Panic attacks, are terrible bouts of anxiety soiled with a pump-up of adrenaline and all that follows it. Though, it usually happens in broad daylight, there are these rarest-of-the-rare cases, where you hit them while you’re asleep. The worst part is that when encountering such an anxiety bang, you aren’t wakeful enough to understand what’s going on.

It’s largely taken as a bolt from the blue, and in most cases, it’s mistaken for a heart-attack. The reason behind these attacks cannot be properly explained. It could be the outcome of a stressful period, like coming over to a new neighborhood, losing a loved one, and so on. But there have been cases reported, where the victim had no such basis, and yet the catastrophe struck him. In such cases, it’s completely unexplainable, except the fact that such guys must have had a repressed emotional past, and have lived most of their lives as cagey introverts. But, if we are to deal with it, one thing should be kept in mind- a panic attack is a symptom, not a disease in itself. It’s the bursting of a build-up of stress and edginess.

If the root is destroyed, the branches shall succumb. Behavioral therapies and Psychological counsel can put you at ease over your misgivings. Though, medicating the symptoms, with prescription drugs and tranquilizers, will calm you down, as if a sort of peace has stolen over you, the volcano has to be pushed back to dormancy. It is the core that has to be resolved, and if the solace reaches you inside, the olive branches shall naturally bloom on the outside.

Though many complain, that they experienced their first anxiety attack, during their first pregnancy; it is not always the case. Women with early histories, find these attacks coming out of exile to aggravate matters. And it seems like its more of a psychological phenomenon, the physical being just a result of the former. Something has got to be done, before you freak out, literally.

A Panic attack has some unique symptoms. And they appear as if the body is breaking down, when actually, it’s shielding itself from possible harm. To say it in a word, it’s an adrenaline charge. A rushing heart-rate, chest pain, breathlessness ridden with anxiety, an endlessly perspiring body, nauseating dizziness, and a fear of dying, are quite visible.

Its a loss of tranquility, and whatever promises to bring it back, is a relief.

Tranquilizers could be a beginning, but you bear the risk of damaging the Central nervous system of the fetus. Behavioral therapy could be the next option, but you need some homely peace. Meditation is the mother of serenity. The take-in-a-deep-breath mechanism counters panic attacks like nothing else. All you need is 5 or 10 minutes to relax and lose all your toxins, nervous ones of course. Try this, and you’ll find yourself chuckling in the face of a panic attack. And nothing can be more panicky for it.