August 31st, 2010
In this article we’re likely to check out the pro’s and cons of managing panic attacks.
The number one point in support for managing panic attacks is going to be whoever else got to lose, living with panic attacks included in your life is actually not nice, to say the least. So any ideas for managing anxiety would surely be appreciated..
Your second supporting point is going to be that it will really help lift your confidence, which in turn will really lift your mood. Very often when we are living with, and managing anxiety and depression we can feel so low and worn out..
The third supporting point is likely to be It will make such a difference to your life with having managing panic attacks in place. Just take a minute and think about that! Imagine being panic attack free..
And alternatively, for balance, the Con side, against:
Firstly, the thing against is going to be it’s likely to be hard work, change always is. Controlling panic attacks will mean you have to constantly challenge why you have your panic attacks. In other words handling anxiety, simply because a panic attack is anxiety which has gotten uncontrollable..
The 2nd thing against is going to be change. Lots of people say they want to change, but that as far as they go “saying” they want change. But plenty of individuals are afraid of change. And yes even individuals that suffer from anxiety and panic attacks..
The 3rd point in contra is going to be the reaction of friends and family, simply because you will change by controlling anxiety disorder. You’ll become stronger and much more independent simply because you’re dealing with anxiety. Those closest to you is going to be at a loss. Because when you change they have an option either they change with you or they fall back into the background..
Now the two sides have been heard from and the Pros and Cons are stacked up, in favor and against.
So, in your final analysis is managing panic attacks a good thing? or just a poor point?
The response is apparently “Yes” to the two questions! Managing panic attacks seems to become both good AND poor! Your reader must pick which side, the good or the poor, which outweighs the other…
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(edit: I asked a licensed psychologist who specializes in ADHD counseling to step in and offer some opinions. -ian)
I wanted to contribute to the dialogue by offering some information from the literature in the field related to the treatment of ADHD.
First, Barkley’s work has made a significant contribution to our understanding of ADHD and how to identify it. But he is just one of many leading researchers and experts in the field, especially with regard to the work that has been done in recent years to better understand adult ADHD. (Side note: While the core symptoms of ADHD are similar for children and adults, the characteristics associated with adults who have ADHD are different than those of children, as are the difficulties associated with adult ADHD as opposed to ADHD in children).
In terms of treatment for ADHD, the best approach is to follow an individualized, comprehensive plan specifically designed for you, based upon your particular situation and needs. This is one point where a counselor or psychologist trained in, or having experience in working with ADHD can be helpful. This may be in addition to working with a psychiatrist or physician for medication treatment, but for others it may replace the use of medication altogether.
Note that the issue of medication becomes more complicated in adulthood as it has been shown in controlled studies of stimulant medications and open studies of antidepressants that 20-50 percent of adults are considered nonresponders due to insufficient symptom reduction or inability to tolerate these medications (Wender, 1998; Wilens et al., 2002a). Moreover, adults who are considered responders typically show a reduction in only 50 percent or fewer of the core symptoms of ADHD, and these response rates are worse than the rates found in children (Wilens et al., 1998a, 2002a). So, although medications are highly useful in the treatment of adult ADHD, they are only partially effective and many residual symptoms often persist for adults with ADHD after adequate medication treatment.
Also, while medication may ameliorate many of the core symptoms of ADHD (attentional problems, high activity, impulsivity), it does not provide you with concrete strategies and skills for coping with associated difficulties. Quality-of-life impairments such as underachievement, unemployment or underemployment, economic problems, and relationship difficulties associated with ADHD in adulthood (see Biederman et al., 1993; Murphy & Barkley, 1996a; Ratey et al., 1992) require active problem-solving, which can be achieved with skills training over and above medication management.
The literature supports counseling, psychotherapy, and coaching, in one form or another, as key ingredients of a comprehensive plan to address the difficulties associated with ADHD (see the references listed below as well as Wilens etal., 1999 and McDermott, 2000). These forms of support can help you in developing skills for organizing and planning, coping with distractibility, managing anxiety and depression, avoiding procrastination, and imporving interpersonal interactions. Moreover, these forms of support can help you identify talents and strengths and promote them. People struggling with ADHD usually know their shortcomings all too well, while their talents and strengths have been camouflaged by what’s been going wrong. Working with a counselor, therapist or coach can help you to discover and promote the more advantageous characteristics of ADHD.
Other references that I find helpful with regard to understanding, living with, and treating ADHD are Hallowell and Ratey’s (2005) Delivered from Distraction (and their earlier book Driven to Distraction) and Brown’s (2005) ADD: The unfocused mind in children and adults.
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(edit: I asked a licensed psychologist who specializes in ADHD counseling to step in and offer some opinions. -ian)
I wanted to contribute to the dialogue by offering some information from the literature in the field related to the treatment of ADHD.
First, Barkley’s work has made a significant contribution to our understanding of ADHD and how to identify it. But he is just one of many leading researchers and experts in the field, especially with regard to the work that has been done in recent years to better understand adult ADHD. (Side note: While the core symptoms of ADHD are similar for children and adults, the characteristics associated with adults who have ADHD are different than those of children, as are the difficulties associated with adult ADHD as opposed to ADHD in children).
In terms of treatment for ADHD, the best approach is to follow an individualized, comprehensive plan specifically designed for you, based upon your particular situation and needs. This is one point where a counselor or psychologist trained in, or having experience in working with ADHD can be helpful. This may be in addition to working with a psychiatrist or physician for medication treatment, but for others it may replace the use of medication altogether.
Note that the issue of medication becomes more complicated in adulthood as it has been shown in controlled studies of stimulant medications and open studies of antidepressants that 20-50 percent of adults are considered nonresponders due to insufficient symptom reduction or inability to tolerate these medications (Wender, 1998; Wilens et al., 2002a). Moreover, adults who are considered responders typically show a reduction in only 50 percent or fewer of the core symptoms of ADHD, and these response rates are worse than the rates found in children (Wilens et al., 1998a, 2002a). So, although medications are highly useful in the treatment of adult ADHD, they are only partially effective and many residual symptoms often persist for adults with ADHD after adequate medication treatment.
Also, while medication may ameliorate many of the core symptoms of ADHD (attentional problems, high activity, impulsivity), it does not provide you with concrete strategies and skills for coping with associated difficulties. Quality-of-life impairments such as underachievement, unemployment or underemployment, economic problems, and relationship difficulties associated with ADHD in adulthood (see Biederman et al., 1993; Murphy & Barkley, 1996a; Ratey et al., 1992) require active problem-solving, which can be achieved with skills training over and above medication management.
The literature supports counseling, psychotherapy, and coaching, in one form or another, as key ingredients of a comprehensive plan to address the difficulties associated with ADHD (see the references listed below as well as Wilens etal., 1999 and McDermott, 2000). These forms of support can help you in developing skills for organizing and planning, coping with distractibility, managing anxiety and depression, avoiding procrastination, and imporving interpersonal interactions. Moreover, these forms of support can help you identify talents and strengths and promote them. People struggling with ADHD usually know their shortcomings all too well, while their talents and strengths have been camouflaged by what’s been going wrong. Working with a counselor, therapist or coach can help you to discover and promote the more advantageous characteristics of ADHD.
Other references that I find helpful with regard to understanding, living with, and treating ADHD are Hallowell and Ratey’s (2005) Delivered from Distraction (and their earlier book Driven to Distraction) and Brown’s (2005) ADD: The unfocused mind in children and adults.
Boston-Psychology.com
(edit: I asked a licensed psychologist who specializes in ADHD counseling to step in and offer some opinions. -ian)
I wanted to contribute to the dialogue by offering some information from the literature in the field related to the treatment of ADHD.
First, Barkley’s work has made a significant contribution to our understanding of ADHD and how to identify it. But he is just one of many leading researchers and experts in the field, especially with regard to the work that has been done in recent years to better understand adult ADHD. (Side note: While the core symptoms of ADHD are similar for children and adults, the characteristics associated with adults who have ADHD are different than those of children, as are the difficulties associated with adult ADHD as opposed to ADHD in children).
In terms of treatment for ADHD, the best approach is to follow an individualized, comprehensive plan specifically designed for you, based upon your particular situation and needs. This is one point where a counselor or psychologist trained in, or having experience in working with ADHD can be helpful. This may be in addition to working with a psychiatrist or physician for medication treatment, but for others it may replace the use of medication altogether.
Note that the issue of medication becomes more complicated in adulthood as it has been shown in controlled studies of stimulant medications and open studies of antidepressants that 20-50 percent of adults are considered nonresponders due to insufficient symptom reduction or inability to tolerate these medications (Wender, 1998; Wilens et al., 2002a). Moreover, adults who are considered responders typically show a reduction in only 50 percent or fewer of the core symptoms of ADHD, and these response rates are worse than the rates found in children (Wilens et al., 1998a, 2002a). So, although medications are highly useful in the treatment of adult ADHD, they are only partially effective and many residual symptoms often persist for adults with ADHD after adequate medication treatment.
Also, while medication may ameliorate many of the core symptoms of ADHD (attentional problems, high activity, impulsivity), it does not provide you with concrete strategies and skills for coping with associated difficulties. Quality-of-life impairments such as underachievement, unemployment or underemployment, economic problems, and relationship difficulties associated with ADHD in adulthood (see Biederman et al., 1993; Murphy & Barkley, 1996a; Ratey et al., 1992) require active problem-solving, which can be achieved with skills training over and above medication management.
The literature supports counseling, psychotherapy, and coaching, in one form or another, as key ingredients of a comprehensive plan to address the difficulties associated with ADHD (see the references listed below as well as Wilens etal., 1999 and McDermott, 2000). These forms of support can help you in developing skills for organizing and planning, coping with distractibility, managing anxiety and depression, avoiding procrastination, and imporving interpersonal interactions. Moreover, these forms of support can help you identify talents and strengths and promote them. People struggling with ADHD usually know their shortcomings all too well, while their talents and strengths have been camouflaged by what’s been going wrong. Working with a counselor, therapist or coach can help you to discover and promote the more advantageous characteristics of ADHD.
Other references that I find helpful with regard to understanding, living with, and treating ADHD are Hallowell and Ratey’s (2005) Delivered from Distraction (and their earlier book Driven to Distraction) and Brown’s (2005) ADD: The unfocused mind in children and adults.
Boston-Psychology.com
Man that article fucking pissed me off. So much I went and chainsmoked my guts up – not really, but it did really make me want a smoke.
- yeah, I STARTED smoking as a way to self-medicate (and peer pressure, but hey, I was like 15/16) as a way of managing panic attacks. Cigarettes = forcing me to breathe deeply and focus on it therefore, less panic attack problems.
I'll just throw in a couple of Bill Hicks quotes here because it empahsises my point:
'They proved that if you quit smoking, it will prolong your life. What they haven't proved is that a prolonged life is a good thing. I haven't seen the stats on that yet.'
9/10 non-smokers piss me off.
Man that article fucking pissed me off. So much I went and chainsmoked my guts up – not really, but it did really make me want a smoke.
- yeah, I STARTED smoking as a way to self-medicate (and peer pressure, but hey, I was like 15/16) as a way of managing panic attacks. Cigarettes = forcing me to breathe deeply and focus on it therefore, less panic attack problems.
I'll just throw in a couple of Bill Hicks quotes here because it empahsises my point:
'They proved that if you quit smoking, it will prolong your life. What they haven't proved is that a prolonged life is a good thing. I haven't seen the stats on that yet.'
9/10 non-smokers piss me off.
(edit: I asked a licensed psychologist who specializes in ADHD counseling to step in and offer some opinions. -ian)
I wanted to contribute to the dialogue by offering some information from the literature in the field related to the treatment of ADHD.
First, Barkley’s work has made a significant contribution to our understanding of ADHD and how to identify it. But he is just one of many leading researchers and experts in the field, especially with regard to the work that has been done in recent years to better understand adult ADHD. (Side note: While the core symptoms of ADHD are similar for children and adults, the characteristics associated with adults who have ADHD are different than those of children, as are the difficulties associated with adult ADHD as opposed to ADHD in children).
In terms of treatment for ADHD, the best approach is to follow an individualized, comprehensive plan specifically designed for you, based upon your particular situation and needs. This is one point where a counselor or psychologist trained in, or having experience in working with ADHD can be helpful. This may be in addition to working with a psychiatrist or physician for medication treatment, but for others it may replace the use of medication altogether.
Note that the issue of medication becomes more complicated in adulthood as it has been shown in controlled studies of stimulant medications and open studies of antidepressants that 20-50 percent of adults are considered nonresponders due to insufficient symptom reduction or inability to tolerate these medications (Wender, 1998; Wilens et al., 2002a). Moreover, adults who are considered responders typically show a reduction in only 50 percent or fewer of the core symptoms of ADHD, and these response rates are worse than the rates found in children (Wilens et al., 1998a, 2002a). So, although medications are highly useful in the treatment of adult ADHD, they are only partially effective and many residual symptoms often persist for adults with ADHD after adequate medication treatment.
Also, while medication may ameliorate many of the core symptoms of ADHD (attentional problems, high activity, impulsivity), it does not provide you with concrete strategies and skills for coping with associated difficulties. Quality-of-life impairments such as underachievement, unemployment or underemployment, economic problems, and relationship difficulties associated with ADHD in adulthood (see Biederman et al., 1993; Murphy & Barkley, 1996a; Ratey et al., 1992) require active problem-solving, which can be achieved with skills training over and above medication management.
The literature supports counseling, psychotherapy, and coaching, in one form or another, as key ingredients of a comprehensive plan to address the difficulties associated with ADHD (see the references listed below as well as Wilens etal., 1999 and McDermott, 2000). These forms of support can help you in developing skills for organizing and planning, coping with distractibility, managing anxiety and depression, avoiding procrastination, and imporving interpersonal interactions. Moreover, these forms of support can help you identify talents and strengths and promote them. People struggling with ADHD usually know their shortcomings all too well, while their talents and strengths have been camouflaged by what’s been going wrong. Working with a counselor, therapist or coach can help you to discover and promote the more advantageous characteristics of ADHD.
Other references that I find helpful with regard to understanding, living with, and treating ADHD are Hallowell and Ratey’s (2005) Delivered from Distraction (and their earlier book Driven to Distraction) and Brown’s (2005) ADD: The unfocused mind in children and adults.
Boston-Psychology.com