A Migraine Episode can be compared to a Panic Attack
March 15th, 2008 . by Peter
My pals who are nursing migraines told me that there are similarities between a panic disorder and .
A panic disorder gives you some sort of fear for an actual panic attack and for weeks and months, anticipating it only heightens your anxiety as well as your stress levels to the point where you end up having a panic attack.
Migraines on the other hand add stress to my life in a way that contributes to the next migraine episode that will ultimately begin a cycle that is very hard to stop. There are periods where a migraine comes very frequently — every other day or twice a week — for a couple of months.
In early 2004, my pal went to the hospital to address his painkiller addiction (which was in part due to the migraines). The hospital was a “dual-diagnosis” facility which treated both his panic disorder and depression all the same time. He later found out that once he was able to manage those two things that has been bugging him, he was able to live a life which is migraine-free for the last four years. Based on what happened to my friend, i could deduce that there is some sort of connection between panic attacks and migraine.
