What is the best way to control anxiety attacks?

all of the above, my friend. Also..find calming music, and most important..attempt to find your triggers. Anxiety attacks aren't just random..something sets them off..be it subconcious, or physioligical. And..at the end of the day.. you might need a medication. I suffer form severe anxiety issues as one of the symptoms of Asperger's Syndrome...and so I too daily have to deal with. I avoid stimulants now (mostly..I need my coffee every now and then) and stay away from crowds if possible. Those two things alone have sognificgantly reduced them For years I thought it was related to my atshma..so finding out that isn't so was a binus in and of itself. Anyhow..hope it is something that is temporary in your case..as they can be part of other things..such as an outward sign of too much bloody stress.

I get those all the time too. For me I get really light headed, and I feel like I'm going to throw up. I just try to sit down and relax for a minute but since i don't drive yet I don't know what you can do then. Edit: I'm going to be keeping my eye on these answers because I need some help with this too.

If your having a panic attack you should defiantly pull over, my therapist has told me to always put my feet on something cold when I have one, and rub my thumb and index fingers together, it seems to help a little bit.

Hey, i'm Lewis. I am an ex panic/anxiety attack sufferer. Best thing you can do is take deep breaths or breath into a paper bag. This way it evens out your carbon dioxide and oxygen levels in your blood. A panic attack will hyperventilate you. There for there is too much oxygen in the blood. Breathing deeply or into a paper bag will give you more carbon dioxide. And at a time like that, that's the best thing to do. Also, all the voices in your head telling you some hing bad is going to happen, Tell them to shut the hell up and replace them with a comforting "your going to be just fine". Please email me if you would like to chat some more about it. I have looks into it alot and know quite a bit about it. Also I do not get them any more so maybe I can help you to stop getting them;.

A few tips that worked for me: 1. Try to figure out if there's a particular trigger for your panic attacks. To the extent that it's possible, keep a log of what you were doing, what you were thinking, where you were, time of day etc when your attacks start. You might notice a pattern emerge (as I did), which will help you address what's causing the attacks in the first place. 2. Exercise and meditation also helped me - exercising regularly is a great outlet for everything pent up in your body; and meditation sharpens your mind. 3. It can also help to have a "safe" family member/friend, who's aware of the problem, who can talk you through a panic attack. I had lots of trouble thinking rationally when I first started getting panic attacks - this really helped me to rationalise all the irrational thoughts that accompanied my panic attacks. I'm attack free for a couple of years, after doing all of these things. Best wishes - hope you resolve this quickly.

I get really bad panic attacks also and when i was pregnant my doctor told me that he couldn't give me medication. He showed me how to breath by inhaling through your nose and exhaling through your mouth slowly. i still use it when i get really bad panic attacks. I seem to get panic attacks when i have really bad migraines and this happens usually in the middle of the night. I do my breathing exercises and it really helps.

I get them once in a while and what works is deep breaths. Simply put, thats all you need to do!

There are a lot of good suggestions here: 1. Find the triggers by analyzing what was going on when it happened. Find a common thread. Many times, this can be a little complex. It can caused by feeling out of control and depression. This can have to do with relationships, work--but it may not be obvious on the surface. It wasn't for me. It took me 7 years, by myself, to work it out. 2. See a therapist. They can help you with step one and if necessary, prescribe an anti-anxiety med. 3. When you are in the middle of an attack, just use a breathing exercise, such as breath in 7, hold 8, breath out 7 while feeling the rise and fall in your diaphragm. Or think of one of your most pleasant memories or plan an exciting project, whatever works for you. The main purpose it to override the feeling of anxiety and the accompanying thoughts. And remember this--the average attack lasts only two minutes. YOU CAN DO IT! Hopefully your doctor will work with you using some techniques like hypnotherapy. It really works. I used to have severe panic attacks which turned into post traumatic stress disorder. It was terrible. But I haven't had an attack in 15 years. Best of luck to you!

I don't know much about this. I guess it would be reasonable to at least go see a doctor. This is not to say, that you should take medication because I wouldn't like that if it was me. I'm just saying, you could go see a doctor to seek out some methods to try and prevent it or at least lessen it. I see a lot of people have given you what seems to me, as good advice, so I'm glad. As the last answerer had answered, I will keep an eye on your question and its answers too, because I sometimes experience this, but to a milder degree. It does kind of pop out at you and sometimes it's really frightening. Thanks for asking it, and good luck.