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How many panic attacks, you have to have experience to diagnose with a panic disorder?
I was curious. I have recently been diagnosed with anxiety disorder and I think I have diagnosed with panic disorder, but I’m not sure. How many panic attacks Does someone have to be in order diagnosed with panic disorder?
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#2 written by efxdc x 2 years ago
Negative emotions (like sadness, stress, anger, etc.) causes your Serotonin production to be low; when your Serotonin level is low, you are more prone to getting Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Depression, etc.
Medication like Antidepressants (SSRI – Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor) helps to boost Serotonin level.
But there are natural ways to do it without medication. There’s this strange herb called “St John’s Wort” – it is said to be more effective than Prozac. No, it is not for mild depression only and ignore those sayings. In fact, it does help anxiety and panic-attacks as St John’s Wort works like prozac. Other natural ways will be exercise, diet, more exposure to light, etc.
The problem is that, even if your Serotonin is balanced… you have that “learned behavior” in your mind. You need to break that initial cycle to destroy that learned behavior – Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) does this. A technique that you can use without CBT will be Distraction… There are several other techniques to help cope them!
Ok, to use Distraction: Firstly, try to….Extracted from Source.
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Panic attacks are caused by an anxiety disorder. It sounds likely that you are suffering from panic disorder as well. There is no set number of attacks required in order to be diagnosed with this.
See the website below to learn a little bit more about this.
Hope it helps and all the best.
Tessa