Anyone suffers from panic anxiety /attacks? What's most helpful when you feel it's coming? Best therapy?

[hannnah]

[Radon]

Stand up and walk for a fresh air but remain relaxed, I have not had a panic attack in years, just keep walking in the direction of a near by hospital if its really intense and because its a safe house you feel better the closer you get and I don't remember walking inside the hospital I was better far before I got there, its a mind thing. What are you anxious about? do you want to talk about it?

[Remonster]

Deep breathing from the belly while listening to calm sounds like birds chirping or a running creek. Your body cannot panic as easily when your oxygen intake is under control.

Maybe www.mynoise.net can help you, I highly recommend it to relax and simply amaze yourself. This guy is a Sound God.

[SpicedPumpkin]

Just the usual techniques to try and get through the panic attack. Xanax is the only medicine that helps me and I do take that when they're REALLY bad. Seeing a psychologist really, really helps. I've found that being able to vent and talk about things on a regular basis makes the panic attacks less frequent and less severe.

[dogbert777]

There is some thought that breathing into and out of a paper bag for a few seconds helps. Something to do with increasing the carbon dioxide in the blood.