Symptoms Of Panic Attack

Today more and people are developing symptoms of panic attack due to a growing uncertainty in the current economic crises that exists world-wide.

I experienced my first symptoms of panic attack back in the 60’s when I was in my late 20’s which continued until my early 50's when I finally eliminated the causes through my spiritual development, and spiritual cleansing.
I was able to do this by my ability of hearing voices
of my spiritual guides and the Higher Power.

The attack came on very suddenly and I had no idea at the time what caused it. But I felt tremendously anxious and fearful.

This overwhelming anxiety and fear caused difficulty in my breathing, and heart palpitations. Then I broke into a cold sweat, and started trembling and shaking. If anyone was with me at the time, he or she may have thought I was having seizure of some sort. I thought I was having a heart attack.

At first, the attacks were sporadic and my way of handling them was to involve myself with intense exercise depending on the season such as running, swimming, or cross-country skiing, and it worked for some time.

But the panic attacks became more frequent which occurred any time of day or night, and panic attacks at night are extremely frightful - the underlying emotion of the attacks are fear which I believe originate from situations that you experienced in this life or a past life time. Read discover past lives. Before I discovered the causes for my the panic attacks, I had to seek help.

I made an appointment with a psychiatrist whom I saw regularly for some time (later on switching to psycho-analyst, then a self help group) who questioned me about my childhood, parents, siblings, relationships etc. From the onset, he gave me a prescription of Valium, a depressant popular in the 60's, which I carried with me at all times, for I never knew when the attack would occur.

Even though I was told, "Never take the Valium with alcohol," I did. Due to the immediate effects of this lethal combination, it was difficult to stop. Anyone who has had full-blown panic attacks knows that you want it to stop A.S.A.P. You are literally frozen and it's difficult to even think straight

It could have been very dangerous for me to continue and the only thing that stopped me was that I luckily passed out at a party which I couldn’t remember the next day. That experience frightened me so much that I decided to stop taking alcohol with the tranquilizer.

Today more than 2.4 million people in the U.S., or 1.7% of the adult population between the ages of 18 and 54 develop symptoms of panic attack which if left untreated for a long period of time, can lead to Panic Disorder. Apparently more women than men develop this condition, and its symptoms usually begin in early adulthood.

Here are more symptoms of panic attack:

• Severe chest pains
• Difficulty breathing, can’t get enough air in your lungs
• Heart palpitations
• Dizziness
• Fear of dying or having a nervous breakdown
• Terror that is almost paralyzing
• Nervous, shaking, stress
• Feeling of dread
• Feeling weak, faint or dizzy, light-headedness or nausea
• Trembling, sweating, shaking
• Choking, chest pains, distress
• Fear, fright, afraid, anxious
• Hot flashes, or sudden chills
• Tingling in fingers or toes ('pins and needles')
• fearful that you're going to go crazy or are about to die
• Feeling a loss of control

If you have any of these recurring symptoms of panic attack, it is important to see your doctor immediately in order to rule out any physical illness. Once you know that you do not have an illness, more than likely you are experiencing symptoms of panic attack.

Until I learned much later the causes for my symptoms of panic attack I continued taking the drug Valium,(diazepam), which is a tranquilizer and very addictive. I was not aware of the natural tranquilizers at that time.

Before Valium there was Librium. Valium was the most widely prescribed drug at that time by psychiatrists, and then it was replaced by Xanax in 1986. Most minor tranquilizers belong to the group called benzodiazepines which are closely related chemically to Librium, Valium, and Xanax.

The benzodiazepine minor tranquilizers include Xanax, Valium, Librium, Tranxene (clorazepate), Paxipam (halazepam), Centrax or Verstran (prazepam), Klonopin (formerly Clonopin) (clonazepam), Dalmane (flurazepam), Serax (oxazepam), Ativan (lorazepam), Restoril (temazepam), and Halcion (triazolam).

An older minor tranquilizer is Miltown or Equanil (meprobamate). Other minor tranquilizers are chemically antihistamines, such as Atarax or Vistaril (hydroxyzine).

Sleeping medications also have tranquilizing effects. These include Doriden (glutethimide), Noludar (methyprylon), Placidyl (ethchlorvynol), and Noctec, Somnos, or Beta-Chlor (chloral hydrate), and the various barbiturates, including Seconal (secobarbital), Luminal (phenobarbital), Butibel (butabarbital), Amytal (amobarbital), Nembutal (pentobarbital), and Tuinal (amobarbital and secobarbital). Read more at psychiatric drugs – minor tranquilizers

All of these drugs have the potential for abuse and addiction. Since all have a calming or sedative effect, people addicted to these "downers" use many of them interchangeably, depending on what is available, often mixing them with alcohol. The minor tranquilizers and alcohol make a very dangerous, frequently lethal, combination. And today we are seeing the effects on many famous people, more recently Whitney Houston in the entertainment industry where the tension and pressure is enormous.

BuSpar, the most recent addition to the minor tranquilizers, is being promoted as non-sedative, non-addictive, and relatively safe.

After having the long-term experience of prescription tranquilizers, my suggestion is to get off of them as quickly as possible through a doctor’s care and start taking natural herbal medicine through Pure Herbs until you find spiritual or psychological help for solving your symptoms. Long term use can of these tranquilizers may cause cognitive malfunction.

For information on Pure Herbs read herbs for healing. You can also contact me.

Read about some of the potential causes of panic attacks and see if any of them apply to you or a loved one suffering from panic attacks.

If you need treatment, read treatment for panic attacks.

causes of panic attacks
treatment for panic attacks
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