Is their a natural way of releiving anxiety attacks? I am so tired of taking med!
Question: As a mental health professional with 20+ years experience, now retired, I can remember a psychiatrist I worked with years ago, and his telling all his patients to go for a walk about 4 or 5 times a week to literally "cure" depression and anxiety. He told them to start out slow and relaxed, and then as you felt your arms and legs "loosening up" and "getting in the groove" as he used to say, increase your speed of walk a bit to where you could feel an increase in your breathing rate and heart rate. He said the length of the walk varied upon the patient's over all health, but he said that when you decided it was "time to turn towards home", slow down on your pace of walk so that your body wouldn't develop cramps after your walk. He said never to include a chore in your walk, such as walking your dog or picking something up at the store, and that if you let anyone walk with you, the pace and length of the walk was determined by YOUR needs, not theirs. He would give me his big grin and say that if everyone did what he said, we'd be out of business, but, unlike you, many of his patients preferred the long-handled diagnoses and the expensive medications. He said they saw that as a "status symbol", and so we'd never be out of business. I can't find the words to tell you how right he was. You do what he said, on a regular basis, and your doctor will be one patient less in his practice. God Bless you.
Answers: As a mental health professional with 20+ years experience, now retired, I can remember a psychiatrist I worked with years ago, and his telling all his patients to go for a walk about 4 or 5 times a week to literally "cure" depression and anxiety. He told them to start out slow and relaxed, and then as you felt your arms and legs "loosening up" and "getting in the groove" as he used to say, increase your speed of walk a bit to where you could feel an increase in your breathing rate and heart rate. He said the length of the walk varied upon the patient's over all health, but he said that when you decided it was "time to turn towards home", slow down on your pace of walk so that your body wouldn't develop cramps after your walk. He said never to include a chore in your walk, such as walking your dog or picking something up at the store, and that if you let anyone walk with you, the pace and length of the walk was determined by YOUR needs, not theirs. He would give me his big grin and say that if everyone did what he said, we'd be out of business, but, unlike you, many of his patients preferred the long-handled diagnoses and the expensive medications. He said they saw that as a "status symbol", and so we'd never be out of business. I can't find the words to tell you how right he was. You do what he said, on a regular basis, and your doctor will be one patient less in his practice. God Bless you.
My understanding of anxiety attacks is that you can be trained not to react through counseling. I would think that yoga and learning to self-calm yourself through breathing should also help. Exercise seems to help with alot of things including depression so I would think it would help with anxiety. You need to go out and try things out. Taking good basic care of yourself helps with a lot of things: eating a good diet on schedule, sleeping at regular times and exercising. These things help bipolar people so it should help you too!
Exercise, cutting out caffeine and other stimulants, mediation, or even making an effort to take some time and devote it to relaxing, deep breathing...chamomile and valerian root. I totally agree with the above post about walking. Excersise relases endorphins which are great for your mental health. And if you know what triggers your attacks, like the scary f-ed up world, don't watch the news, for example, or put yourself in the situation to be near those things. I've been there, too.
Try drinking decaffeinated green tea, 3 cups daily. The simple act of stopping your daily routine to prepare and drink this warm, herbal tea is relaxing. But the tea also has anti-anxiety properties.
Theanine is an amino acid commonly found in tea (infusions of Camellia sinensis). Theanine is related to glutamine, and can cross the blood-brain barrier.[1] Because it can enter the brain, theanine has psychoactive properties.[2] Theanine has been shown to reduce mental and physical stress[3] and may produce feelings of relaxation.[4]
Either that or you can buy L-theanine supplements and bypass the tea. There are also other herbal remedies for anxiety. Go to a local health food store for assistance or research and buy the herbs online.
Good luck!
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okay let me tell you i have suffered from anxiety attacks for about 15 years. the first 10 years were hell .so one day i woke-up and looked in the mirror and said i will be in control of this . i have come to one thought on anxiety it cat run you only-if you let it.so here are some of the things i do every day number 1.look in the mirror and tell yourself their is nothing the matter with me I'm in control of this slow your hart rate lower and lower about 15 min every day sometimes 2 or 3 times a day at first.if that wont work you can try the ruberband around your wrist when you think your going to have a attack snap it it will hurt but if it works.one more when you do have a attack sit in a chair and put your head to your knees and breath deep.i hope this help you it works for me. i have not had an attack for about 5 years now if you would like to talk about it more my email is.deetjend@yahoo.com or call 360.362.2258.P..S. DON'T STOP TAKING YOUR MEDICINE YET talk to your doctor first.thank you Donald.