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Panic Attack Therapy for Chronic Sufferers: Questions Your Doctor Will Ask

Have you had few results with a variety of treatments, tips and tricks for stopping your panic attacks?  Preparing yourself with the knowledge of what to expect when it is time to get help can lessen the anxiety that can be caused by not knowing what will happen when you first seek professional help.

When filling out forms, you will be better prepared to answer some of the more specific questions related to your attacks if you take with you any journal you may be keeping to track their occurrences.  Be prepared to answer a lot of questions for your doctor, and try to provide an accurate history for him or her.  Below are some of the questions you should be prepared to answer, and information you will need to provide.

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.

Have you ever experienced a traumatic event that stands out in your mind, and that still makes you uncomfortable to think about?  Traumatic events can be anything from a divorce or breakup, a loved one dying, a natural disaster that you either lived through or felt particularly sad about or even things like your children moving out or going away to college.

Providing an accurate list of medications (and the dosage for each) that you are taking, or have taken over the last six months or so is going to be very important.
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.

You will be asked how much alcohol you consume in a day, a week, or a month, and be honest because alcohol is often a trigger for panic 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.

You will need to describe how you know a panic attack is coming and how often you feel stressed or anxious, and this is another set of questions that your journal can help you answer.

Your triggers will be a topic of discussion as well, so be prepared to tell your doctor if you have heart palpitations when you have to drive, or start sweating profusely when an elevator goes past the third floor, for example.

If you forget to tell your doctor something during your first visit, that’s okay, just let them know the next time, and just remember to be as thorough and honest as you can be when answering all the questions your doctor asks.

Want more information?  Visit our Panic Relief site and find plenty of informative content ranging from general information about anxiety therapy to very specific “how to” info on panic attacks.