Panic Disorder Treatment in San Diego

Solara Mental Health provides a comfortable, caring environment for panic disorder treatment in San Diego. We help clients address the full scope of their panic disorder, including their experiences, symptoms, and triggers. This supportive environment begins with our clinicians, who provide expert, compassionate care to all clients suffering from panic disorder.

Our mixture of individual psychotherapy, group therapy, holistic therapies, and skilled psychotropic medication management helps clients gain insight into the causes of their anxiety and devise a treatment plan that is individualized, specific, and effective. Clients will thus learn how to confidently control their symptoms, helping them lead steady, calm, and confident lives.

A type of anxiety disorder, panic disorder, is characterized by recurring bouts of intense fear known as panic attacks. Panic attacks are scary, extremely physical experiences that manifest themselves in various symptoms, including nausea, dizziness, shortness of breath, racing heart, shaking or trembling, and numbness. These physical panic attacks can have extreme mental, emotional, and practical consequences, including constant anxiety about having a panic attack.  Changes in behavior to avoid panic attacks can develop into agoraphobia, loneliness, and isolation.

Panic disorder is a form of anxiety disorder. Just like any other form of anxiety disorder, there’s no standard of signs and symptoms. However, people will usually experience their personal symptoms in many different ways. That being said, there are several common symptoms nearly everyone who has a panic disorder will experience, including:

• Strong Physical Reactions that could include Nausea Pounding or Racing Heart, Chest Pain, Dizziness, Chills, Sweats
• A feeling of impending doom or even a looming fear of death
• Sudden and/or recurrent bouts of overwhelming anxiety and fears

One of the worst things that come with panic attacks is the intense feeling that you’ll have another one soon after. You may fear having extended and more panic attacks so much that you avoid certain situations, objects, or feelings where they may occur.

If you have panic disorder symptoms, or frequent panic attacks themselves, seek help from a medical professional as soon as possible. Panic attacks, while extremely uncomfortable, are not very dangerous. Panic disorder is difficult to manage by yourself, and it may get worse without treatment or help.

Some panic disorder symptoms can also resemble symptoms of other serious health problems, such as a heart attack or severe anxiety. It’s vital to your health to get evaluated by a doctor if you aren’t sure what could be causing your symptoms.

At Solara Mental Health in San Diego, we understand that any events can trigger panic episodes.  Sometimes it can seem like they aren’t triggered by anything at all. We also understand that panic disorder is often connected to other mental health disorders, such as depression, social anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, or significant or stressful life changes.

As such, our psychiatric center’s clinicians provide highly individualized treatment for each client, working at a pace and in a method that feels safe and secure while still fostering progress. Our small-group sessions also allow clients to practice methods for managing their symptoms in a safe and judgment-free environment, helping clients build the confidence they can carry with them in their day-to-day lives.

While our clients make considerable and rapid improvements, panic disorder is often a long-term condition. Through years of experience, our panic disorder treatment center has learned how to provide the entire spectrum of care for our clients.  From inpatient to outpatient, from transitional living to a long-term aftercare plan, our program has been designed to free our clients from the clutches of their panic disorder.

Contact us now to start the healing process.