Stress, Phobia, Anxiety and Panic are all closely linked conditions. For instance, you could feel stress and anxiety at the thought of social occasions. Conversely you may have panic attacks during those social occasions.
Some conditions are reactive, triggered by a certain event or situation, others are generalised where you feel tense, anxious and panic stricken at all times, for no apparent reason.
It is true that stress, panic and anxiety are most useful to us to deal with real and impending danger or threat. We can go through this experience and emerge safe and sound due to our mind and body helping us survive through fight or flight. However, the mind can start to react with very little cause, becoming over sensitised and that is when you need to find support and help.
You may be offered a course of medication which will calm your reactions completely. However, this is a mask, not a cure. Medications can take quite a while to work and will be a long term treatment. It is not guaranteed that when you stop the course, you mind will have learned not to overreact, you may in fact be back in the same boat you are in right now, months ahead.
You may prefer not to visit your doctor with your condition but to read about your symptoms yourself and make an informed self diagnosis. This can be beneficial to those who for obvious reasons fear being diagnosed as insane, neurotic, or perhaps worry about being told they are really very seriously ill as their symptoms may suggest.
If your anxiety follows any kind of pattern, either constant or sporadic but quite severe or you have any kind of panic attacks at all, then you will probably need a course of specific treatment. The natural treatments are always the preferred option wherever possible and providing you regard the matter seriously and actually take action as detailed, you can see a dramatic improvement of your situation in a short space of time.
To start with you can help yourself enormously by relieving yourself of onerous responsibilities or at least not taking on any more. You can take a good herbal supplement for calming your nerves and reduce caffeine and alcohol in your diet. Drinking lots of water is a great help for stress. It needs to be a regular part of your life from now on – not just for the next few days.
A healthier diet is essential so look at that too. If you are comfort eating, chips and cookies, junk foods, takeout, then you are overloading with salt and excess fat. Do make some effort to address diet. The chemical balance in your body will heavily influence hormone levels and resulting stress.
Finally, enrol in a course of natural therapy, either online or at a local stress management center or counselling group. The issues you are experiencing are quite common and you should not feel a failure that you cannot cope alone or be concerned about seeking outside help.
In a few weeks time you will most likely look back at your disorder and feel such relief that you have improved sufficiently enough to say you are cured or at least well on the way to a cure and calm in your life.
Do not delay in seeking treatment for panic disorder. We have more information on panic disorder treatment, do visit and find our recommended natural path to freedom from this problem.