I dont have them often, but what helps me is to do a deep breathing exercise. As silly as i thought the idea sounded at first, it really does help. Breath in slowly, counting to, say, four, while you do so, then breath out counting to four through the mouth. I explained it badly, but it helps me to relax a bit. Sometimes i'll blare music and it serves to help me get through it until it goes away. A friend of mine has medication that she takes whenever she feels anxious and she says it helps.
Otherwise, all i can say is that knowing it was a panic attack and being able to say its this and no im not crazy helped me tons. I started to be able to identify what can trigger me and what can help make me anxious enough to get one. I find that in the moment, telling myself to calm down, its just anxiety, taht it'll pass, helps too. Cause its just your body reacting to mental/emotional/etc stress as if it were a physical danger to your life and making your body go into the fight or flight response, and thats only temporary. Deep breathing can help to lessen the symptoms, at least for me.
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