Panic Attack Therapy for Chronic Sufferers: Questions Your Doctor Will Ask
Have you tried a variety of treatments, tips, and tricks for stopping your panic attacks, with little or no results? If so, it may be time to see a professional, but to ward off any anxiety you may have about doing so, you can arm yourself with knowledge of what to expect during your first visit to the doctor.
Take any journal or diary that you have kept related to your attacks with you – it will help you a lot when filling out forms. You will need to answer a lot of questions, and to provide a great deal of information to your doctor, so try to do so as accurately as you can. Some of the questions you can expect to have to answer and information you will need to provide are listed below.
What sorts of surgeries and illnesses have you had in the past? Try to be as accurate as you can on the dates, even if it is hard to remember.
Providing information to your doctor about any traumatic events you have experienced (especially those that still have an effect on you when you think about them) can help to determine your triggers. So prepare by trying to remember things that did affect you, such as a breakup or divorce, the passing of a loved one, your children moving out or going away to college, and especially things like living through a hurricane, earthquake or other natural disaster.
You will need to provide a list of all the medications you are taking, or have been on within the last six months, and what dosage levels you were on.
Information on whether anyone in your family has panic or anxiety attacks (or whether they suffered from them in the past) is something your doctor will also need to know.
Your doctor is going to ask you about the amount of alcohol you consume either daily, weekly or monthly, and you should answer this one honestly, even if it is uncomfortable to do so, because alcohol triggers attacks.
Your doctor will want to know about any recreational drug use in which you have engaged. Again, it is important to be honest, as your panic attacks may be triggered by drug use and it is important for your doctor to either know that, or to rule it out as a cause of your attacks.
You will need to provide information on your daily caffeine intake from coffee, tea or soda, as well as to describe issues you may experience when you don’t get your caffeine, such as sluggishness or headaches.
Your journal can also help you answer questions about how often you feel anxious or stressed, and how you know that you are about to have an attack.
Be prepared to discuss your individual triggers with your doctor. These can be things such as having heart palpitations when you must drive, or experiencing increased anxiety when riding in an elevator.
Being as thorough and honest as you can be when answering your doctor’s questions can only help you, so if you forget something the first time you see him or her, let them know during the next visit.
Want more information? Visit EndingPanicAttacks.com and find plenty of informative content ranging from general information about anxiety therapy to very specific “how to” info on panic attacks.
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