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Suggest Treatment For Severe Anxiety And Panic Attacks

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Posted on Wed, 7 May 2014
Question: Well I suffer from sever anxiety and panic attacks and it is very frustrating....I have been reading books, work books and have gone to a therapist and he told me I needed to stop drinking wine before he would talk to me...I am scheduled to fly on an airplane for work next week and need to have some sort of help on how to deal with the anxiety of that....it haunts me...any ideas?
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Answered by Dr. Srikanth Reddy (2 hours later)
Brief Answer: Panic attacks will require medicines Detailed Answer: Hello, Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query. I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through. The condition that you are having is basically panic attacks. This is a disorder of anxiety and occurs cause of imbalance of certain neurotransmitters in the brain. especially serotonin, nor adrenaline, and dopamine to some extent. Medicines are the best options to take care of these symptoms. Paroxetine is the the most popular medicine and my drug of choice. I generally prescribe my patients 12.5 mg per day at night which takes care of anxiety symptoms. Also certain medicines like propranolol and clonazepam can be give as required when there is a panic episode or expected situation where panic attack can appear. Now this is what you require while you are going to sit in the plane. The lone major contraindication for propranolol is asthma. If not then taking 20mg before the travel can be helpful in wading out your anxiety. However ones this is done, it would be better to start with the medications systematically. Also there is an option of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). This therapy is taken by either a psychologist or a psychiatrist in which the therapist identifies impaired cognitions (Thoughts) and try to correct them. They are 15-20 min weekly session and there should be around 8-10 sessions to help you with your illness. Hope I am able to answer your concerns. If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you. If not, you may close the discussion and if possible you may rate the answer for me, so that I get a good feedback. In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link: bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy Wish you good health, Kind regards Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.
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Suggest Treatment For Severe Anxiety And Panic Attacks

Brief Answer: Panic attacks will require medicines Detailed Answer: Hello, Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query. I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through. The condition that you are having is basically panic attacks. This is a disorder of anxiety and occurs cause of imbalance of certain neurotransmitters in the brain. especially serotonin, nor adrenaline, and dopamine to some extent. Medicines are the best options to take care of these symptoms. Paroxetine is the the most popular medicine and my drug of choice. I generally prescribe my patients 12.5 mg per day at night which takes care of anxiety symptoms. Also certain medicines like propranolol and clonazepam can be give as required when there is a panic episode or expected situation where panic attack can appear. Now this is what you require while you are going to sit in the plane. The lone major contraindication for propranolol is asthma. If not then taking 20mg before the travel can be helpful in wading out your anxiety. However ones this is done, it would be better to start with the medications systematically. Also there is an option of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). This therapy is taken by either a psychologist or a psychiatrist in which the therapist identifies impaired cognitions (Thoughts) and try to correct them. They are 15-20 min weekly session and there should be around 8-10 sessions to help you with your illness. Hope I am able to answer your concerns. If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you. If not, you may close the discussion and if possible you may rate the answer for me, so that I get a good feedback. In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link: bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy Wish you good health, Kind regards Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.