Anxiety Attack Treatments Plus Your Anxiety Cycle

Did you know that there are quite a few anxiety attack treatments being used today, but the root cause of an anxiety attack is the fear of the attack itself. The fear of an attack can actually hasten another attack. So although everyday treatments would be beneficial in the close term via medications or 'coping' techniques, except if you break the vicious 'cycle of anxiety' you are more than likely to suffer attacks down the line.

The psychological and physical results of the initial anxiety or panic attack are so incredibly frightening that you are left anxious even after it is concluded. You do not ever wish to experience that again. Nevertheless the state of anxiousness as a result of a fear of a recurrence is just what can produce another attack. And so the cycle looks like:- panic attack > anxiety > fear > panic attack and so on. We can now look at some popular anxiety attack treatments:-

Calming Breathing

Deep breathing will help slow your heartbeat rate, and calm you down both psychologically and physically. Although, while breathing can help a bit during an attack, it can't help in the overall recovery from general anxiety.

Using Meditation

Used to reduce the general stress and anxiety outside of an attack. Implementing meditation may be useful in the reduction of those unfounded fears which can cause anxiety attacks.

As a calming exercise, meditation can certainly be beneficial, but is not enough by itself to cure anxiety.

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

A therapy that aids in overturning your negative thoughts into positive thoughts. In summary it emphasizes the power of positive thinking.

Useful, especially for reduced general anxiety, but perhaps not so hot for really high anxiety levels.

Self-hypnosis and Hypnosis

May be helpful in some cases. But by its very nature, it homes-in on behaviour rather than the underlying cause(s) of an anxiety attack which are somewhat difficult to spot and define.

Because of this you can't be completely sure that you won't have another attack at some point in the future.

Usual Drug-based Treatments

These are what doctors usually prescribe to help manage the symptoms of anxiety and anxiety attacks. Typical medications are tranquilizers like benzodiazepines, antidepressants like selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), and, beta blockers e.g. propranolol, which help reduce physical symptoms like shaking and palpitations.

Drug-based medication can certainly help in the treatment of the symptoms of anxiety, but once again, they cannot help with the underlying cause(s).

They also have some pretty nasty side effects including slurring, drowsiness, dizziness, dependency and nausea, etc.

These anxiety attack treatments can be crudely divided into two broad types; 'coping mechanisms' and 'mind-numbing'. Although they all have their good points, they miss the key point that until you can break your vicious cycle of anxiety you are less likely to get back to your old self.

By: John Cielo

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