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The recognised characterisation for these attacks is as follows: These attacks are usually unexpected and recurrent surges of intense and overpowering panic. They are generally accompanied by physical symptoms such as chest pain, dizziness, breathlessness, or stomach pain.
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The person’s risk of getting these panic attacks is usually heredity. Which means that someone susceptible to panic attacks has been inherited. However, although the chance of suffering these attacks is outside anyone’s control, there are several additional severe problems that can accompany these attacks. Included in this is depression, substance abuse and alcohol misuse.
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Panic attacks may also trigger an individual to become so fearful of various situations, that the individual will evade locations and circumstances where the these attacks happened. Often they think that a specific situation or experience triggered these panic attacks when actually just materialised for no reason in a specific place or situation.
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These attacks are readily treated with prescription medication and therapy. Medical treatment for these attacks is by using anti-anxiety drugs such as Atarax or anti-depressive medication such as Sertraline. The anti-anxiety medications are used for their sedative properties. And the anti-depressive medication is used for restoring the hormone imbalance in the brain, which is very effect way at reducing these attack symptoms.
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As prescribed medication only treats and alleviates the immediate symptoms, and not the root cause. They are used in combination with therapy procedures on is called CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy). CBT works getting the person to acknowledge their unhelpful, negative automated imaginary way of thinking and responding to various situations. Then replacing their false and negative interpretations with realistic and helpful and positive thoughts.