What is the best way to prevent a panic attack if you know you're going to have one?

I know everyone is different but when I used to suffer with panic attack I found ice cold water helped me. I was told it shocks the body into calming down. I'm not sure if that is true but it worked for me. I had a supply of ice cold bottled water all the time and use it as a comfort blanket when I went out. I truly believe just having it with me helped me feel less anxious as I felt I could control it if needed

I can only talk from personal experience and my own knowledge on this. But if you acknowledge you're going to have a panic attack it can be prevented or lesson before it gets out of control. Firstly you may want to discover what is triggering you and avoid that trigger or process it before your mind sends you into shock over it, you can do this by looking at your environment and things that have happened and try to work through them before anything escalates. If you cannot work through a trigger, or find you can't pinpoint one you can practice grounding (focus on your senses and ground yourself to reality to avoid spiraling) If that doesn't work you can try removing yourself from a situation or place, moving your body or your mind to a different location can distract you physically and give a space for you to process mentally. Another way you can try is practicing breathing exercises to make you feel secure before you lose your sense of control. A final way to prevent may be distracting yourself anyway you can... Reading, writing, even drawing. Staying in company may also reduce effects. Stay safe, I hope these gave some practical methods to help prevent!

It sounds odd, but sometimes it can better to let yourself have the panic attack but have an action plan of how you're going to deal with it because then when you are in a similar situation again it will feel less daunting and you might fell less anxious. You don't want to fight against it as that will make it worse. Instead you can try and do things to calm you down to make the attack last less time. Some things that might help are grounding techniques (five things you can see, four things you can touch, three things you can hear, two things you can smell, one thing you can taste), have a drink or gum or something else that may help calm you, take yourself out of the situation if you can, and if you have a friend with you ask them to help by talking to you hugging you asking you questions or even just staying with you.

I try to control my breathing. Breath in, Breath out. Breath in, Breath out. That's all I tell myself and some days it least for 5 minutes before it works but that's only when they are really bad. I do feel my heart slow down and my mind slowly clear. It also helps with my anxiety.

Use relaxation techniques like breathing to relieve stress. Also use AWARE. Acknowledge & Accept Wait & Watch (and maybe, Work) Actions (to make myself more comfortable) Repeat End

Start your coping mechanisms early! Remove yourself from the situation that's making you panicky and distract yourself-- deep breaths, drinking water, stimming. Basically, act as if you're already having a panic attack.

When I think I am going to have a panic attack, I remove myself from the situation that is stressing me out. This works best for me in environments where others know about my struggles with anxiety because they can also help me calm down before things get too hard to handle.

When I know I'm going to have a panic attack, I put myself in a room that is quiet, usually dark, where I feel calm. I like to put the fan on, as the noise helps to distract me from my thoughts. I take multiple deep, slow breaths, and close my eyes. It really helps to be in a place where you feel most comfortable!

if you can, remove yourself from the situation that's causing you to feel like you're going to have one. If possible, have someone youre extremely comfortable with that can help calm you down, if that helps you. (I have my boyfriend by my side to help me calm down and usually wipe away the tears that have formed.).Then take deep breaths using a breathing exercise (like breathe in for 5 seconds, out for 10) as this helps to keep your breathing regulated. Also having a glass of ice cold water helped me. Also close your eyes and think of other things to try and distract yourself from your thoughts.

In my experience, racing heart, difficulty breathing, racing thoughts, dry mouth, sweaty and tingly hands and tingly lips are all key signs but those may not be present in each person or in each individual attack.