Like Being Hit With A Baseball Bat
My wife had her very first (and most frightening) panic attack while she was out driving in our car. This could have been a disaster if she had crashed, or crashed into someone. As soon as we knew we were safe and the initial shock had died down, shock for us both I might add. We made an appointment to see our doctor.
The doctor gave us the usual garbage about it being all in her head, no real danger, blah blah blah. We then got prescribed some beta blockers. I mention “we” got prescribed beta blockers as I really felt I was involved as much as my wife in all this. Beta blockers work by slowing the heart. By doing this a panic attack shouldn’t build as the heart can’t race out of control.
We tried going out in the car again and sure enough, at the same place she felt another attack looming. The result was a panic attack but with a calm heart rate. She said it was the strangest feeling having a panic attack but at the same time feeling quite calm.
Best Place For Drugs…The Trash
The drugs went straight in the trash as soon as we got home. Me driving this time. A full 9 months went by and she never drove the car once. She never had a panic attack either, which was a mixed blessing.
We couldn’t let this situation go on. Her not being able to drive for fear of having an attack at the wheel. I did some in depth research on the web and we came across various techniques to try. Which we did with varying results. Nothing really did the trick of stopping them completely.
We Tried Them All
We then happened across yet another “method” to supposedly stop them. We tried it, and first reports looked good. My wife had long since stopped any drugs so any success was clearly down to the new method. The first time she drove she felt an attacked looming. However she quickly put the method into practice and got through the attack ok.
In our debriefing session later she said that although there was a panic attack, it was no where near as bad as before because of the new system. She knew she had managed to lessen its effects herself. And this was a big confidence booster. She was sure that next time she had an attack she had the tools to halt it in its tracks, although it didn’t work out as good as that.
Step By Step Progress
But she did manage to decrease it effect. Each and every time she felt an attacking growing she decreased its effects. Pretty quickly she got to the stage where she can recognise the signs and stop it dead in its tracks.
If you are a sufferer you can carry on as you are, or try drugs from your doctor. Which may or may not work? Good luck.
Or you could decide to take control of your life and unlock the secret that will halt these panic attacks without using medication of any sort. One solution is here at this site… Panic-Stations.com
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