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12 May 2012

Anxiety Attack Symptoms

By Jill Meyers


What panic or anxiety attack symptoms should you pay attention to to figure out if you're having a panic or anxiety attack?

Anxiety seems similar to other sorts of serious health conditions and often can be rather frightening. A lot of people have hurried to the hospital thinking they may be having a heart attack, only to find it ended up being only anxiety symptoms. It certainly is a good idea to have a medical professional take a look at you to rule out serious health concerns and ensure a panic attack is in fact what you're having.

Here are some typical anxiety attack symptom: racing heart or pounding in your chest, feeling dizzy, space or an "unreal feeling", nausea or butterflies in your stomach, shaky hands and/or legs. The most frightening of all panic symptoms is an intense fear or sense of dread with no apparent cause and the feeling like you are having a heart attack or you are going to die.

When you've got panic attack manifestations such as these and find them rather frightening, you may feel much better realizing you're in good company.

Panic attacks and anxiety are quite prevalent and doctors see individuals each day with these difficulties. After you have been cleared of any medical concerns, you could feel better understanding that panic attacks, while incredibly unpleasant, aren't serious and you will not die from one. On the list of characteristics of a panic or anxiety attack is the feeling you might die. These attacks come out of the blue without any outward danger or good reason to feel intense fear. Almost all attacks only last a matter of minutes, but some can last for almost half an hour.

Some people begin developing panic attacks as children, but many people have his or her initial attack as an adult; commonly following a stress filled life event for example divorce or loss of employment. Once a person has a panic or anxiety attack they frequently grow to be fearful they'll have another. Mainly because these panic feelings sometimes happens at any time and anywhere with no warning, sufferers feel a terrible lack of control. They don't know how to avoid these attacks and can often avoid the place that the panic or anxiety attack occurred.

This avoidance pattern becomes very disruptive and will start to restrict your ability to function and enjoy your life. An extreme form of this anxiety avoidance is agoraphobia; an anxiety disorder in which a person is literally afraid to leave their house and may become homebound for years. Nobody should suffer this way because there is help and panic disorders are quite treatable!

Although anxiety and panic attacks aren't life threatening, they may be extremely unpleasant and lessen your quality of life. There is no reason you need to simply endure anxiety and panic disorders. There's much you can do now to stop panic attacks and life a peaceful life.




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