Panic Attack Treatment

Traditionally, treatment for panic attacks involved medication and/or sessions with a psychiatrist or psychologist. Medication typically requires the patient to take prescribed anti-depressants (most commonly serotonin based[1]) and, depending on the severity of the case, sedatives (Xanax for example) are often provided as an accompaniment. These treatments (that rely on anti-depressants) operate on the belief that panic attacks are caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain [2], and allow the anti-depressants to ‘correct’ the imbalance, while sedatives suppress the...