Your doctor’s first line treatment for panic attack is usually drug-based medications. These work quite well for many people, but their downsides are that they treat the symptoms rather than the root cause, and, they do have many negative side effects. In addition they can be expensive, especially where they have to be used over a considerable period of time. Here, you’ll discover why you don’t need panic attack medications to succeed.

First, let’s consider how a panic attack occurs…

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Teenagers that experience low self-esteem, those who are very critical of themselves, and those who feel that they don’t have any control or have little control over certain negative events are at risk to be depressed. It is also a known fact that teenage girls are more likely to experience adolescent depression compared to teenage boys should they go through a difficult time.

Some of the risk factors for adolescent depression involved include:
• Unstable care giving
• Weak social skills
• Chronic illnesses
• Sexual, mental and physical child abuse
• Genetic depression – family history of the disorder
• Loss of parent to divorce or death as well as other stressful life events

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Not long ago, a young woman, Elaine, came to my clinic to be treated for depression.  During her first appointment, I asked her a number of questions about her health and lifestyle.  When I asked her what foods she craved, her answer surprised me.  She said that she craved frozen vegetables.  Not cooked frozen vegetables, but frozen veggies right out of the freezer—crunchy and cold.

While her unusual answer surprised me, it also gave me some clues into her condition within the framework of Chinese medicine.  Her craving for extremely cold foods told me that she had some kind of a heat condition, most likely involving the Heart organ system.

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