Natural treatment for panic disorder works best to get rid of symptoms for good.
Medications can help the symptoms of an acute attack, and can reduce the likelihood of an attack happening, but will not cure the condition.They may control the symptoms enough so that natural methods can be used effectively.
Panic attacks are caused by an over-activation of the body’s natural “fight or flight” response to danger. They become more troublesome as the sufferer begins to perceive more and more places, situations, thoughts or items as “dangerous” because an attack is likely to happen and the whole situation can become a downward spiral of cause and effect, which is called panic disorder. As a result a sufferer will try to avoid situations that are likely to provoke an attack, and be chronically anxious about having to come in contact with something that causes panic. This is called avoidance behavior and can lead to agoraphobia.
Natural treatment for panic disorder falls into 2 main groups:
*Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT
This is one of the most effective forms of therapy. It involves therapy sessions with a psychologist who will help a sufferer understand what conscious thoughts are likely to trigger a panic attack. Therapy will aim at changing the thought process so that the trigger is no longer a threat.
* Exposure Therapy
Again this involves several sessions with a therapist who will gradually expose a sufferer to a panic trigger in a controlled way. With each exposure the panic response should be small enough to handle and will gradually reduce as exposure becomes more frequent and prolonged.
