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Right Medication To Cope With Panic Attacks

By: Charles T. Winnbaker

If you have been diagnosed with having a suffered a panic attack and it's not a symptom of something more concerning condition, you need to start thinking about two choices: behavior-cognitive therapy and/or prescription drugs.

You will learn a lot about negative thinking and replacing it with positive thoughts while even mastering breathing techniques that will aid you in stopping panic attacks from happening with therapy.

However, the problem is that it takes a while to learn these techniques and there's a chance that you'll suffer additional panic attacks before you master all these techniques. This is where the right medication might prove to be helpful.

While you are taking the drugs for panic attacks it could be wise to get involved in various stress relieving activities like yoga, meditation, tai chi, individual sports or you can also sign up for the anger management classes. Basically anything helps which trains you to deal with worries and anxiety.

You also should be aware that the panic attack medication needs to be prescribed by a doctor. Usually you would take drugs like Prozac, Paxil or Zoloft, which are commonly known as SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors).

They are helpful as they aid the patient in gaining control over the panic attack and there are many cases in which individuals can learn how to fight different triggers while on such medication. Such a success can lead to the panic attack cycle disappearing and you might end up having to stop medication because you are free of panic attacks and have learnt how to deal with them.

The doctor can also prescribe more serious drugs while the patient is learning on how to manage panic attacks and limited use of Valium or Xanax (two common benzodiazepines) might be needed.

It is very important to understand that drugs like these must not be abused as they can very rapidly become addictive and they should be taken only in cases of emergency and not for long periods of time.

The real problem stands in the fact that many individuals tend to use illegal drugs or alcohol as means of dealing with panic attacks. This can only lead to dependency to those medications and alcohol and would bring another problem that needs to be treated. Why go through all of this trouble when by combining the right medication prescribed by a specialist and relaxation techniques you can get results and deal with panic attacks?

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