Panic attacks 11684...India
While preparing for some competitive exams, a 20-year-old female left home to stay at a PG hostel (shared rooms with catering). In Sept 2025, she developed panic attacks which occurred once every two weeks, lasting 10 to 15 minutes. On 19 Dec, she woke up during the night, trembling, staring at her roommates, and shouting at them to leave. This episode lasted about 90 minutes and was repeated during the next two nights. Alarmed, her roommates reported the matter to the hostel watchman who took her to an allopathic doctor on the night of 21st itself. She was diagnosed with panic attacks and prescribed anxiety pills to be taken as needed, along with sleeping tablets.
Next day, the watchman took her to a nearby vibrionics practitioner. She appeared pale and exhausted, suffering from sneezing, nasal congestion, and mild fever for past one day. She simply stated that she felt depressed and unwell. Given her fragile state, the practitioner refrained from further questioning and based on doctor’s diagnosis, gave her on 22 Dec 2025:
For fever, sneezing, congestion:
#1. CC9.2 Infections acute…6TD
For panic attacks:
#2. CC10.1 Emergencies + CC12.1 Adult tonic + CC15.2 Psychiatric disorders…OD
#3. CC15.6 Sleeping disorders…a dose half an hour before going to bed.
That night, she also took the 1st sleeping pill but never took anxiety tablets.
Treatment progress:
- 23 Dec 2025: Fever gone, sneezing and congestion improved by 50%; slept well with no panic attacks.
- 25 Dec 2025: Discontinued sleeping pills.
- 26 Dec 2025: Sneezing and congestion completely resolved; sound sleep continued, dosage of #2 increased to BD.
- 27 Dec 2025: Energy level improved by 50%; #2 increased to TDS.
- 28 Dec 2025: #1 stopped; complained of sleeping difficulty, increased dosage of #3 to every half an hour until asleep.
- 11 Jan 2026: Feeling positive, energetic and sleeping soundly; #2 reduced to OD, discontinued #3.
- 4 Feb 2026: Having developed trust in the practitioner, the patient finally opened up about her past. Since childhood she had faced harsh treatment at home while her brother was pampered, as girls were given little importance in her hometown. She had been so afraid of her parents that she could not speak freely with them, and twice she felt so overwhelmed by trauma that she contemplated ending her life. However now, she feels lighter, more confident, and happier than ever before. She is hopeful about her future and confident of securing a job.
- 20 Feb 2026: #2 stopped after gradual tapering; expressed resilience in facing any family issues, even improvement in family’s behaviour towards her.
As of June 2026, she continues to be happy.