Panic attacks affect millions of Americans each year, but most people don’t realize that neurofeedback can eliminate them for good.

Panic or anxiety attacks can come on suddenly with a host of unpleasant physical symptoms. Some people describe it as feeling like they are having a heart attack. Panic attack symptoms include racing heart rates, chest pain, dizziness, shortness of breath, trembling, and nausea to name a few.

You can see how anxiety attacks can send people to the emergency room. Once the physical symptoms subside, patients often feel anxious, worried, or upset while wondering if or when it might happen again.

What Is a Panic Attack?

A panic attack is your body creating a fight or flight response as though you are being threatened. In truly dangerous situations, this response is vital to our survival.

However, this panic response is scary and unnecessary when you are just going about your regular daily activities – going to work, taking a child to school, or running an errand.

When your nervous system is overstimulated and working on overdrive, panic attacks can result. Once this happens, it can become challenging to reset.

How Does Anxiety Impact Panic Attacks?

Being in a state of worry or anticipation is often referred to as anxiety.  This emotion originates in the prefrontal cortex of the brain. The prefrontal cortex is the area of the brain that focuses on planning and anticipation.

Panic attacks are often followed by even more stress and anxiety. Patients worry “When will this happen again?!” This vicious cycle of increased worry keeps emotions running high, and as a result, anxiety builds over time.

Neurofeedback Rebalances Nervous System Responses

Neurofeedback is a cutting-edge training system that rebalances the brain using drug-free, noninvasive training sessions that end the cycle of stress and worry.

Treatment begins with a painless brain mapping session, after which Dr. Kristin Klocko will analyze and interpret your brain functions.  She can see where there are imbalances and create custom training protocols to help you bring your brain back into balance.

Neurofeedback training sessions are typically 30 minutes each and involve relaxing while watching a video. Sensors are placed on the patient’s head in specific locations to receive brainwave information in real-time. Through this data collection, the video alters its feedback to change the behavior of the patient’s brain. This exercises the brain in such a way that it creates more streamlined and balanced pathways within the brain, training it to become more efficient.

By utilizing these new pathways, the old habits of worry, fear, and stress are alleviated as the brainwave bypasses these areas of the brain.

Unlike medication that must be taken regularly, the effects of neurofeedback are long-lasting. Some patients tell us the relief they experience is so profound they no longer need medication to manage their symptoms.

Take the Fear of Panic Attacks Out of Your Life. Contact Us Today!

If you are ready to learn if neurofeedback might be right for you, call us online at 630-254-0766 to set up a complimentary consultation. Neurofeedback Health Your Way is conveniently located in Wheaton, Illinois, just 25 miles west of Chicago. Let us help you eliminate your panic attacks for good.