What is an anxiety disorder or panics attacks..exits a cure for this?
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Anxiety disorders are a group of psychiatric conditions that all have a common symptom (i.e. anxiety). You'll hear about GAD (generalized anxiety disorder) on the TV sometimes. It is perhaps the most widespread of all disorders in this group. Phobias get a lot of attention, too (e.g. arachniphobia -- the fear of spiders); they are members of this group.
Panic disorder is also a member of this group. Panic disorder is when a person suffers from recurrent panic attacks that are not due to any specific cause (e.g. LSS, heroin, and other drugs can cause recurrent panic but the person would have a drug problem, not panic disorder). Panic attacks occur when symptoms come on suddenly and at near-full intensity. Symptoms are variable. The list includes, but is not limitted to: dizziness, blurry vision, headache, dry mouth, tingling lips, trouble breathing, chest pain, palpitations, upset stomach, tingling/numbness in fingers or elsewhere, feeling trapped, feeling panicky, feeling as if you are not really the one who is panicking, sense of impending doom.
Yes there are treatments for all (and cures for most) anxiety disorders. The best proven treatment for panic disorder is "cognitive-behaivoral therapy (CBT)." This involves learning what types of things can trigger your panic attacks so that, when a panic attack starts, you can control it and move on. There are some medications to assist with this. For life-threatenning (or other types of very serious panic) there are short-term medicines (e.g. Ativan or Xanax). To aid in reducing panic while learning cognitive-behavioral approaches, other medicines (e.g. Effexor XR) are better than the short-term medicines. But medical studies show that people consistently get better long-term relief from CBT than from drugs alone. You'll hear stories from people who'll state, "This drug is the only one that works. You should use it." It probably is true that that person experienced improvement while on that drug, but each person is different, especially when it comes to medications, and even more especially when it comes to psychiatric medicaitions.
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