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How long do anxiety attacks take to recover?

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Depends: Anxiety that occurs in response to situational factors sometimes improve or resolve when the situational factor changes. Anxiety can be a chronic problem for many people. Some studies have shown that if people with chronic panic attacks who are effectively treated with medication then stop their medication, that 25% will see symptoms return in 1 month and 85% will see symptoms return in 1 year.

Answered 10/3/2016

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There are ways: The two main forms of treatment for anxiety and panic disorder are medications and cognitive behavioral therapy (cbt). Cbt is very effective. It involves: exposure and response prevention therapy whereby a person makes themselves have a panic attack on purpose and then does nothing to make it go away, allowing it to go away on it's own. Then the body desensitizes itself and the panic stops.

Answered 9/1/2012

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