4 Different Types of Panic Attacks And Their Treatments

Who has panic attacks?

You, me, your neighbor's little boy, maybe even the pope: no one is immune. We all run on adrenaline, so therefore any one of us could suffer from a panic attack at one point or another. If you are normally anxious, you are more likely to have a panic attack than is a person who is normally relaxed. Here are four common types of panic attacks:

Helpful Panic Attacks

When there is real danger, say from an earthquake or an assailant, a panic attack is a normal response: you run away or fight. The extra adrenaline is used productively.

Unhelpful Panic Attacks

An unhelpful panic attack occurs when there is no recognizable threat: the sufferer is responding with extreme fear to a normal event, for example, standing in a line at the supermarket or going to a party. The trigger that starts a panic attack may be physical or emotional. Adrenaline floods the body to such as extent that it produces very unpleasant physical feelings, and very string feeling of fear. Worst of all, the sufferer does not know what to do, because he or she has no productive way to use the extra energy. A person having a panic attack might want to run screaming from the supermarket line or the party in the same way that he or she would run from an earthquake, but his or her rational mind knows that there is no real danger. It is very confusing. Unfortunately, the helpless feelings evoked by panic attacks may sow the seeds for another one, and so on.

Occasional Panic Attacks

The person who suffers occasional panic attacks finds that these attacks are often in response to specific situations, such as flying, visiting the dentist, or driving over a bridge. The attacks can also be less specific and occur when the sufferer is "run down. " The attacks disappear when life is back on an even keel. Panic attacks caused by some physical triggers fall into this group. FOr example, a blocked nose may cause hyperventilation and panic; when breathing returns to normal, the attacks will disappear.

Frequent Panic Attacks in the Nervous Person

The person who is always anxious is more likely to have panic attacks than a person who is not anxious. Life can be very limited for people who have panic attacks superimposed on a background of continuous anxiety. These people often are agorapholic, and they may have social phobias as well. People who fall into this category need professional help. However, the situation is not as bleak as it sounds. Some agoraphobics so very well. Chronic anxiety does not necessarily have to last a lifetime. Long-term reassurance and patient teaching are a vital part of treatment.

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