Panic Attacks

USE THIS REMEDY IF:

you are subject to spontaneous, unpredictable episodes of intense fear for no known reason. Like 22 million other Americans, you may occasionally be the victim of panic attacks. Try this remedy.

Panic attacks take a variety of forms. Some people think they are dying; others that they are losing control or going crazy. In addition to intense fear, you may also experience one or more of the following sensations:

rapid heartbeat
shortness of breath
sudden weakness, trembling, sweating
numbness, tingling, chills
faintness or dizziness
chest pain or discomfort
a sense of being detached, as though you were not in your body
a sense of impending doom
Panic attacks are more likely to occur when you are stressed or tired. People prone to panic attacks average four or five a week. And because panic attacks are unpredictable, dread of having another one usually interferes significantly with the victim's life.

Since there is usually a hidden psychological component behind panic attacks, you will increase your changes of long-term success if you get professional counseling while using this remedy.

Common psychological manifestations are:

obsessive ideas
nightmares
waking in fear, unable to sleep again
unreasonable panic in certain situations, such as elevators, small spaces, in the dark or when meeting people.

SPECIAL INDICATORS: (You may have one or more of these)

Continual, low-level anxiety for no good reason
Anxiety about one's health
Sense of foreboding as though something terrible might happen

HOW TO USE THIS REMEDY:

Make and drink this remedy two times in succession after an attack occurs. Then use it twice each day for the next several days.

If, after this time, your panic attacks occur less frequently or with less intensity, the remedy is likely helping you. Repeat this usage if your attacks return. Stop using it when your panic attacks disappear.

If your panic attack episodes disappear after you use this remedy, but return when you stop using it, use the RESISTANCE, page 229. Then try PANIC ATTACKS again

If this remedy seems effective for a few weeks, then ceases to improve you further, you might need to switch to a different one. Choose the remedy in this book that is most characteristic of your personality, for example HURRYING, page 157, MOODINESS, page 185, or WORRYING, page 303.

If you experience no improvement after 3 glasses of this remedy, switch to the most appropriate among the alternative remedies listed below, or use the RESISTANCE, page 229.

 

ALTERNATIVE REMEDIES TO CONSIDER: 

First Aid, page 141 
Traumatic Events, page 297 
Hurrying, page 157 
Resistance, page 229 
Fearfulness, page 133 

Panic Attacks 

 

MEDICAL ALERT: 

The symptoms of a panic attack can sometimes appear to be very similar to those of a heart attack. Usually with a heart attack one experiences crushing, unremitting chest pain that does not get better with rest. However, the pain can sometimes feel like heartburn or like a heavy discomfort. Only a trained medical technician can distinguish between these complaints, so call your physician or the public medical emergency number (usually 911) in your area, describe your complaint and ask for their opinion. 
 
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