Anxiety Attacks Questions

Dear user if you don't want to take medication for life time then please wake up yourself, medicines are not a perfect solution for mental health, if you want to study proper with a normal routine you have to work on your own, your will power, your mind and thoughts. You are too young. But due to certain reasons if you are not able to a healthy life style you have to take some extra care of yourself. I don't know what are the circumstances under which you are so disturbed but I want to know the ...more

It depend whether or not you having panic attack these days. If you r free from attack from long time it can be tapper of with urs doctors suggestion. After proper assessment. It's always best if you take psychotherapy with medication for panic attacks.

You must meet with a counselor. The recent experiences that you had to undergo will stress anyone. You are probably not good at handling fear and may lack a good emotional constitution and makeup. As a result you have acted hysterically. But not to worry you can sort this out by going on a rigorous program of good exercise, proper sleep, healthy diet, and some stress free living. If you are unable to ingest food, you can mash the food in a mixie and take it as liquid diet, in small quantities. I...more

Dear lybrate-user,
any normal person gets into anxiety in extraordinary situation. All your coping capacities are there. But this time, it has gone beyond them. So you need drugs to help you to cope better. It is better that you follow your gp and keep informing her/him about the advice of psychiatrist. It is all temporary treatment till situation improves. Remember this too will pass away.

To get rid of panic disorders, you take psychological counseling and psychotherapy. You can lead a happy life. If medicine needed we will refer good ayurvedha doctor to give safe medicines without chemicals and without side effects. Please call - mobile for your happy life.

Dear user you were taking medicines but did you take counseling sessions? Along with medicines you need counseling as well so that you and your mind would be enough strong to fight with negative thoughts even when you would be stop taking medicines. You are worried about relapse and it’s natural, you should go for some counseling sessions and then taper your medicines accordingly. You need counseling session for a better control on this disorder and medicines. Medicines are not the only soluti...more

Dear Priya,
It is nice that you and your doctor are managing to taper the drugs and stop. You will not get any withdrawal with this regime. But if you are unable to face any stress using all the strengths that you have in and around you, you may get into anxiety disorder. Learn to relax and make all stresses as growth opportunities in this corona days.

You need to get your antidepressant/anti-anxiety medication changed as you are not able to tolerate same/having side effects. You may have similar side effects if you take medication from same group as nexito (ssris), so you need a medication from some other chemical group, preferably tcas. A psychiatrist only can explain you why you need this or any other medication, how it works, how long will it take to show its effect, how long you need to continue, probable side effects, if any problem to b...more

Hi lybrate-user,
medication is to support you to live a normal life. You also need to work on yourself to gear up with the life incidents. Completely understand about your fear and anxiety. Few tips to help yourself:
(1) develop self confidence and believe in your abilities
(2) develop a hobby and spend some good time (3) identify your anxiety patterns or panic attack incidents. This would help you to develop coping skills and manage things, if it happens in future
(4) focus more...more

Both inderal and clonazepam are not preferred first line choice for panic attack. Changing to ssri like fluoxetine will make you feel much better.