| Psychologists and doctors would mainly describe panic | | | | person. Short term triggers include the ingestion of |
| attacks as intense periods of mounting psychological | | | | drugs and other artificial stimulants. Even caffeine has |
| and physical trauma that can manifest itself in many | | | | been know to trigger such problems and anxiety |
| outward symptoms. There are plenty of varying | | | | attacks to those that are more susceptible to it. These |
| degrees of the symptoms and they will range from | | | | are some of the known triggers of panic attacks that |
| person to person. More commonly known is the fact | | | | you need to know about and if you are looking at the |
| that these symptoms would normally last to about 30 | | | | symptoms of this problem, then you might need to look |
| minutes. Any more than that can cause some serious | | | | into things like palpitations, cold sweat, fluttering of the |
| damage to the person. The shortest panic attack to | | | | heart and even dilated pupils. |
| afflict a person would be one that would be lasting | | | | People who are suffering from such attacks might |
| under 15 seconds. | | | | report a sudden feeling of increased and elevated |
| Those who suffer long term panic attacks, sometimes | | | | heartbeat and they might suddenly feel weak. These |
| hours on end, would suffer much discomfort and | | | | are some of the common symptoms of a panic |
| actually have the potential to exude other, more | | | | attack and if you are observant enough, you might be |
| serious symptoms. These might include a complete | | | | able to spot them early on before they become a |
| nervous breakdown or even a massive and potentially | | | | debilitating problem. Other more uncommon symptoms |
| fatal heart attack. There are many triggers of these | | | | might be trembling like the person is feeling cold, |
| panic attacks and one of them is hereditary, where the | | | | shortness of breadth, the feeling that someone might |
| person inherits the predisposition, the genetic | | | | be choking them, nausea, dizziness, chills or even hot |
| predisposition to actually suffer from these panic | | | | flashes and even the feeling that they might be dying. |
| attacks. Even many people with no history of such | | | | These are more serious and the problem might |
| cases have been found with the gene that signifies | | | | become worse when the heart becomes weak and |
| that they are more prone to panic attacks. | | | | the person suffers a massive heart attack. If you are |
| The other reason is of course biological causes, which | | | | not sure whether are not you or your children are |
| might come from a serious lack of Vitamin B intake in | | | | susceptible to these forms of attacks, get an |
| the body, which may be the trigger for such attacks. | | | | evaluation from a doctor and try to find out if you are |
| You also want to look at more mental and | | | | genetically predisposed to such attacks. Then and only |
| psychological triggers, which of course include phobias. | | | | then you can take preventive measures and even |
| Phobias are areas of acute emotion, and some of | | | | make changes to your diet to make sure that these |
| them have the effect of triggering an attack within a | | | | panic attacks never come. |