| Even a few years back the word panic attack was | | | | Breath shortness |
| something people could not identify with so easily. But | | | | There is a terrible feeling of strangulation and |
| as pressure of work increases, as people are trying | | | | suffocation, as if a deliberate lack of air sensation is |
| badly to make all ends meet at the right point of time, | | | | felt by the individual as major panic attack symptoms. |
| this phrase is no more unheard of. We should pay | | | | Nausea |
| some attention to the symptoms of such attacks and | | | | The symptoms include a feeling of dizziness. One |
| try in our own small spheres to remain aware of such | | | | feels extremely light when it comes to his or her head, |
| undesired mishaps. | | | | something very unstable which tends to make the |
| Though the overlapping nature of these symptoms | | | | person feel a vomiting tendency. |
| make the detection a tough job for any ordinary | | | | Unreality and depersonalization |
| person, still an overview of such symptoms is required | | | | Mental images or illusions are certain things one feels, a |
| and is important at the same time. The DSM-IV-TR, | | | | kind of detachment from near and dear ones are also |
| Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders | | | | felt hugely. This is a cause which drives the person |
| grouped the symptoms under four or even more | | | | quite crazy. A terrible feeling of ending one's life also |
| symptoms for a simpler understanding. | | | | comes in the mind of such individuals, a complete |
| Palpitation | | | | sense of hopelessness. |
| It is one of the most significant symptoms observed in | | | | Numbness and tingling sensation |
| individuals. This is mainly due to elevated heart beat | | | | The sensation that nothing in the body exists, not |
| rates, and the thumping of the heart really hard. | | | | getting to feel the body parts properly, something going |
| Perspiration | | | | completely inert is also found in such victims. |
| We find the individual sweating profusely, the intense | | | | All the above panic attack symptoms are due to the |
| sweating at times is perceived as a reason of tension. | | | | fact that blood from the brain rushes to other parts of |
| Trembling | | | | the body to support it and hence the brain gets |
| The cluttering of hands and feet terribly can be noticed | | | | starved due to which illusions and images occur. The |
| among the victims. It appears as if they are literally | | | | above symptoms are some of the elaborate features |
| scared of some kind of situation and can't cope well | | | | of panic attacks. |
| with it. | | | | |