Hi my name is Mike Hill and i'm returning to this forum after a couple of years during which i've managed to stop my panic attacks after 25 yrs of trying- i tried them all you name it beta blockers , seroxat , alcohol,weed and more.
I remember the reason i left was not because of the enormous support people offer in here but because the feeling of despair when i realised so many people seemed to accept that we have to live with panic (not cure it)by addicting ourselves to drugs or keep paying therapists for mixed results
What we need is a good dose of reality!! NMP recommends an iconic book by Susan Jeffers called Feel The Fear and do it anyway - i suggest everyone get a copy. This book was instrumental in me taking the first steps to recovery - it teaches a lot about self help but more importantly for me was the suggestion that we alone are repsonsible for everything that occurs in our life (including) attacks
Maybe hard to take but if you think about it , it does make sense - if we are obesely overweight or suffer from bronchial problems whose fault is it - did we stop eating all that junk over the years or stop smoking , did any one force us.
The book also helps tremendously in shutting up that brain chatterbox - you know the one that keeps telling us that we're ill, we're going to die etc
My point is that as we did something that started our attacks is'nt it therefore a logical extension that we are the only ones that can stop them by doing something instead of relying upon the wisdom of the medical industry - think about it , a multi billion industry of drug companies , doctors and therapists exists purely because we are told we have to live with panic not actually stop it - this is almost in my opinion akin to the Tobacco industry where now the sale of stop smoking products outstrips actual tobacco sales.
Do you yourselves a favour get the book (from the NMP amazon store as it helps fund this tremendous forum) put yourself in the right mindset to stop the attacks yourself as believe me no drug ever will ,it might be a small dosage now but it will get bigger .If your on SSRI's especially you will get more and more emotionless unable to experience the joys of life.
If therapy works for you great but there also a lot more programmes on the internet that have proven results , some of you might have seen this in the Dail Mail (UK paper)
for instance
Go on do yourselves a favour you can stop stop panic you just have to take action
Regards