The Panic Attack Recovery Book: Step-by-Step Techniques to Reduce Anxiety and Change Your Life-Natural, Drug-Free, Fast Results (Paperback)

by Shirley Swede (Author), Seymour Jaffe (Author) "Panic attacks are the most common-and the most treatable-"mental health problem" in this country..." (more)
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Product Description
Now sufferers can attack panic-before it attacks them. This seven-step, drug-free program-written jointly by a physician and a recovered sufferer-explains what goes on in the body when panic disorder strikes, and how it can be controlled. With behavioral techniques, fitness and nutrition plans, and inspiring, encouraging true stories, this book brings new hope to people with panic disorder, agoraphobia, and other anxiety-related conditions.

Praise for The Panic Attack Recovery Book:

"Takes the panicker out of narrow fixation and into a broader sense of life's possibilities." -Boston Globe

"An excellent book. I'd recommend it to anyone suffering from panic attacks."-Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., author of Connect and coauthor of Driven to Distraction

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: NAL Trade; Rev Upd Su edition (September 12, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451200438
• ISBN-13: 978-0451200433
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #284,330 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not a solution for everyone, May 21, 2002

By	Linda Jones (Nebraska) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I got the book and read it hoping that I might be able to glean something I hadn't already tried, and found out I was already doing everything the book recommended, and have been for a long time and I STILL have a major panic disorder with severe panic attacks. I've been a perfectionist about diet and exercise and trying to practice positive thinking, and while they may help people who have nothing else going on in their lives but unexplained anxiety with some minor physical reactions, it didn't even begin to touch on the problems that I'm faced with, not just because of the severity of my physical reactions, but because of the complexity of the circumstances in my life. This is really for the people who can manage their panic on their own, without the help of a qualified therapist. If you have severe panic problems, I would recommend a qualified therapist over reading this book. And by qualified, I mean someone who specializes in panic attacks, because the average therapist (and I've been to too many of those) doesn't even begin to know how to manage someone with panic attacks. It takes someone who can be very gentle, and patient, and non-condemning to work with people who suffer from severe panic attack disorders.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent value, priceless info, July 17, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Panic Attack Recovery Book: A Former Agoraphobic and Her Doctor Tell How You Can Change Your Life (Paperback)

Full of information and presented in an easy to read and understand format. It has helped me overcome panic attacks on my own and I would highly recommend it. A small paperback book, but packed with useful real info (not a lot of fluff or overly personal verbage). Describes various factors that contribute to panic/anxiety like body chemistry imbalance (due to things like prolonged stress or low blood sugar levels) and faulty thought processes like perfectionism. Also gives solutions from various angles like diet, relaxation techniques, and ways of thinking. More than your doctor would probably tell you.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Book Saved My Life!, February 15, 2002

By A Customer

I can't say enough great things about this book. I suffered from severe panic and anxiety through my sophomore year of college and just when I thought I would never get better I found this book and really began to feel a change within myself. This book is written in very clear, easy to understand, comforting language. Yet it is not condescending in any way. It offers practical, simple mind/body/soul solutions to overcoming panic attacks and anxiety.

Even after I began to get better I carried it around with me everywhere I went, almost like a little "good luck charm." It was that valuable to me!

I strongly recommend this book to anyone suffering from panic attacks or anxiety.