2 anxiety attacks in the past 2 days?

Question

Is that normal ? Should I maybe seek a psychologist ? Are there prescriptions for it ? Are there any natural remedies ?

Answer 1

I had a question about this the other day and someone told me that there is always something there that is causing them, usually the same thing. In all of my attacks the only thing that was common was my boyfriend. Now he is gone and so is the anxiety!

Answer 2

The first thing to do is understand why a panic attack happens. When we were put onto this earth we were given the ability to use three important methods for self preservation. We were given FIGHT, FLIGHT and FREEZE. All of these methods saved many a human being in certain situations. We have evolved but still have these in-built mechanisisms of survival...such as a Border Collie will know how to round up sheep, even if it's never been taught as such. A panic attack is brought on by our brain feeling a threat, the result of this will be that our body will produce adrenaline so that we can run away from the threat, stand still so that the threat goes past us, or fight the threat. The reason you feel shaky or light headed is because your body is preparing for one of these things and producing the adrenaline it needs. This makes the blood flow very quickly to the part of the body it needs to use. What you need to do is re-train the brain and let it know that there is no REAL threat...it's not like there is an elephant charging towards you for instance, it's just that you feel like you want to get away. This is more about emotion, than REAL threat, do you see what I mean? This can be done by self-talk and using breathing techniques. The self talk is important because you may have told yourself when you are feeling ok, that you know you are going to have another episode, which ultimately triggers one, so you need to tell yourself that you are ok, that there is no threat to you. If you get to the panic stage, you will be breathing quickly and this disturbs the balance of oxygen and carbon dioxide in your body so try breathing for 7 counts in from your diaphram and out for 11 counts, this will balance the carbon dioxide and oxygen and you will not feel so dizzy and shaky. Positive thinking can help the panic atacks and another thing that can help is having confidence in yourself. It's a shame that none of the therapist have been able to help you. We aren't all like that. I would suggest that you seek the help of a Person Centred Counsellor. A PCC is trained to work with a client at their pace in a confidential and safe environment. Good luck with this, it's a horrible place to be but you can beat it with positive thinking and a little help.

Answer 3

I have Generalized Anxiety Disorder and get anxiety attacks daily even being on medication. You should see a doctor and if you choose not to be on meds, then just read books about anxiety and natural remedies. Anxiety attacks can come out of the blue at any given time, even in the middle of the night while your sleeping. It also depends on the severity of the attack. Good luck. ** I should rephrase that, the medication helps me, it's just some people deal differently then others do.

Answer 4

no, anxiety attacks are not normal. They are a signal that you are under a tremendous amount of stress. If you aren't able to figure out what they are related to, by all means go talk to someone.

depending on how frequent they are, you can learn breathing techniques that will help you calm down from them and stress reduction techniques to help lessen or eliminate them. If they are so bad that they are interfering with your life, then yes you can also be medicated for them.