 Panic Attacks Medication
Panic attacks can be extremely difficult to deal with.
The stress of panic attacks, and the way they impact on life, can sometimes feel overwhelming, making every day tasks quite difficult. This is why it is very important to seek help if you are suffering from panic attacks.
A common way to treat panic attacks is through prescription medication. Under certain circumstances, these medications can be very helpful. However, if these prescription medications are used without the advice or supervision of doctor, or used long term, there can be many dangers.
First of all, while panic attack medication is not known to be addictive, it can be habit forming. This can occur is person becomes so used to taking the medication, that simply the thought of going without them can cause anxiety and panic. As a result, symptoms similar to withdrawal can occur when trying to stop the medication. This is especially so if someone has been using the medication for a long time, or without a doctor’s supervision.
Although the use of prescription medication can treat some of the symptoms of panic attacks, they can unfortunately also have many side effects. To start with, it is not uncommon for panic attack medication to cause insomnia. Over time, excess insomnia can lead to drowsiness during the day, and then eventually develop into completely ruined sleeping patterns, which in turn wear a person down mentally and physically even more.
Sometimes, increased heart rate and palpitations can occur when over-using panic attack medication. This is due to the over-stimulating effect many of these drugs have. Over time, this can put pressure on a person't heart that may weaken it over time. Of course, this can eventually put the person at risk of a heart attack.
Another symptom that can occur from long term use of panic attack medication, is that they can dramatically tax the liver and the kidneys. Prolonged, unsupervised use could cause severe damage to these organs and could even cause problems with other organs as well.
While panic attack medication can be very helpful in dealing with some panic attacks symptoms, it is very important to also deal with the underlying causes of panic, and also learn how to overcome them. This is definitely possible through re-learning your behaviour and responses to stress and panic.
Programs like PanicAway are known to be very effective for treating panic attacks without medication.
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