Overcoming The Symptoms Of Panic Attacks In Men

Panic attacks, or the symptoms of panic attacks in men are not the easiest of things to overcome and many of us feel like we are caught in this prison cell with no escape.

I remember, when I was going through a panic attack, one thing that I will always remember is that fear or feeling total of isolation!

Remember though that you are not alone and that many people suffer from panic attacks, in fact figures out, state that signs of anxiety attacks in women are more common than in men.

I would always believe that when I was going through a panic attack –

That my heart was about to stop

Or that my lungs would stop working

Or that I was going to faint!

Madness, Panic, Embarrassment and a feeling of being out of control would set in.

So what did I do to overcome this feeling of outer despair?

Well firstly I took a look at foods that possibly would increase this feeling of hopelessness, and making sure that I cut down or even stopped such types of food or liquids within my daily diet.

The three main anxiety producing foods, which definitely made things worse for me, were-

Sugar

Alcohol

& Caffeine

They are all just quick “pick me ups” and always in the long run do you more damage than good.

Sugar can and will cause lactic acid to build up in your bloodstream and high levels of this will and can increase panic attacks in men or women.

Drinking alcohol is a real no go area.  Even though it can calm you down, it is only a temporary measure and after the levels of alcohol reduce in your blood, the real panic and anxiety attacks kick in!

And just like sugar and alcohol, caffeine again sends you on a journey which in the short term is a good feeling and gets you going, but again as the caffeine levels reduce , so does your state of mind and things get back to how they were, and hence none of the above are true or actual anxiety remedies.

Now medication for me was always a non-starter – I refused to get involved with antidepressants – I was not going to get hooked to drugs and get onto a road of no return.

The only way forward for me and one that has worked and has made me overcome that fear was through three keys elements.

One way getting involved in exercise and there are so many relaxation techniques for anxiety, with the best one in my opinion, being Yoga.

I also read up and found a few helpful tools and articles on the internet which had to do with exactly how to overcome anxiety.

Anxiety remedies included for example Yoga, which I have already mentioned and of course the big one – being breathing.

I soon realised that this terrible feeling of utter despair was all in the mind and it was a case of mind over matter.

Please put into practise what I have been speaking about and realize that panic disorder symptoms can be cured.

Don’t ever give up and remember you are not alone.