| If anxiety attack symptoms are always showing up | | | | muscle tension, fatigue and others. |
| and negatively affecting your lifestyle, you have to | | | | The most common type of anxiety disorder is |
| take immediate action to cure your anxiety. So you're | | | | generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). This is usually |
| afraid of conducting that important presentation, you're | | | | associated with a false or irrational fear that something |
| worried about your child going out with his friends, or | | | | bad will happen in the future. This could mean being so |
| you feel uneasy and anxious for some reason you | | | | preoccupied about the cause of your anxiety so much |
| cannot identify at the moment. How do you know if it's | | | | that you cannot concentrate on other things like work. |
| just normal, or something more serious like anxiety | | | | Sometimes there is no exact cause for the anxiety, |
| attack symptoms? | | | | though feelings of dread overwhelm the person on a |
| Anxiety Attack Symptoms | | | | daily or regular basis. |
| The most common anxiety attack symptom is | | | | Anxiety Treatments and Medication |
| extreme fear. This fear, which is usually irrational, may | | | | Mild anxiety can usually be treated by a counselor. The |
| be accompanied by any one or more of the | | | | counselor can give breathing and relaxation exercises |
| following:o Excessive sweating and/or tremors.o Hot | | | | to deal with anxiety attacks when they occur. It also |
| or cold flasheso Heart palpitations and faster | | | | helps to do regular meditation on your own. |
| heartbeatso Stomach problems - feeling sick to your | | | | Some herbs like chamomile, which has a calming |
| stomach, diarrhea and sometimes even vomitingo | | | | effect, can also help. Testimonial evidence shows that |
| Dizziness or nauseao Difficulty in breathingo Chest | | | | valerian and passion flower, when combined, |
| paino Pins and needles muscle paino Having a feeling | | | | effectively reduce anxiety. Other herbs that can be |
| of impending doom. You may feel that something bad | | | | used for treatment are kava hops, skullcap, |
| is going to happen to you or to your loved ones. | | | | motherwort, pennyroyal, St. John's wort, and linden. |
| An anxiety attack usually lasts 30 minutes or less. It | | | | For severe cases, relaxation exercises and herbal |
| can be a one-time event or a repetitive one. If anxiety | | | | remedies may only be supplemental to anxiety |
| attack symptoms are frequent and regular, you may | | | | medications. Recommended medication especially for |
| be already suffering from an anxiety disorder. | | | | GAD is alprazolam, which is most effective for anxiety |
| Sometimes, anxiety attacks are triggered by the fear | | | | disorders with biological basis. The right dose of |
| of having another anxiety attack. | | | | alprazolam, though, differs from patient to patient. |
| Anxiety Disorder | | | | Finding the best dose for you may take time, but |
| This disorder is characterized by chronic worrying and | | | | consulting a good doctor may make it easier. |
| repeated episodes of anxiety or panic attacks. | | | | Knowing anxiety attack symptoms and warning signs |
| Aside from the symptoms associated with anxiety | | | | may not only help you, but also others who are |
| attacks, those with anxiety disorder generally | | | | unknowingly suffering from them. With the right |
| experience difficulty concentrating, change in appetite, | | | | treatment, anyone suffering from anxiety attacks can |
| frequent need to use the bathroom, insomnia, | | | | gradually live a relaxed, worry-free life. |
| restlessness, lethargy, irritability, loss of interest in life, | | | | |