath. Hyperventilation or rapid breathing is a state that affect around 60% of people when they panic. Most of the time, panic attacks can be controlled solely by eliminating this crucial factor. This condition is obvious when you have the feeling of not being able to breath properly, not getting a deep enough breath, choking or smothering, tightness and even pain in the chest. This can occur not only when you have a panic attack, but also if you feel stressed or upset. Learning to slow down your breath has a calming effect on the heart rate and other panic symptoms. It is also a powerful technique that can be utilized to dampen down the nervous system response.

Hyperventilation can take a few weeks to change, but most people feel the benefits in the first couple of days. By eradicating the fear of not being able to control it you can successfully prevent your adrenaline rising, which then reduces the chance of having a panic attack. Stressful and fearful breathing is fast and shallow, and only fills the lungs to one-third of their capacity. Healthy breathing on the other hand is slow and deep, and fills the lungs right to the base.

When we are feeling stressed for a long period of time, we get so used to not breathing deeply that our diaphragm, like any other muscle that we don’t use, becomes lazy. On the other hand, the muscles in our chest suffer from unaccustomed overuse. This pattern of breathing upside-down, where the upper chest is overused and the lower chest is underused is what meditation and breathing exercises are trying to correct by a process of retraining.

There are a couple of breathing exercises that you can do that can help dramatically with this condition.

  • Breathe in through your nose for a count of four, and then breath out through your mouth for a count of four.
  • Picture the air as flowing in and out, instead of being hauled in and ejected forcibly.
  • Allow your abdomen to gently expand as you inhale, and flatten as you exhale. Try to keep your chest as still as possible.
  • If this is comfortable, after a few days of practising this, work on making your breaths longer. Work on breathing in and out to counts of five, then go on till you get up to eight.
  • Continue this until you feel confident you have changed your breathing pattern to breathing from the abdomen, where each breath lasts longer.

If you practise this exercise daily, twice a day for at least five minutes you will start seeing the benefits. Another good addition to this exercise is to practise yoga, which will teach you some other beneficial techniques.