Have you had few results with a variety of treatments, tips and tricks for stopping your panic attacks?  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 representative questions you will be expected to answer, and information you will be required to provide are provided below.

While it may be difficult to remember exact dates, you will be expected to provide a history of illnesses and surgeries you have had before.

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.
Your doctor will want to know if anyone in your family used to have, or currently has panic or anxiety attacks.

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.

As with the questions related to alcohol consumption, be prepared to provide honest answers regarding whether you use recreational drugs, because, again, some of these may actually trigger attacks.

There will be questions about how much caffeine you consume daily, whether through coffee, tea, or other beverages, and if you get headaches or suffer from sluggishness if you don’t have that caffeine.

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.

If you know what your triggers are, be prepared to describe them in detail to your physician.  Let’s say that you get anxious when riding in an elevator, or you get heart palpitations whenever you get behind the wheel of your car – these things are important for your doctor to know.

The goal is to be as accurate an honest in your answers, and where you have forgotten things during your first visit, be prepared to let your doctor know when you go back.

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