panic attacks

[smallmovesal]

does anyone know if it's a genetic thing, or what causes them...?

i have a friend who suffered from a series of panic attacks 3 years ago, was on medication, and since going off of it in november, all of a sudden last week had to be remedicated.. she was on tranquilizers all week and couldn't eat.

i don't think there's anything in her life right now that could've triggered them, so i was just wondering if anyone out there has them or could explain to me what might have happened...

 

[Slopain]

I used to get them, they were anxiety attacks not sure if its the same thing, bu basically I would wake up in the middle of the night not being able to breathe, disorientated, and it would take a VERY long time to be able to breathe properly thought I was going to die a few times. Whats scary is the fact that it takes some time to wake up from not brewathing then when you awake your heart is thumping, your sweating and you still cannot breather right for another 30 or more seconds.. They went away on their own, I can attribute no real cause, when i was getting them most often I wasn't under terrible stress - seems like there is no correlation they havent happened for over 2 years so who knows.

 

[MrMuscle]

ive had the same truff as slopain...i had it last year..alot..it was hard as hell..but then i started meditating...and i got peace of mind

 

[WODIN]

Panic and anxiety attacks are hormonal in nature, more biological then psychological, however you can treat them with thearpy because your body is going to respond to your minds perception of the world. Meds, however are the fast track ticket for most people..

 

[RALMAN]

I began having panic attacks about two years ago and began medication to treat it. I've since learned that my father went through the same trauma as I did. I'm off the medication for now but my doctor did say that its a possibility that it is genetic.

 

[GaryWary]

I know a fantastic cure for panic attacks.... hang on...

 

[slickdadd]

Yep, my girlfriend had the exact same things as slopain, as far as waking up in the middle of the night. Apparently stress had some contributing factor to it, but not totally. She went on some medication recently for it, and it has disappeared, but i didn't think it was necessary. but who knows, it wasnt happening to me

 

[GaryWary]

Tell you friend to buy a b-vitamin called inositol - I sewar this stuff is so effective in people with panic attacks... there have been a number of recent studies showing that depressives, and panic attack prone people have low inositol levels... inositol enhances serotonin function and other neurotransmitters...

http://www.thorne.com/altmedrev/fulltext/inositol3-6.html

www.biopsychiatry.com/inositol

http://www.nisbett.com/nutrition/inositol1.htm

http://chetday.com/vitaminbdeficiencies.html

 

[GaryWary]

Inositol ­ Clinical Applications for Exogenous Use

Lisa Colodny, Pharm D. and Ronald L. Hoffman, M.D.



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Abstract

Recent advances in nutritional and biochemical research have documented inositol as an important dietary and cellular constituent. The processes involved in inositol metabolism and its derivatives in the tissues of mammals have been characterized in vivo as well as at the enzymatic level. Biochemical functions defined for phosphatidylinositol in biological membranes include the regulation of cellular responses to external stimuli and/or nerve transmission as well as the mediation of enzyme activity through interactions with various specific proteins. Altered production of inositol has been documented in patients with diabetes mellitus, chronic renal failure, galactosemia, and multiple sclerosis. Inositol has been reported to be effective in treating central nervous system disorders such as depression, Alzheimer's disease, panic disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. It has documented benefit for use in pediatric respiratory depression syndrome. In addition, recent studies have evaluated its usefulness as an analgesic. Inositol has been studied extensively as potential treatment to alleviate some negative effects associated with lithium therapy. The use of inositol in pregnant women remains controversial. Although its benefit in preventing neural tube defects in embryonic mice is documented, the risk of inducing uterine contractions limits its usefulness in pregnancy. (Altern Med Rev 1998;3(6):432-447)



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Introduction

Inositol has been identified as an important dietary and cellular constituent. Biochemical functions of phosphoinositol (PI) in cell membranes include regulation of cellular responses to external stimuli as well as mediation of enzyme activity.

 

[HamsterHider]

Inositol is also used to cut cocaine for street sales. Sad thing is the damn inositol is almost as expesive as the coke.

 

[GaryWary]

that's true...

you do have a brain after all...