| Panic attacks are something that millions of people | | | | last for only a few short minutes, the symptoms can |
| have had to deal with on one or more occasions. The | | | | linger for some time after the attack has ended. Quite |
| best way to describe these anxiety disorders is to say | | | | often the symptoms that are produced are very |
| that they are episodes where a person is suddenly | | | | similar to those of a heart attack. The different feelings |
| overwhelmed by a sense of extremely intense fear | | | | and symptoms that are experienced will vary from |
| and foreboding. | | | | person to person and no two episodes are ever |
| These types of anxiety related episodes happen | | | | exactly identical. |
| swiftly, quickly and powerfully. When a person is facing | | | | Although the cause of panic attacks is still not fully |
| a panic attack their minds work against their rational | | | | understood stress appears to be a major factor. In |
| thoughts and they are suddenly terrified that something | | | | many instances it is found that life altering events such |
| horrible is about to happen. | | | | as the death of a loved one, purchasing a new home, |
| The symptoms of panic attacks can include extreme | | | | the loss of employment, or a change in marital status |
| nausea, heart pounding and clouded thinking. These | | | | may actually be the underlying trigger that brings on an |
| types of emotions are the same as those people | | | | attack. Other factors may include a family history of |
| experience following a violent situation, tragic event or | | | | the condition. A severe health issue or physical illness |
| some other type of horrendous disaster. The | | | | can also be a trigger, and even the use of certain |
| difference is that panic attacks have no known trigger | | | | medications may create a chemical imbalance in the |
| that can be seen or identified. Perhaps something | | | | brain that will lead to a person developing these |
| happened in the past to set the stage for these future | | | | anxiety attacks. |
| attacks that individuals are presently experiencing. | | | | Treatments for panic attacks vary a good deal |
| People with panic episodes are convinced that | | | | depending on the patient, the intensity of the episode |
| something terrible has happened or that something | | | | and the type of treatment option selected. The |
| terrible might happen and they feel an urgent need to | | | | combination of prescription medications along with the |
| distance themselves from the situation and setting. | | | | use of psychotherapy appears to produce good |
| Millions of individuals each year suffer from panic | | | | overall results. Taking a natural approach to the |
| attacks and many people suffer from repeated | | | | treatment of panic attacks has also been found to be |
| episodes. Panic attacks can leave sufferers feeling | | | | quite beneficial. Some people are discovering that they |
| incapacitated and lonely, not only during an attack but | | | | can learn to relax in the face of panic attacks and |
| after it has passed as well. The despair and lack of | | | | ground themselves in reality. Learning to face the |
| hope that they feel is devastating from both an | | | | unknown fears is proving to be a wonderful option that |
| emotional and mental standpoint. | | | | can be used by those who prefer to use more natural |
| Some of the more common symptoms of anxiety | | | | treatment methods. Avoiding stimulants such as |
| attacks include a feeling of dread and terror, breathing | | | | caffeine and nicotine, and practicing relaxation |
| difficulties, tingling throughout the body, tightness in the | | | | exercises such as yoga and deep breathing are also |
| chest, the need to escape and even the sense that | | | | great options to consider. |
| death is about to occur. Although a panic attack may | | | | |