A panic disorder is just how you describe the condition of someone who has panic attacks. I know to any panic sufferer the word "just" always seems out of place when describing anything related to the experience, but that's a feeling that needs to be gotten over. Despite how you feel in the moment, they aren't fatal and once you stop acting like they are you have more control over them. No one should live with them though. In this article you'll learn more about the main panic attack treatments.
Everyone seems to like the medical route in theory. The idea of a magic pill is always appealing. That's not exactly how it works though. Medication of this type messes with your neurochemistry to try and reduce anxiety and prevent panic attacks. It doesn't mean you absolutely won't have them, but panic attacks are far less likely. While it can work, it has a few drawbacks. The first is the side effects. Since most of these medications are relatively new it is hard to gauge how patients will react long term, so the side effects could be almost anything. On that note, you do have to continue taking the pills forever as the underlying cause is never addressed. You're more likely to have a panic attack if you ever find yourself without them because you no longer know how to cope. They are just a crutch. Medication isn't cheap either.
The second category of panic disorder treatment helps in some ways, but ultimately is just silly. This is where you focus on your physical body, eating, sleeping, and drinking properly, exercising regularly, and staying away from stress. This is extremely difficult to do for most people, if not impossible. Even if you try and do all of them it just reduces the likelihood of panic attacks.
The third category is the mental category, which has the potential to make the biggest impact. There are a few options under this category though, some of them are just as horrible as any others.
What most people talk about is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT). This basically works as follows: a therapist will try and discover what patterns and situations have caused panic attacks, show you breathing exercises, try to lower the anxiety of these situations and gradually reintroduce you to such situations. I've seen it said that in order to work it requires a motivated patient and a specially trained therapist. Furthermore, in most cases it requires at least 60 to 90 days to see results.
That's what my research has shown, and here is my own translation. It will take a lot of time to see results. It will be expensive since a specially trained therapist is needed over time. I'd assume all panic disorder sufferers are motivated to get their panic attacks to stop, so this sounds very questionable. If you experience new situations it may not work. This isn't a winner in my book.
The other option we'll be going over deals with the root cause of your panic attacks. The first panic attack can be brought on by anything, but once you've had it you will normally have more. This is because it was such a horrible experience you fear having another one and know it can happen. Because of this you're closer to having one because you're more tense and anxious naturally. Change this and you can regain control.
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