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However first you need to know if you actually suffer from panic attacks.
A TYPICAL PANIC ATTACK
You feel a sudden surge of overwhelming anxiety and fear. Your heart pounds and you can´t breathe. You feel dizzy and sick to your stomach. You may even feel like you are going crazy or dying.
There are 13 symptoms to look out for and if you experience at least 4 of these symptoms culminating within a period of ten to fifteen minutes and then slowly diminishing within a couple of hours you are having a panic attack.
Always go to a doctor to check your heart the first time you experience something like this. It could be a heart attack.
If you experience these symptoms and there is nothing wrong with your heart or you just seem to be too young to have a heart attack you can be sure it is an anxiety attack.
HERE ARE THE 13 SYMPTOMS TO LOOK OUT FOR:
* Raging heartbeat.
* Difficulty breathing.
* Terror that is paralyzing.
* Fear of losing control.
* Heart palpitation.
* Dizziness.
* Sweating.
* Trembling.
* Choking.
* Fear.
* Hot flashes or cold chills.
* Tingling in fingers or toes.
* Deathfear.
The key symptom/reason of repeated panic attacks is the persistent fear of getting another panic attack. This fear triggers more panic attacks.
Panic attacks normally appear when you are doing something that is NOT stressful, like sitting watching tv or even when you are sleeping.
Some more interesting facts are that about three fourths of panic patients are women and that most people have their first panic attack as a teenager.
CAUSES OF ANXIETY AND PANIC ATTACKS
The exact causes are unclear but the tendency to have panic attacks seem to run in families. Also there is a connection with major life transitions such as graduating from college and entering the workplace, getting married, and having a baby. Severe stress, sucha as the death of a loved one, divorce or job loss can also trigger a panic attack.
There could also be medical conditions that causes the attacks or other physical causes.
PANIC ATTACKS OFTEN LEAD TO OTHER COMPLICATIONS
Agoraphobia or other phobias, depression, substance abuse, medical complications, even suicide.
A recent study showed that people who suffer from panic attacks:
* Are more prone to alcohol and other drug abuse.
* Have greater risk of attempting suicide.
* Spend more time in hospital emergency rooms.
* Spend less time on hobbies, sports and other satisfying activities.
* Tend to be financially dependent on others.
* Report to be emotionally and physically less healthy than non-sufferers.
* Are afraid of driving more than a few miles away from home.
As you can see your quality of life can be severely damaged if you do not treat your panic attacks. This is why it is so very important to decide to take control over your panic.
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#1 by PanicAttackSuffered on 22/09/2009 - 21:29
I used to suffer from really bad panic attacks, but the only way really is to face it head on. No point hiding from it
#2 by Zoe Ali on 11/08/2010 - 12:07
i suffered from anxiety attacks and my doctor put me on anti-depressants ~
#3 by admin on 31/08/2010 - 22:14
Hello Zoe. I am glad you went to see some one about your panic attacks. Did the medication help?
#4 by Joshua Taylor on 25/01/2011 - 13:52
`.; I am very thankful to this topic because it really gives great information ;-:
#5 by admin on 20/09/2011 - 23:50
Hi Joshua.
Glad you found it helpful
#6 by vitamin h on 07/07/2011 - 04:32
i suffered from anxiety attacks and it was really a bad experience. it is as if you are going to great crazy and have the feeling of choking.,
#7 by admin on 20/09/2011 - 23:54
Unfortunately Chase, it seems that most treatment for this ailment does have some side effects of one sort or another.