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Question: How is the illness treated?
Answer: Usually with a combination of medication and counseling.
Question: Where can I find a doctor/psychiatrist/psychologist who is able to treat the illness?
Answer: Ask your doctor, a local hospital, or university.
Question: Will the person ever get over the illness?
Answer: Yes. For some it takes more time than others, but they will.
Question: What are panic attacks like?
Answer: Try to explain to a man what being pregnant is like. Unless you have been there, it is difficult to understand. Have you ever been so frightened that you panicked and just wanted to get out of the situation? If you have been in this situation, you know the adrenaline starts flowing as it prepares you to fight or run. Your heart speeds up, your breathing rate increases, and you are just plain scared and want out. Once you have left the danger zone and found a safe place, your body starts returning to normal. With panic attacks, this same response is triggered off; frequently with no apparent cause.
Question: Do panic attacks ever reoccur after one is free of them for several months or years?
Answer: Some people have a relapse. Most get over it much faster than they got over the first bout. Sometimes this relapse lasts for a few days.
Question: Where can I find out more information?
Answer: Other parts of this site contain a great deal of information. Also, you can read general descriptions of panic attacks here.
Question: What is a caregiver or support person?
Answer: A very important person(s) in the life of ill people. The support person is their emotional supporter, as well as; being the person who will help them get well by being with them as they go into scary situations. The ill person trusts the support person to see that no harm comes to them. They rely on this person to be their hand-holder. Their supporter. The person who will lead them to safety if overwhelming problems arise. In short, you are their life line.
Question: Isn't that a very responsible function?
Answer: Yes, but also a very rewarding function. Spouses frequently find that when the panic attacks have gone, they have grown closer together and understand each other more.
Question: Can more than one person be a support person?
Answer: Certainly. If several people in a family/friends work together, all the better.
Question: Where can I find out more information on being a support person?
Answer: There is not that much information on the net. Also, you will find some people do not agree on the best approach. I have written up a few suggestions which I have found help. Click to go to that section.
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