If you have panic attacks does that mean you have a Anxiety disorder?

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In the last six months I have had a couple of panic attacks. All my life I have been a big worrier and shy around large groups of people. Once in a while I get very paranoid.
This could mean one of many things.
Perhaps you have Generalized Anxiety Disorder, i.e.:anxiety for no particular reason.
Perhaps you have Panic Disorder, and therefore have frequent panic attacks,
or perhaps you have some sort of social phobia.

Whatever the case, I advise you to seek professional attention if it is truly worrying you and affecting you on a daily/weekly (frequent) basis.  (+ info)

What percent of the population suffers from panic/anxiety disorder?

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Being a panic/anxiety sufferer myself, and knowing that it took me a while to have it properly diagnosed, I am curious as to what percent of the world population suffers form this common ailment, whether it be a diagnosed condition or undiagnosed.
i have no idea what the percentage is but i'm a part of that statistic.  (+ info)

What do you all think about a child taking prozac for panic disorder?

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The child is 11 and has had panic attacks and is fearfull all the time.He has been on prozac for 2 months with much improvement...this is an inherited condition and he has a stable home with no tramitic experiences in his past.I am concerned of the long term with his condition.
Yes...he is under the care of a psycologist and peditrician
It is sometimes hard to know what the right thing to do is,especially when its your child and you are responsable for them.I have him on meds and I guess I just wanted reassureance that the choice I have made is the right one.For the long term...along with coping skills.I have the same dissorder but do not take meds.But I am 37 and he is only a child who is not able to talk himself out of a situation.Thank you for all the input.
There are a lot of different views on children taking meds for anxiety, depression, attention span disorders; some are negative and some are all FOR a child taking meds to control their disorders. I think it's up to YOU the parent who has to deal with the child and the issues that accompany their disorder. If you are comfortable with your child taking meds and he/she is improving then I don't see a problem with that so long as you are made well aware of the possible side effects of the meds on your child. And if the medication is improving their quality of life I don't see why this would be a "bad" thing. It's solely up to you. We as parents need to decide what is best for our kids. Don't let people tell you that what you are doing is wrong or bad. It's all about what will work for your child for them to have a normal life. That's what's important. Take care.  (+ info)

I have a Panic Disorder is it normal to constantly feel like you arent getting enough air in the lungs?

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I was recently diagnosed with this disorder and am completely new to all of this, will an inhaler help at all? I could really use some help here my doctor didn't do that much to help it feels like.
I was recently diagnosed with this disorder and am completely new to all of this, will an inhaler help at all? I could really use some help here my doctor didn't do that much to help it feels like. This is constantly going on even when I am not having an attack.
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Why are there always such misinformation about panic disorder?

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Every time someone hears about my attacks, I get useless and banal "advice" on overcoming them. People with no real psychological education other than reading self help books and watching Dr. Phil. My favorite is "suck it up" and "be a man." So anyone out there with panic disorder get this often or notice this? Does it bug you? How do you cope? It's bad enough to have an illness that has you by the throat, but to endure constant ignorance is just salt in the wound.
10 years with panic disorder (agoraphobia on and off) Have been on Paxil, Lexapro, Celexa, Effexor, Xanax, Klonopin, Valium, etc.

Tested for bi-polar and manic depression..hade neither, but was given Depikote "just in case" and it reacted badly.

8 years for constant therapy, psychotherapy, CBT, meditation and relaxation techniques, feedback related techniques and very little progress with most. CBT is still current and on going.
Maybe it helps to know that it's not just people with panic attacks who get the same advice. Addicts are told that it's simply their choice to stop anything, even by someone like "Dr." Laura on the radio. It truly is their choice whether to get help or not, but there's nothing simple about that, and that's usually not what the advice-givers mean. They mean to just stop the bad behavior, pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps. They don't understand the obstacles to that.

It's the same thing with anxiety or mood disorders. People are told to "suck it up" and be normal, as if there isn't already someone in our heads who guilt trips us this way.

I find it helpful to accept that human nature makes people both ignorant and arrogant in their opinions from politics to religion to anything personal. People are blind to what they don't know. They don't know just how much they don't know. Our brain easily makes up stories to explain what we see, whether that's about things or about people. If other people try to tell us differently - well, what do they know? If experts try to tell us differently - I'm not clear about that part of our culture that rejects experts so often. I'm not sure about all the details of why people give bad advice about mental health, but I'm sure it comes from human nature, whether one sees that as an illness everyone has or something to be overcome, like the ignorance and self-doubt of being a child.

I do continue to feel frustration when I see or hear advice that knows nothing about the condition at hand. It helps me to remind myself that people who do that don't know better. Maybe they should, but they don't, and they're unlikely to change just because I say they should. All you can do is say what you know, and know that it's too bad that not everyone sticks to just what they know. I think the truth of people's experience does get out eventually. It just takes a long time because so many people already have decided to label others in simplistic ways. Such people will die off eventually. I hope I'm over my desire to dance on their grave when they actually do.  (+ info)

is there anyone out there who has recovered from panic disorder?

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I suffer from panic disorder for a couple of years now. I have gone to psychiatrists, psychologists, read books & been on medication. Most of the time i feel horrible. I would just like to know if there is actually a person out there who has recovered from panic disorder without the drugs, which i absolutely cannot handle. And i'm not talking about those infomercial people, which you are not sure if they are being honest or not. Panic disorder is hell on earth & i would like to know if anybody has been able to escape it...
Yes. At the first sign of one, employ an ANTI PANIC ATTACK breathing technique. Advice from a published psychiatrist on controlled breathing: (1.) Get a clock, or watch with a second timer. (2.) Practise for 5 minutes, 4 times daily, until proficient. (3.) Take a small breath in, and hold it, for 6 seconds. (4.) Think to yourself: "RELAX", just before breathing out. (5.) Try to feel a sense of releasing tension, as you breathe out. (6.) Breathe in for 3 seconds, then out, for 3 seconds. Try to make your breathing very smooth, and light, as you breathe in through your nose, and out through your mouth, or nose. (7.) For the next minute, continue to breathe in, and out, every 3 seconds. (8.) Go back to step 3, at the end of the minute, and proceed through to step 7, doing this for 5 minutes. Use this at the very first sign of a panic attack starting, or any time you feel anxious, or tense. Similar, but simpler advice, from a clinical psychologist is to breathe in to the count of 3: (one thousand one; one thousand two; one thousand three) each takes around a second to say to yourself, in your mind, and out to the count of 3. Also see http://deeplyrelax.com & www.deepsloweasy.com/html/intro.htm

Note: the controlled breathing only helps with the symptoms, as do medications/herbal remedies. Address the underlying cause, which requires some form of therapy; see http://your-mental-health.weebly.com/ re anxiety, & pages H, & I. Imagine that the cause of your panic; your anxieties, fears, your self doubts, self recriminations, all the agonizing "I'm-so-Stupids"; every painful "I-can't-do-it" are huge raging, hurtful bulls snorting and charging at you. You see them coming at you and you hold out your red matador's cape at arms length and simply let them charge right by. Every time they come at you, hold out your arm with the red cape and let them rage and snort and go right on past. Some people recommend nettle tea, with a little honey. Others use Lavender tea, Lemon Balm, Chamomile, but use no milk or cream with herbal teas, or Valerian (caution: its use may become habitual). Know how these affect you before driving, or doing anything dangerous, and it is far better to use the treatments, rather than relying on herbal remedies. Free online PANIC COURSE - www.panic-attacks.co.uk also available by email. See the section on panic attacks at www.mind.org.uk also Ebooklet form. They recommend letting a panic attack run its course, without doing anything to treat it, so you KNOW you will survive it. The usual maximum is 30 minutes, until symptoms begin to subside.  (+ info)

i think I might have the panic disorder and I am not sure what I need to do about it.?

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Also, which doctor do I need to go see? How long does it usually take to cure the panic disorder?
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can panic disorder lead to a mental hospital?

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If your panic disorder is constantly acting up can it lead you to go to a menatal hospital?
It really shouldn't. Mental hospitals are there for people who are unable to control their illnesses with medications and therapy and who might hurt themselves otherwise. While really horrible while they are occurring, most panic attacks last from 7 - 10 minutes and then are over. By the time you get someone to take you to the ER, it's over. Still shook up, they sometimes develop agoraphobia, which is the fear of being in a place where quick escape would be difficult or embarrassing. Still, that doesn't necessitate hospitalization. Hopefully your doc or psychologist is taking care of you and providing anxiolytic (anti-anxiety) medication and psychotherapy. That should do the trick.

Hope that helps. Please feel free to email me.  (+ info)

How can I relax with Panic Disorder?

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I'm fourteen years old and was recently diagnosed with Panic Disorder. I'm going on vacation soon. I'm not on any medication. I want to be able to relax and not worrying about anything. What do I do? Please help!
facing panic attack in a way which is well planned and finding a solution is more important then to just going on with it forever in the same manner as you have been doing till now .change the way you think to make the things work for you.Adoption of panic relieving exercises, relaxation techniques, getting your mind controlled through exercises, meditations and yoga's,
check for more tips http://tinyurl.com/getridpanic  (+ info)

Have you ever had a total nervous breakdown from panic disorder?

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I started having panc attacks and then one day

I became flooded with anxiety ,depression and panic.

I have never been the same since.

Got a lot better taking fish oil.

Used to not be able to go anywhere without

having severe panic .

Must aviod all stress.

Doctors never were much help.
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