The mind

I have been having panic attacks as of late.  Most of them happen right after all the lights and TV's are finally off.  Then my mind takes off and goes into the classic panic attack.  It takes an hour or more to then get back to being ready to sleep....  take for instance last night when it was two in the morning before I could fall asleep.... in part cause following the panic attack my skin started crawling and I had to take a shower to relax again.....

Which then leaves me sleep deprived and napping the next afternoon.

I know a lot of it is because of the adrenal stuff that I have been dealing with.  One of the classic symptoms is panic attacks.  I finally was recommended to an endocrinologist but the first appointment available was in November.  That is a long way off....

There has been a lot of loss as of late, the last five years have been hard years.  Most of the panic attacks are stemming from the memory of those losses.  Then the brain finds something else that has the potential of being the next big issue. 

I also know at least one trigger. Watching the news.  Hearing of houses burning in Texas wildfires, hurricanes, flooding from storms, etc....  Just gives fodder for the mind.  But I don't live alone and I can't live in a bubble...

I found the book Battlefield of the Mind by Joyce Meyer at the library the other day...  Anyone read it?  What is the thought about her writings in general?  Is she new age ish?