Panic attacks. How to deal with them?

Hi Julie,

Not that long ago someone else on the forum asked about how to deal with panic attacks (I suffered from them my entire life) and here is the thread which you may find helpful:

https://www.agingcare.com/questions/panic-attacks-what-do-you-do-to-alleviate-it-468278.htm?orderby=recent&page=1�

Best to you and your Dad,
Jenna

There's no need to live miserably. I have panic attacks, which certainly weren't helped by having gotten through cancer in 2020-2021, then covid shutdown.

I've got a scrip for antianxiety meds and without them, life would be intolerable.

Yes, they are addicitve. Highly so. But I will choose this addiction over crying and shaking in bed because I am so panicky.

Please don't let your dad suffer, OK?

Julie - I don't think the main point of freqflyer's post was that panic can be a side effect of medication, what I take away from it is that she was helped by medications specifically meant to relieve panic attacks (and wishes she had not allowed herself to tough it out for so long).

Do talk to your GP about this, if they aren't able to help they most certainly should be able to send you to someone who can!

JulieKac, I've have had my own panic attacks for many years. My primary doctor kept suggesting meds to help but I would keep refusing them. Eventually I gave in, and now I could kick myself for not taking her recommendations years earlier.

My panic attacks were side effects to a cancer medication I was taking, and even though the paperwork that came with prescription medication never mentioned this side effect, my surgeon was finding a lot of her patients were having such attacks.

So, check your Dad's meds and see if the paperworks mentions this side effect. If yes, maybe your Dad's primary doctor could prescribe something else.