Valium for panic attacks

Dear Guest, anxiety IS a medical necessity to those who suffer it. It has physiological and physical symptoms like any other medical condition. It can't be fixed just through the mind, any more than a broken leg can.

Not true. The terror of a panic attack can cause suicide-not because the person panicking wants to die, but because the terror is so great they will do anything to escape it.

"Everyone creates their own reality" that is content-free language, or really, Horse Dooky
and another way to blame a person who is suffering from anything.

Anyone ho has been abused, it' blames those scarred by past abuse, it blames child soldiers, and factory workers, and orphaned by war who were too busy trying to survive they *oops* forgot create their own freaking reality through positive thinking. Yeah, really those slaves, totally bad attitude man, bummer, if they'd just been more positive, the universe would have provided for them.

The mind is an incredible tool, and with proper guidance and access to information amazing things can happen, and be overcome without medication-but not everyone has access to that, or knows about it, or has a mentor to walk them through.

That's not true, the first thing we all do is run to the E.R saying "FIX ME WITH A PILL "because it's fabulous waiting for 6 hours when you are already terrified and you have know way of knowing if a pill will fix it, actually you're terrified of the pill, because everything is terrifying.

I agree, I mean, isn't kind of a given that it's so much better to manage things on our own, and adds to the panic when those things don't help.
Meditation triggers terrible anxiety for me, though it can't on it's own elicit a full blown panic attack. It does so, because it reminds me of being anxious-sort of Meditation induced PTSD.
I too am sick of hearing that "They only last 20 minutes, it just seems like longer"
No, I've had agitated, cannot sit still can not even accomplish anything while I can't sit stil,l terror
that has lasted 24/7
I lived through the death of a stepson and husband-I had pre-existing anxiety and depression-with occasional panic attacks. I still find the unending panic harder to deal with -by far-
Because there's no tangible reason for it.
I think many equate anxiety with anticipatory anxiety, like that before a speaking in public.
Not even close.

I SAW MY MOM LAYING ON THE GROUND CONVULSIONS AND WE ALL THOUGHT SHE WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK, WE HAD TO DRIVE FIR AN HOUSR TO GET TO THE DOCTOR, THEY GAVE HERE A XANAX AND SHE CALMED DOWN SHORTLY AFTER TAKING IT!!!! HER BRAIN WAS FRIED FOR OVER 3 YEARS AND COULDN'T LEAVE THE HOUSE, OR DRIVE, AND WOULD START SHAKING EVEN IF SHE THOUGHT ABOUT LEAVING, SPENT THE REST OF HER TIME IN BED, OR COOKING TO KEEP OCCUPIED, BUT STILL IS ON ZOLOFT AND XANAX FOR THE PAST 36 YEARS!!!!! IT'S NOT SMPLE FOR EVERYONE, AND POSITIVE DOESN'T EXIST IN THE DARK REALM OF PANIC, IT IS A FEELING OF DYING AND ACTUALLY HURTS YOUR CHEST, KILLSBRAIN CELLS FROM LACK OF OXYGEN, AND INCREASES THE CHANCE OF DEPRESSION!!