I started getting
panic attacks in my early twenties. The family GP wanted to put me on
Valium™. I decided that night I wasn’t going to do that and looked at various alternative therapies, including a prolonged period of worrying about
food sensitivities (which makes one neurotic about food). It was some years later when my Canberra GP, who had
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I have posted a moderate amount on getting over depression as well. Depression is more insidious because it is more life-pervasive, lasts longer and creeps up on you. But there are certainly overlaps in how to deal with it (assuming it's not simply malfunctioning brain chemicals, in which case finding the right pill does appear to be crucial).
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I have also posted on getting over depression. I found trying to find ways of dealing with depression helped in dealing with the panic attacks. So yes, a related perspective works even though anxiety typically has a sudden-conspicuous-onset element depression usually lacks. (At least it did with me: depression creeps up on you I found and can be hard to recognise for what it is.)
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