Panic Disorder Treatment
November 26th, 2009
Panic Attacks are basically sudden feelings of fear which strike without any prior warning. This can occur even when a person is sleeping. If a person experiences repeated panic attacks he should immediately go in for medication along with therapy. Research has shown that 10-12 session therapy can work wonders. However, some people prefer medicines over Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. This is the name of the therapy used in treating Panic Disorder. Let us now look at the types of treatment, their advantages and disadvantages.
|
Type of Treatment |
Advantages |
Disadvantages |
| Medications | It is a little faster than therapy. | Side effects are common Panic usually returns after stopping, |
| Cognitive Behavioural Therapy |
Panic returns, after treatment is much less than with medication
No “side effects” as such |
It is a slow process More expensive It is a time-consuming treatment |
Panic Disorder Treatment involves two ways one is the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and the other is through medications.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy:
After going for this treatment people usually see a lot of improvement and can start living life to the fullest.
CBT is basically a 4-step process
- Learning the basic causes of panic attacks
- Learning to breathe in a different manner so as to reduce panic and anxiety
- Learning to handle panic thoughts with ease
- Testing ones new abilities in low-anxiety situations, then slowly higher-anxiety situations.
Panic Disorder Treatment is also carried out with the help of medicines.
Antidepressant medicines can treat panic disorder but for faster results one can try the Valium group, the official group name being “benzodiazepines”, these medicines act fast and can help in lowering the attacks considerably.
