[nelvannya]

Not to discredit what Mark said... but I do not believe you need meds or herbal meds.
I personally think that you need to recoginze the signs of a panic attack...
For example when I have, excuse me, had panic attacks about Jay or my weight, they began with me staring off into space, then I would start to breath heavy, then I would think "hmmm I'm having a panic attack" the I would try to talk myself out of it, and by then I was too far into the attack to control it.
But I realized that when I stared to breath heavy, that is when I need to take action, take control of the situtation
I am a big advocate (as I have posted before) of discover your triggers. You might not be able to control the cause, but you can prevent it from furthering.
Find your beginnings... do you stare off into space, do you start to breath heavy, figure out your panic attacks... so that you can stop them dead in their tracks.
My friend has just died, and I nearly had my first panic attack in a year last night, but even with such a burden I was capable of saying NO, but that is because I know my triggers
I know that you are smart enough to find your triggers and strong enough to stop them