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Anyone suffering panic attacks can benifit from this book., Aoû 12 1999
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Dr. Granoff`s book HELP! I THINK I`M DYING! is great. I`ve readmany other books on the subject that were filled with fluff, fat andpsycho babble. Dr. Granoff has a knack for delivering knowledge in a clear and efficient manner.His writing style is easy to read. The total package helped clean up many misconceptions I had about my illness. I liked that he added supplements to his original book to update his information. His information guided me to getting more effective treatment from my doctor. I can now say I`m finally in remission and no longer suffering. I just wish I had read this book sooner. I urge anyone who has panic attacks to read Dr. Granoff`s book so they can be guided through the system armed with information necessary to return to a normal life.
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Dr. Granoff is a rarity in Medicine---objective, Janv. 15 2003
The book is absolutely perfect for those suffering from panic disorder. Granoff makes an excellent, excellent point, one that all primary care physicians and psychiatrists should read again and again until it's seared into their memory: the only patients with panic disorder that need antidepressants are ones who have depression as a PRIMARY symptom, not a secondary symptom. All others with panic disorder need benzodiazepines. Now, first let me say that I only 90% agree with that brilliant statement. For the lay readers out there, you may not see the brilliance---it may look like a total boring common-sense statement. But you don't understand how brainwashed the medical community is about antidepressants and benzodiazepines. Antidepressants like SSRI's and the newer ones like Remeron, Effexor, Serzone, and Wellbutrin are patented, while all benzodiazepines are generic. What does that mean? It means that generics get no positive publicity, only negative, while brand-name patented drugs get billions and billions of dollars worth of sleek, catchy advertisement, including the sales pitch that "antidepressants can help panic disorder". The reality is that antidepressants can help only about 1/3 with panic disorder, dont do much for about 40% of patients, and actually WORSEN panic symptoms in about 1/4 of people. And the 1/3 that get helped almost certainly have major depression as the primary diagnosis, AND the major depression is the primary cause of their panic disorder. Antidepressants are delayed stimulants; they will not give you a panic attack in minutes like too much caffiene can---it may take days for the antidepressant to induce more anxiety. That anxiety may fade later, or for many patients, it will never fade. For people who have only mild depression and prominent anxiety/panic, benzodiazepines are the primary therapy. A small amount of antidepressant may help, since the overstimulation caused by them is dose-dependent. For a more detailed review of these issues, I recommend the book The Failures of American Medicine.
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Odd, brief, and unoriginal., Janv. 11 2003
This odd book begins with the author, a psychiatrist, telling the tale of his inability to diagnose his own panic disorder, and then running off to the hospital repeatedly for useless EKG's thinking he was having a heart attack. Then in one of the more glaring non-sequitors ever typed onto a page, the balance of this thin book is a rant against non-MD mental health care providers, psychologists and MSW's especially, who shouldn't, he believes, be used to diagnose panic attacks, an ordinary disorder this psychiatrist himself couldn't diagnose. He does make some good points for the use of benzodiazepines, but errs repeatedly in his self-myth that the disorder cannot be cured. Something behavioral psychologists do daily. There are many books available that give the reader a good picture of both how one has acquired this disorder and how one may get rid of it. Unfortunately this is not one of them.
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