Apr 20
2011

A panic attack is a short burst of overwhelming anxiety.

The symptoms begin suddenly with chest pains, palpitations, feeling dizzy, faint or light-headed, sweating and trembling. You can also experience fast, shallow breathing and pins and needles. Although very unpleasant, attacks usually last for only a few minutes and cause no physical harm.

You can help avoid them by taking regular exercise. Studies show that jogging for 30 minutes, three times a week is as effective as psychotherapy for depression and will work just as well for panic attacks.

Avoid junk food and sugar and increase your intake of wholegrain cereals, vegetables, fruit, lean meats, low-fat dairy products and fish. You might also find it helpful to use essential oil of clary sage, which eases mental fatigue and depression and helps bring good sleep.
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Apr 12
2011

Nikki Durrant, 35, developed such a severe phobia of driving that she would burst into tears as soon as she got behind the wheel.

She tried to pass her driving test four times but with each failure the panic attacks worsened – sometimes leaving her barely able to breath.

Nikki became so desperate that she turned to hypnosis and after just two hours of treatment she passed her fifth test with flying colours.

Full-time mum-of-two Nikki, who grew up in Hornchurch, London, revealed yesterday (Fri) that passing the driving test has ”changed her life”.

She said: ”It got to the point where on my third driving test I just froze halfway through and started crying. I turned the car around and refused to go on it.

”But passing has changed my life.

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Feb 25
2011

Of course it is totally common understanding that life is brimming with stress and obligations. We are all incredibly busy with work and family, then there is the regular stress of incidents in the world and our own countries. There is nothing unusual to think that our present times are far too too much to handle for countless people. Panic attacks are extremely common amongst millions of persons in Western societies.

If people are not straight away experiencing a panic attack, then at the total minimum people live with heightened levels of anxiety. The signs and symptoms of panic attacks can change widely from person to person, so it is very likely for somebody to suffer from them, unknowingly.

There is a certain link somewhere between your brain and your entire body in the case of a panic attack. What is encountered or felt on the physical is basically reflecting what is occurring in the body, stress reaction, and how that is interpreted by the mind. The mind then unknowingly encourages the body to produce more symptoms.

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Feb 25
2011

Angela Oglesby’s panic attacks started during her matric year after she had fainted at school.

As time went by, she started having the attacks more frequently. She would get sweaty palms, heart palpitations, nausea and dizziness, coupled with the overwhelming fear that something awful was about to happen.

“My mum put me through every medical test she could think of. They all came back negative. At one stage they thought I was bulimic,” she said. She was finally diagnosed by accident, when her mother came across a check list for panic disorder symptoms in a magazine. Oglesby had every one.

Afterwards, she began to go to a support group for depression and anxiety, but did not find this helpful — she was not depressed. She also saw a GP, who suggested a mild sedative. This helped but did not end the panic attacks.

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