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Anxiety Attack Relief Secret #1. Splash cold water on panic.

Splashing some cold water on your face to stop a panic attack is one of the oldest, but most often forgotten, methods of stopping a panic attack. During an attack, your autonomic nervous system sends oxygen and glucose to skeletal muscles so that they can help you flee the situation. There may not be enough oxygen circulating to your brain to keep your "executive function" centers optimally active. Splashing cold water in your face activates a dive reflex that redirects oxygen to your brain where it is needed, helping you use reason to control the situation.

Anxiety Attack Relief Secret #2. Breathe in relaxation, breathe out anxiety.

Another way to get oxygen flowing to your brain is to take deep breaths in but to exhale them completely. You build positive pressure throughout your lungs by breathing in all the air your lungs can hold. Then you expel all the "used" air from your lungs by exhaling through your mouth to a count of eight, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Once you have practiced this technique a few times, you will no longer need to count. A long exhalation produces lower air pressure that will draw back fresh, oxygenated air throughout your lungs. After a minute or two, the sense of panic will greatly diminish.

Anxiety Attack Relief Secret #3. Aromatherapy.

Aromatherapy garners skepticism and derision by the uninformed, but the fact is, for relieving panic attacks, it actually works. It is useful to keep a few inexpensive essential oils handy for relieving the severe anxiety associated with an attack.

A few drops of lavender oil applied directly to the forehead (don't drink lavender oil) will stop a headache and relieve a panic attack. The Bach Flower Essences have been used to stop panic attacks and anxiety in both humans and animals for over 75 years. The Rescue Remedy, combining essences of impatiens, Star of Bethlehem, cherry plum, rock rose, and clematis is especially useful for dealing for panic attacks related to post-traumatic stress disorder and for a panic attack triggered by getting bad news, such as a test score or a doctor's diagnosis.

Just as "one size does not fit all" applies to buying shoes, "one remedy does not cure all" applies to choosing a way to answer the question of how to stop panic attacks. The best remedy for attacks is the one that makes the user feel the most comfortable. Any of these three simple remedies, however, is sure to help.

Fawaz Morgan-Rowe is the main writer of preventpanicanxiety a health site that discusses general anxiety treatment tips and other ways of treating anxiety attacks.

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