i would like to know if people with anxiety and panic disorder can take trimspa?
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Consult your doctor or pharmacist.
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i personally have panic disorder. i've been told...get help from a mental health professional first and possibly medication. i've tried the medication, but i'm not one for pills. and honestly, talking to someone...doesn't make it go away! i've had to teach myself relaxation techniques. first and foremost, i repeat to myself over and over, "i'm okay, i'm fine, i'm not hurt, and this too shall pass". but it has affected me in everyday life, even when i'm not having an attack. truly it is all about your mind set. changing your way of thinking, and that can be the hardest part. i haven't found a concrete solution, i just take it day by day.
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Christine, first you must know what is the root cause of your anxiety/panic attacks.   I agree with you that drugs will only mask the root cause and will not resolve the root cause that is still inside of you.    \n\nThere is what is know as "anticipatory", reaction to anxiety.   When you feel an anxiety attack coming on you must do everything in your power to not allow the cause of the anxiety to take over your entire body.  If this happens then you will have a full blown panic attack.   \n\nWhen you feel anxious or a panic attack coming on, your very first action is to try and think of someting beautlful, or do Yoga breathing exercise.. (Just breath through your nose, taking in as much air as you can hold).  Don't allow the the stomach muscles to force the air out.  You want to control the air by letting it out as slow as possible through your mouth.   \n\nPractice this Yoga breathing exercise at home, so that you will get in the habit of doing it right.  (Usualy two or three max., taking in all the air you can through your nose & letting it out very slow through your mouth will make you feel very relaxed.  \n\nI do it myself.  An it works 100%.    \n\nA phobia of any kind, requires behavior modification, reality therapy or hypnosis.  (If say you have been through therapy an it is obvious it did not work for you).   \n\nYou must be conditioning your mind, with your social phobia, becasue you say that is getting better.  (This means that you must be exposing yourself little by little with being around people.\n\nNow you will have to try and find out why your panic attacks are increasing.  As soon as you feel a panic attack coming on look around yourself, or think of what it is that is own your mind at that monent..  (Perhaps what is around you or what is on your mind at that given moment may be the cause of the panic attack).  \n\nThen if you find the cause, you will need to find an alternative solution to resolve the problem.  This is what I do for my patients.   I find out the root cause an I never tell them what they must do.  I provide them with many alternative solutions and they must pick which one is best for them.  If they ask me about the choice, I can tell them what is the light at the end of the tunnel.\n\nWish you all the best, as panic attacks are no fun.  Plus I am proud of you that you will not let any psychiatrist put you on a controlled substance like Aprazolam, Tafil or Xanax. (All the same drug).  Names depends on what country you reside in.\n\nClinical Psychiatrist, France\n\nExcuse my english
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I believe that to treat/ get over panic attacks, a holistic approach is best (Looking at the whole system rather than just concentrating on individual components).\n\nSome of the various approaches to helping sufferers of panic attacks include (but are not limited to):\n-counselling\n-support groups\n-stress management courses\n-medication (acute- valium, or chronic- antianxiety meds)\n-relaxation techniques courses\n-non-aerobic 'centering' exercise (yoga, stretching, pilates, tai chi)\n-massage\n-dietary counselling\n\nThe counselling is one of the most important ways to help panic attack sufferers. It can be very helpful in identifying the root cause of the attacks, in learning about relaxation/stress management techniques, in learning about the various pharmacological treatments available, and helping arrange the best treatment for YOU.\n\nI haven't really addressed specific ways to help yourself while you are IN a panic attack. However, I believe that what I have answered here is very helpful in reducing or eliminating your panic attacks.\n\nI hope that I have been helpful!\n:)
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I am not a doctor and these are the brand names, not the actual scientific names of the drug:\n\nValium, Xanax, Celexa, Cipramil, Emocal, Sepram, Lexapro, Cipralex, Esertiam, Prozac, Fontex, Seromex, Seronil, Sarafem, Fluctin, Luvox, Faverin, Paxil, Seroxat, Aropax, Deroxat, Zoloft, Lustral, Serlain, Seroquel.\n\nThere are many kinds of anxiety disorders and many kinds of medications, along with other treatments. Many of these drugs have nasty side effects, some life threatening. Never take them unless you have permission from a licensed doctor. I also suggest talking to an experienced psychologist as well, it is always good to have a second opinion - you should never take drugs unless you have to.\n\nHere are some more, less common drugs for anxiety:\n\nKlonopin, Ativan, Serax, Librium, Inderal ,Tenormin, Tofranil, Norpramin, Pertofrane, Aventyl, Pamelor, Elavil, Sinequan, Adapin, Anafranil, Effexor, Nardil, Parnate, BuSpar, Depakote.\n\nI wish you the very best.
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I have had panic attacks since I was 17, I'm now 23. There is a book that helped me understand how to relax myself and deal with these attcks. Its called the Anxiety and Phobia workbook by Edmund J. Bourne. \n\nSomething I have noticed that has helped tremondously is to excercise. If your not a gym person, I recommend walking at least 30 mins a day.
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Ask your doctor to put you on something else.\nOr you can get talk therapy for the panic attacks if you don't want to be on anything.
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Go to your Dr.,he has medicine that can help with anxiety.
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Depends.  If you have generalized anxiety...like just being worried all the time, therapy should help...and you won't need medication. \nIf you have what I have, which is anxiety disorder w/panic attacks...see a psyc who can give you meds in conjunction with therapy.  I've always been a worry wart...but over the past year I've had quite a few actual panic attacks...that are very scary when you first have them.  I can be sitting, doing absolutely nothing...not worrying about anything..and withing 5 mins be shaking, feel like I can't breath, lightheaded, dizzy, a absolutely terrified...for No reason.  That's a true panic attack.  Of course, stressful situations don't help...but usually I don't even have attacks in those situations.  At this point...I can feel when one is coming on, know I'm not dying, and pop 1/2 a xanax.  It's so helpful when you have the true attacks.  If I didn't have meds, I would sometimes pass out from the fear of the attack itself.  Get some help accordingly :)  Good luck!
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You have a fairly common anxiety disorder that is beginning to generalize to other aspects of your life. The optimal treatment for panic disorder and specific phobias is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). You need to find a psychologist who specializes in CBT. The outcome of this therapy has been demonstrated to be superior to all other treatments, including medication. NIMH even list CBT as the primary treatment option for your problems over medication. When you look for a psychologist you want to find one who graduated from an APA accredited program. If you can see one with a Ph.D. or Psy.D. even better. You should expect therapy will last 5 to 20 sessions depending on the severity of your problems. I've treated this problem many times with patients and they typically find complete remission of their symptoms by session 10 and then I help them learn relaxation exercises for 2 to 3 sessions. You'll learn that anxiety typically is an adaptive emotion that helps people respond appropriately to stressors; however, in the case of panic and phobias, something has gone wrong and you have to re-learn how to react to anxiety symptoms in an adaptive, non-distressing manner. After therapy 80 to 90% of people's anxiety problems don't return--ever!! Or if they do they have the skills to easily control them. CBT is a highly effect therapy.
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Anxiety and Depression are the most common psychiatric disorders.\nYour symptoms are suggestive of Panic Attacks, discrete periods of fear or\ndiscomfort with characteristic symptoms that develope abruptly and reach a\npeak within 10 minutes.\nThe characteristic symptoms of Panic Attack are pounding heart rate,\nsweating, trembling, sensation of shortness of breath, chest pain,\nnausea, dizziness, fear of losing control and fear of dying.\nDepression may be secondary to the attacks or may worsen the attacks,\nThe symptoms of depression maybe depressed mood, disturbance of sleep or appetite, decreased interest, feelings of worthlesssness or hopelessnes.\nAn MRI would not aid in the diagnosis of depression or anxiety.\nI recommend an evaluation by a psychiatrist.\nhttp://www.aafp.org/afp/20050215/733.html\n\nDevelopment of Panic Disorder\n\nHow do panic symptoms develop? A phobia of internal sensations is thought to drive the patient's avoidance behavior. In addition to neurochemical and genetic models for the disorder, some researchers have proposed a cognitive model, in which patients learn to misinterpret thoughts and emotions as physical symptoms. For example, a woman who is afraid of being left alone when her husband leaves for work may experience that fear physiologically (e.g., shortness of breath, sweating), which in turn makes her feel more anxious ("What is wrong with me?"), deepening the spiral and leading to more symptoms. Another theory is that patients escalate otherwise benign body sensations into panic attacks (the behavioral model). For example, a man whose heart rate accelerates when he becomes angry may escalate that sensation and the resulting anxiety into the chest pain of a "heart attack." Both examples demonstrate the patient's phobia of internal sensations.\n\nTreatment\n\nPatients with panic disorder have several treatment options. Determining which treatment is best for a given patient is done through a shared decision-making process between the patient and physician. A suggested approach to treatment is outlined in Figure 1.\n\nFigure 1\nhttp://www.aafp.org/afp/20050215/733.html\nTreating Patients with Panic Disorder\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n \n  \n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nFigure 1. Algorithm for the treatment of panic disorder. (DSM-IV = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th ed.; CBT = cognitive behavior therapy.)\n \n\nantidepressants\n\nAntidepressant medications have been shown to reduce panic severity, eliminate attacks, and improve overall quality-of-life measures in patients with panic disorder.3 Two recent meta-analyses9,10 found that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) are equally effective in reducing panic severity and the number of attacks. In these studies, 61 percent of patients were panic-free after six to 12 weeks of treatment, compared with 41 percent of control patients. These studies differ on whether SSRIs are better tolerated than TCAs. An earlier meta-analysis11 found SSRIs to be superior to TCAs. However, the benefits of SSRIs may have been overstated in the latter study because of its failure to account for publication bias (i.e., the greater likelihood that small studies finding no difference between treatments will not be published). \n\nTable 212 lists dosing and cost information for the antidepressants that have been proved in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to be effective in the treatment of panic disorder. The choice of antidepressant should be based on side effect profiles and patient preferences. Monoamine oxidase inhibitors also are effective in the treatment of panic disorder, but their use is limited by safety concerns.\n\ncognitive behavior therapy\n\nCognitive behavior therapy includes applied relaxation, exposure in vivo, exposure through imager
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Panic attacks have many causes and yes, phobias are one of them. In fact they're probably one of the biggest causes. I've had panic attacks for 7 years which were initially triggered by smoking marijuana and taking LSD. Stress can also be a factor.\n\nThe first panic attack I ever had was after smoking some pot. I suddenly felt like I couldn't breathe, my hands and feet went numb, and I thought I was going to die. I went to the ER and they just told me it was a gastrointestinal thing (WTF!) and gave me some antacids and sent me home. After visiting my regular doctor I found out the truth.\n\nI quit doing drugs, started going to therapy, and began taking Paxil. It worked great...for a while. I switched to Celexa, then Effexor, then Zoloft, and now Wellbutrin. Wellbutrin makes me feel better but recently my panic attacks have returned, so I also take Ativan or Xanax when they hit.\n\nIf you don't want to take any drugs, there are some breathing exercises you can do to help calm yourself down. You can find them on-line, but one that I use is you close your eyes and take slow deep breaths in through your nose and out through your mouth. I keep doing this until I feel that I can go back to being normal or until I fall asleep.\n\nIf you're taking any recreational drugs, you should stop because it may be contributing to the problem. I hope this helps you!
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Try going to a herbalist. My son suffered from panic attacks and was given some drops to place on your tongue. It worked, but I am sorry, I can't remember the name, but someone else I know took it before their driving test and it calmed them down. Consult the herbalist is allI can advise. Good Luck!
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I did a search through the Oxandrin website and couldnt find any information on panic attacks as a side effect. Call your pharmacist, they will have more information.
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A panic attack is a period of intense fear or discomfort, typically with an abrupt onset and usually lasting no more than thirty minutes. Symptoms include trembling, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, sweating, nausea, dizziness, hyperventilation, paresthesias (tingling sensations), and sensations of choking or smothering. The disorder is strikingly different from other types of anxiety disorders in that panic attacks are very sudden, appear to be unprovoked, and are often disabling. An episode is often categorized as a vicious cycle where the mental symptoms increase the physical symptoms, and vice-versa.\n\nThe various symptoms of a panic attack can be understood as follows. First comes the sudden onset of fear with little or no provoking stimulus. This then leads to a release of adrenaline (epinephrine) which cause the so-called fight-or-flight response where the person's body prepares for major physical activity. This leads to an increased heart rate (tachycardia), rapid breathing (hyperventilation), and sweating (which increases grip and aids heat loss). Because strenuous activity rarely ensues, the hyperventilation leads to carbon dioxide levels lowering in the lungs and then the blood. This leads to shifts in blood pH which can in turn lead to many other symptoms, such as tingling or numbness, dizziness, and lightheadedness. (It is also possible for the person experiencing such an attack to feel as though they are unable to catch their breath, and they begin to take deeper breaths. This also acts to decrease carbon dioxide levels in the blood.)
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I suffered from anxiety (or panic) attacks for almost 20 years.\nI have been free of them for over 4 years now.\nI wish I could give you specific advice.  It took me a long time, medication, and many doctors to rid myself of anxiety attacks.\nI no longer require any medication.\n\nAnxiety disorder is the number one mental disorder in the United States, surpassing even depression.  It is the curse of the Starbucks generation.  Caffiene is a major trigger for starting an anxiety attack.  Stay off of caffiene or at least cut down.\n\nOver the years, doctors tried different medications for me.  The tradtional anit-depressants did not work in my case.  I tried Tranzene, Zoloft, Xanax, and many more.  In my particular case, Paxil was the only medication that really helped.  I stayed on Paxil for about one year before the attacks left.\n\nProper meditation works wonders.  The words "medicine" and "meditate" come from the same root word.  However, please do not assume that you can meditate after an anxiety attack.   You should meditate for at least 15 minutes each day.  True meditation is being "thoughtless", that is, you have no thoughts at all.  It takes practice to still the constant "inner dialogue" that constanly runs through our brains.  We train our minds to think and process information all our lives. Training your mind to "stop thinking" takes dilligence and patience.  It is VERY WELL WORTH IT.\n\nThere are many nuts, religious people, and deceived people out there who offer varied and incorrect teachings on meditation.  Meditation is simple.  It is not complex.  You cannot expect to see visions, dreams, or colors as many people claim.  You will mostly see the insides of your own eyelids...  that's all.  There is a wise and wonderful woman who taught me a lot about mediation.  I credit her with helping me to free myself of anxiety attacks.   She is a beautiful soul with insight into life and living.  She is full of unconditional love for all people.  She has answers.   She has power.  However, she is not a religious nut.  You can contact her here...  http://TaoBarbie.com .  \n\nTake some time to learn what your triggers are.  Learn what causes anxiety attacks for you.  What happens just before an attack?  Work on fixing those problems.  Learn to slow your breathing.  Hyperventilation is almost always associated with attacks.   \nStay away from caffiene from coffee, Colas or other soft drinks (Mountain Dew has more caffiene than coffee), energy drinks, chocolate, or tea.  All contain caffiene.  \n\nOnly someone who has had attacks can truly understand your pain and concern.  I wish you well.  After beating anxiety myself, I believe it is possible for anyone to be free of them.\nGod Bless you and yours\n\n.
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I have a friend and a sister who both were suffering from panic attacks.  Interestingly, both started therapy and were prescibed Paxil by their psychiatrists.  Neither ever had a nother panic attack.  There are very effective drugs to help people control panic attacks.  You should talk to a professional.  I think you should make an appointment so that hopefully you can avoid having another attack.  When my sister had her attacks, she said it felt like there was a giant weight pressing down on her chest and that she couldn't breath.  I'm really glad that she doesn't have those anymore.  Good luck to you.