Laughter as a Natural Treatment of Panic Attack

Panic attacks can occur to almost everybody and it can happen at anytime.  The attack does not choose the place of occurrence or the person whom it will manifest.  Sometimes it just happens without any indication or provocation.  It can appear within minutes and can also disappear within minutes.  It is that fast.
The symptoms of panic attacks and anxiety attacks usually involve the physical and the psychological.  We can visibly tell if a person is having a panic attack when he or she feels dizzy and lightheaded, is sweating, the extremities like the hands and feet are cold and clammy, faster heart beats than normal and the face is flushing among other symptoms.
The psychological symptoms could include the feeling of impending doom, unreasonable fear and the feeling that the person might loose control of his or her emotions and feelings anytime.  The physical and the psychological symptoms can appear all at the same time to a person.
If this is the case the treatment of panic attacks should be sought and considered immediately.  However, the person might think that he or she is having a heart attack because the symptoms for both panic attacks and heart attacks are quite similar.  That is why seeking the help of a medical professional is really necessary.  Your doctor can tell the difference.
The current medical world today offers many varied and complimentary cures and treatments for panic attacks.  This could include anxiety attack medicine or just plain and simple panic disorder self help.  A word of caution though, before any form of treatment should be availed it is better to check first with your doctor and get his or her advice.  Panic disorders are a serious condition that should not be taken too lightly lest it could get worse and have some unwanted complications later on.
Below are some examples of medicine commonly prescribed by doctors for panic attacks.  The general roles of these medicines are to introduce or alter the chemicals found in the brain that causes panic attacks.
•    Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs).  This type of medicine is meant to treat depression, phobias aside from panic attacks.  SSRI’s help the brain manage the levels of neurotransmitter serotonin.
•    Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOI’s).  Aside from treating panic attacks, this type of medicine is also best in the treatment of general and severe depression.
For the natural treatment of panic attack, the so-called “laughter medicine” is slowly gaining acceptance from the medical professionals and the patients themselves these days.
The use of humor can be effective in minimizing or eliminating the symptoms of panic attacks in people.  The use of anxiety attack would not be necessary when this is applied.
This method would require the patient or the sufferer to think of a funny situation where they have laughed uncontrollably.  They would be required to remember this funny episode in their lives and when a situation arises that can cause them to have panic attacks they would just remember the incident where they have laughed uncontrollably.  They have to picture that image clearly in their minds.
Most experts agree that the good feeling brought about by humor replaces the bad feelings a person has whenever he or she is having a panic attack.  This can change the normal complexion of a panic attack from the usual fear the person can actively choose to be happy and optimistic about the situation.  This is being proactive about the situation.
The scientific explanation lies on the fact that when we are anxious the stress hormone or the serum cortisol rises and accordingly laughter is known to greatly reduce this level.
This procedure to be effective does not happen over night.  This takes a lot of determination on the part of the sufferer as well as lots of practice.  This would also involve exposing gradually the sufferer to the situation or events that causes him or her panic attacks and force the person to remember the happy and funny moments just to over come the fear.  The laughter method could be considered under the panic disorder self help.
Even if we do not have symptoms of panic attacks it is always best to be positive and not take things too seriously.  Life is too short for worrying.