Has anyone had hypnosis for panic attacks or anxiety and did it work?

Answer 1

No, but I may be able to help you combat your panic attacks.

I started having them about 1.5 years ago, and they became pretty bad. Every day I would worry about having one, and the more I seemed to think about it, the worse I felt. I went to my doctor and he prescribed me lorazapam. This was not to be taken daily, but rather on an as needed basis. The drug works very quickly and helps to calm you down and get your mind off the attack...it really works and fast.

I started carrying a tiny bottle of tablets (only 12) around with me everywhere, and would occasionally take one if I felt an a attack coming on. (you know...sweaty palms, flushed face, racing heart etc.) What I found is that as time passed, I knew I had my "chill pills" with me as a safety blanket, and that made me feel good.

Now it's been a year since I was prescribed the pill, and haven't had to take one for 3 months....the last month has been really good.

I think controlling panic attacks are just a function of mind over matter. Ever notice that when you are busy doing something (housework, laundry) you don't think about them...it seems that when you have time to think (driving,flying etc.), that's when you seem to worry about getting an attack.

Then longer you can go without having an attack, the more your body will get used to being in that state.

Good Luck...and get the Lorazapam!

Answer 2

Im afraid it's all down to the mind.
I know of someone who has had hypnosis, she needed to stop smoking in order to help her conceive but she'd been smoking since she was little. It didn't work. As desparate as she is to have a baby, her body still told her she needed a cigarette.
Hypnosis really needs to dwelve to the root of the problem to help with panic attacks and if the hypnosis doesnt observe why you get them and make you 'forget' the root of your anxieties then I'm afraid it wont work. If you still believe it may work I would say go for it, you may have a strong mind and believe in this so much that psycologically it will work.

Good Luck!

Answer 3

Hypnosis can strengthen the effect of the mind on the body, but ONLY if you allow yourself to get hypnotized. I tried to get hypnotized and it did not work. One has to allow themselves to get hypnotized.

About 15 percent of the population are highly hypnotizable. They say only 10 percent to 15 percent can’t be hypnotized at all. If this is truly the case then I would try the hypnosis and see if it work. If it does great!

Hypnosis can change the way you perceive sensations. It allows you to focus more on things so you are not overwhelmed by the symptoms of a panic attack. Hypnosis is suppose to relax your mind and your body. But just remember that this treatment does not always work.

Did you know laughing can cease your panic attacks? They say laughter is a great strategy for anxiety. I realize when you are having an attack it is not a laughing matter but supposedly if you picture yourself (in your mind) laughing...it will stop your attack.

Answer 4

As with any other deep-seated problem, addiction or any other type of obsessive behaviour, finding the cause for your panic attacks would be the first and foremost step in the right direction.
A good holistic psychoanalysts (i.e., someone who's trained to look at your emotional, mental and spiritual history & needs, and not only the fragile mind/body connection of outward symptoms - an experienced Core-Practice Analyst could be an answer).
Meanwhile, try some sort of meditation and/or yoga/tai chi practice where you'd learn to concentrate on your breathing... You might find it ends up changing your life, you never know...:)
Also, someone said to me a long time ago that walking does me good 'even when I don't notice it'... And they were right: just walking down the hill to town this morning, feeling a bit anxious, but stubbornly continuing to count my breaths (1-2-3-4 in, 1-2 hold & 1-2-3-4-5-6 out - to which I have allocated 4 words that mean a lot to me, as a kind of mantra), calmed me down sufficiently to enable me to do one last Christmas shopping this year, without freaking out.
Best of luck.

Answer 5

Centerpoint sent me a Holosync CD that I requested. I never listened to it b/c I'd rather not have a complete stranger putting thoughts in my head. What I did start doing is talking to myself. The hyno is trying to change the way your transmitters behave...but you can do this yourself on a daily basis, which I thought made more sense. A few sessions or daily, which would be more beneficial right? My therapist had been telling me to do this for years but I am stubborn. I just needed to reach the point of hospitalization frst :)
This is what helped me!! (When Ativan and Luvox couldn't)
Everytime I started to feel an attack coming (even the slightest tightness etc) I said in my head.... "Right now you are feeling a little anxiety, it is normal. It is ok. My heart is so healthy, happy, and calm." You can change it up how you want of course... for ears I thought yeah right like that would work. I'm telling you this... I would wake from a dead sleep with a level 10 attack. So when bed time approached I would have a p.a. about havin a p.a.... This method has given me my power back...and that is what it s all about. (In my opinion)

This is a clip from a great web site:

First, use thought stoppage. Be gentle but firm about it.

"STOP! These thoughts are not good for me. They are not healthy or helpful thoughts, and I have decided to move in a better direction and learn to think differently." (You are reminding and reinforcing your brain each and every time you make this rational and realistic statement.)

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Answer 6

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Answer 7

I've used Paul McKenna's Fear of Flying hypnosis CD and it worked like a dream. You have to listen to it five times; he tells you to count backwards from 300, and while you're concentrating on that he tells another part of your brain how safe and wonderful flying is. It puts you in a 'receptive' state where he re-programmes you to enjoy it.

The next time I got on a plane it was like getting on a bus - I waited for the panicky feeling, and it didn't happen. It has also enabled me to go in lifts; I'm still not happy about them, but at least I can use them now, which I couldn't do before.

Answer 8

i think CBT is probably a better option than hypnosis. it would go to the root of the problem, and help you to change your patterns. I'm not sure if hypnosis would do that, it may help stop them but not the reason for them. good luck, panic attacks are not fun.

Answer 9

have you ever tried journaling or writing poetry for your self? i'm going to save you in my prayers, hun! So sorry for you as i comprehend what tension can sense like. working example, me and utilising interior a substantial city does not blend! I swear i think like i'm on the verge of a coronary heart attack at the back of the wheel then. there replaced right into a time some years in the past when I had a panic attack, I felt like somebody with a seizure because of the fact I had a no longer ordinary time with respiration and how my physique could shake on the floor. I easily have had no longer had it to that severe for a while now. (((HUGS))) it gets extra powerful! i'm right here in case you prefer to speak!

Answer 10

Of course it works. But people don't want to take the time to do it, they'd rather take drugs or find some other quick-fix. And the drug makers, with multi-billion dollar advertising campaigns, have you convinced you have a "chemical imbalance".
Panic attacks aren't real- they're all in your mind. They aren't even in your conscious mind- if so, you'd be able to say "relax" and you'd be panic free. The subconscious regulates your bodily sensations, such as taste, touch and sight, as well as your emotional feelings- in the case of panic, your pounding heart, your sweaty palms, your feeling of weakness and confusion and fear.

Standard therapy can be useless because you're speaking to your conscious mind to "figure out" the problem. Knowing the cause of your panic (you fear of crowded lines or shops, for example, because once you got stuck) doesn't erase it. You can talk about it for years and never change. Because you're using the wrong part of your brain.

Hypno-therapy can take the form of breaking negative patterns of behavior. This can be particularly effective in addressing phobias, unreasonable fears of particular objects or situations.

But you don't go for 1 session and expect to be panic-free. You need to work on it, practice it, and finally get your subconscious mind to re-pattern itself. Your subconscious no longer associates lines/driving/crowds with fear, so you no longer FEEL panic sensations. It's like you unplug that connection.

"it" doesn't work unless you allow it to. It's not magic- you have to believe in it, and want it. Some people try it for a week and say "it didn't work" and go back to what they really wanted to to (eat, smoke, etc.) Yes, it is "all in your mind" - so you have to know how to reach that part of your mind.