Monday, February 2, 2009

Symptoms of Panic Attacks

Symptoms of a Panic Attack

Rapid heart beat, pounding heart or palpitations
Sweating
Shaking visibly or inside
Choking sensations or lump in throat
Smothering or shortness of breath sensations
Chest pain or discomfort
Nausea, bloating, indigestion or abdominal discomfort
Dizziness or unsteadiness
Feeling light-headed
Derealization (feeling unreal or dreamy)
Depersonalization (feeling outside yourself or like you don't exist)
Fear of losing control or going crazy
Paresthesias (numbness or tingling sensations) in face, extremities or body
Chills or hot flushes
Skin losing color
Blushing or skin blotches
Urgently needing to urinate or defecate

The main symptom of an panic disorder is the attack itself. Panic Anxiety Disorder is a medical disorder that is characterized by episodes that are sudden and can be very severe. The diagnosis of a panic attack is very accurate, so chances are you are suffering from those symptoms.

The panic attack will reach its maximum intensity within a minute or two of when they start, and will slowly diminish over the next 30 minutes, but can also take several hours to completely disappear. It’s very common for the first attack to cause the person to go to the ER. Following attacks, which will occur several times a month can be, and are often as sever as the first one.

Close to three fourths of Panic Disorder patients are female, and the disorder begins between the ages of 20-30 years. The disorder is less common in teenagers or people older than 40 years, and it is very uncommon for the disorder to appear in elderly people for the first time.

Many expert say that Panic Anxiety Disorder afflicts emotionally healthy people, and people having attacks are no more likely that the average person to have suffered emotional problems at the time the disorder starts. Few experts believe that it’s more common in people who have suffered from a separation experience as a child.
Panic attacks can be very scary. http://www.anxietyresourceguide.com is dedicated to providing an educational resource for anxiety sufferers as well as safe, natural treatment for anxiety.

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