After initially suffering a full blown panic attack, the first thing people typically do is seek medical advice, and that can be good and bad, for this simple reason.

Doctors are trained to treat physical discomfort, and to treat symptoms they typically recommend powerful medications, and the drugs used to alleviate panic attacks can be very habit forming.

Additionally, most prescription drugs only mask the symptoms, they do not treat the underlying emotional condition of the panic attacks. And if you think panic attacks are burdensome to live with, they are nothing compared to trying to break an addiction to drugs. Your panic attack will seem like a picnic compared to breaking an addiction.

With that in mind, let's explore some of the tests and treatments physicians typically bring to the table so to speak.

There are medications that can temporarily help you.

If you arrange a visit with your physician after experiencing a panic attack, chances are they will place you on prescription drugs as a treatment for the panic attacks.

Someone who is having a heart stopping panic attack is usually thought to be having what is commonly known as a nervous breakdown'

A doctor will often prescribe drugs as well as perhaps counsel you to obtain therapeutic care.

Your physician will also most likely advise you to stop harmful activities such as smoking or drinking of alcohol, to eat properly and increase physical activity.

These may be helpful when you are seeking to prevent or control panic attacks.

When you see the physician the first time, it is highly likely that he or she will prescribe an anti-panic attack sedative. Most prescription drugs used to calm panic attacks are labeled benzodiazepines.

They work to lessen your fears and will take the edge off of your panic attacks. The problem with these medications is that they are habit forming and can cause even greater panic attacks when you are trying to control your use of them.

Some of the most commonly prescribed medications for panic attacks include Xanax, Klonopin and Ativan. The important thing to remember when taking drugs like Xanax is that they are not only addictive, but they build up a tolerance in your system. This means that you gradually require higher dosages to achieve the same effect.

While these drugs can effectively relieve the symptoms, they should only be taken as needed - that is, when you are experiencing an actual panic attack. Xanax and other drugs work to reduce the symptoms that you feel from your panic attacks, but they do not cure the underlying cause.

In order to treat panic attacks properly, and prevent panic attacks, you have to get to the underlying trauma for the panic attacks themselves.

One must remember that panic attacks are caused by two things - a fear of the unknown and a loss of control. That's it in a nutshell, and drugs, while they can have a temporary calming effect, do not address the primary causes.

Thus, speaking from my personal experience, the primary objective from the physician's opinion will be to control the panic attacks with powerful drugs that do nothing more than provide a very temporary relief to the discomfort you feel.

Medications do nothing to treat the cause or help you stop panic attacks themselves, but just mask the condition.

Is that what you desire?

Here is what you must recognize. Even with medications, you will still experience episodes of panic or panic attacks. In my opinion, physicians are not the most suited to treat panic attacks and one should look elsewhere for more permanent results than that offered by prescription drugs.

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