Panic Attacks Support
Panic attack support is much more high profile these days than it used to be. This article aims to explain the various options open to you and how you can avail yourself of them.
Panic attacks support
Believe it or not, but everyone – at some point in their life – will experience a panic attack. It may be a mild or chronic attack, it may be as a child or an adult, but it will happen. It's just part of how we are made. We often will appear to be fine on the surface, but on the inside we'll be feeling real fear.
As technology, and especially medicine has improved and matured, physicians have been more able to help those of us who require panic attacks support. It wasn't so long ago that mental health wasn't even recognised as a serious illness. If there weren't any physical symptoms, it wasn't considered a real illness.
Of course there was also the huge stigma attached to ‘mental illness' and it was never talked about very much. Thank goodness we're much more mature about anxiety and panic attacks nowadays. The professionals who work with anxiety and panic attacks support the sufferers better than ever these days. Read more on Panic Attacks Support →
Panic Attacks, Menopause and Hormones
It's different these days. More and more women are trying to juggle careers, children and partners, and the stress of it all can be considerable. Today's women must also deal with the eternal fact of hormones, and it's no stretch of the imagination to see that all of these pressures together add up to the real likelihood of panic attacks developing.
It's when a woman reaches the point in life at which menopause becomes a fact, and hormones start to rear their head, often many times in the same day, that it may be a good idea to seek medical advice on the panic attacks menopause can trigger.
Unavoidably, men usually have little or no idea exactly what a woman goes through when menopause arrives. It's not uncommon for women to start to feel down and depressed, and thus increase the likelyhood of the panic attacks menopause can sometimes bring about.
Although panic attacks can be far more prevalent during menopause, it would be unfair to blame the anxiety on menopause itself. Panic attacks can occur at any time during a woman's life, but menopause can be a contributing factor to the onset of panic attacks. Read all of Panic Attacks, Menopause and Hormones →
Panic Attacks In Children
Panic attacks in children – are they just another symptom of modern life, or is there something we can do about them?
Let's face it, our childhood is usually supposed to be one of the most carefree, fun and enjoyable times of our lives, and until fairly recently, I think that was true for the majority of kids. These days however, peer pressure, parents and society in general place a tremendous amount of pressure on our kids, right from the beginning.
Panic attacks in children should be prevented rather than cured
A child today has a lot of pressure to be "successful", whether it's at school, on the sports field, or at home. There's often discrimination and bullying to cope with, and learning to cope on their own from an early age because parents are more worried about their careers.
In addition to all these factors, children might also have to cope with deaths in the family, divorce, splitting up of parents, sexual abuse, unfair demands and pressure from their siblings, and the usual family quarrels in their own homes. Read more on Panic Attacks In Children →
Caffeine and Panic Attacks
You've probably heard the rumors and you're wondering whether caffeine can cause panic attacks, right?
I take a lot of caffeine during each day. I drink tea like there's no tomorrow, and no, I won't drink decaf tea – it's the worst stuff I've ever tasted. The question is, can caffeine cause, or at least contribute to, the onset of panic attacks?
Well, it seems that as far back as Jul 1997, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) encouraged scientists as well as public consumer groups to submit a petition to the FDA to include warning labels on all products that contained caffeine. Although it was required to disclose the actual amount of caffeine in a product, most companies are only indicating that caffeine is an ingredient. Read more about Caffeine and Panic Attacks →
Hi there. My name is Peter and I built this site so I can share some of my experiences and talk about anxiety and panic attacks with other people. Please leave a comment if you get a chance.