| Panic and Anxiety attacks are terms that are | | | | conditions such as asthma, chronic obstructive |
| swapped about so much that most people regard | | | | pulmonary disease, heart disease, severe pain or |
| them as them same condition. Panic and anxiety | | | | medical obesity. |
| attacks are a closely related phenomena, and the | | | | Symptoms can include but are not limited to are: Rapid |
| symptoms of a panic attack may include problems | | | | heart beat, palpitations (awareness of your heart |
| with breathing. | | | | beating), raised blood pressure feeling of tightness in |
| Anxiety and panic attacks are horrifying experiences | | | | the chest, breathlessness and hyperventilation (rapid, |
| and are much more common than sufferers think. | | | | shallow breathing) sweating, pallor, chest pains, feelings |
| Depending on what research you read they either | | | | of light-headedness and dizziness. Shaking and |
| strike more than 10 million people or affect as many as | | | | trembling pins and needles (caused by hyperventilation) |
| 15% of all adults. Whichever number is looked at. I am | | | | usually in hands or feet. Feeling of intense fear and/or |
| sure you will agree with me that this problem that | | | | impending doom headaches and muscular aches and |
| effects women more than men is massive. | | | | pains. Insomnia, irritability, nightmares fatigue digestive |
| Anxiety and Panic disorders becomes classified as a | | | | disturbances, e.g., abdominal pain, diarrhoea, nausea and |
| mental illness when the condition causes enough | | | | or vomiting. Feeling cut off from yourself and other |
| distress to reduce ones ability to function socially, | | | | people, fear of dying, desensitization, depersonalization, |
| occupationally, or psychologically. During a panic attack, | | | | feeling of unreality, depression, numbness and difficulty |
| unless you were medically educated, you might think | | | | falling or staying asleep. symptoms of panic attacks, |
| you were having a heart attack, or some other form | | | | feelings of unreality, bodily sensations, body muscles, |
| of medical crisis. Although when they get to this level | | | | nausea and diarrhoea, natural instinct, flight reaction, |
| they are both considered psychiatric conditions, they | | | | derealisation, muscle tension, abdominal distress, |
| can be the easiest of all to treat and in most cases | | | | tightness in chest, pounding heart, |
| are highly treatable. Anxiety and panic attacks are an | | | | Anxiety and panic attacks are a relatively short period |
| emotional and physical reaction to a threat, whether | | | | of very intense fear and can start with an unpleasant |
| that threat is real or perceived. The attacks are often | | | | feeling in the throat and a sudden shortness of breath. |
| associated with shallow, rapid patterns of breathing | | | | Anxiety and panic attacks usually last for 10 minutes |
| and can respond to muscle relaxation techniques and | | | | but more severe attacks may last up to two hours. |
| breathing exercises that form a part of many | | | | They may be part of an underlying anxiety disorder |
| complementary therapies. | | | | such as phobias (irrational fear of, for example, crowds |
| It doesn't matter from what walk of life you come | | | | or open spaces), obsessive compulsive disorder |
| from anxiety and panic attacks are non discriminatory | | | | (recurrent thoughts and repetitive behaviour), |
| and they appear in situations where your usual skills | | | | post-traumatic stress, depression or other |
| and talents seem to make no difference, so telling | | | | psychological problems. Or anxiety can come about as |
| yourself to calm down, doesn't work that well. The | | | | a result of pressure at work, in school, at home or |
| attacks seem to be self-perpetuating and they need | | | | even when having a major event or change in your life |
| prompt and effective intervention. Although anxiety | | | | like death of loved one or divorce. |
| and panic attacks are similar, panic attacks are more | | | | Anxiety and panic attacks are disorders and although |
| high pitched than anxiety. | | | | you might be able to put a quick fix together during |
| Anxiety and panic attacks are very frightening and | | | | attacks it is important that you find treatment to free |
| very real to the person suffering the attack and no | | | | yourself from this disorder and eliminate anxiety and |
| matter what anybody says they are medical | | | | panic attacks permanently. Anxiety medication may |
| conditions as real to the person as if they were | | | | not work as it may mask the symptoms and when |
| suffering from heart disease. Although they are very | | | | you stop taking the medication the attacks generally |
| scary once you stop letting the fears take over, you'll | | | | flare back up again. Ultimately because anxiety |
| feel more in control. This is the first stage in getting | | | | medication is superficial, it doesn't treat the root cause |
| better. You may be particularly vulnerable to anxiety | | | | of your anxiety. |
| and panic attacks if you are suffering from medical | | | | |