| What are panic attacks and panic
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| | while gender also plays a role, as women
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| disorder?
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| | are more prone to panic attacks than men.
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| A panic attack is a sudden, unpleasant
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| | Sometimes hidden allergies or
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| and debilitating experience in which the
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| | sensitivities to food, drink or other
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| sufferer often feels as if he or she is
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| | chemical such as a drug or pollutant can
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| dying. One very noticeable panic attack
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| | trigger a panic attack, while at other
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| symptom is what feels like a rapid
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| | times memories or trauma can push the
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| heartbeat, as if the heart is going to
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| | panic button. Alcohol and drug use can be
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| explode. Panic attack symptoms include:
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| | both causes and effects of panic attacks
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| - fear of dying
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| | and panic disorder. Some people suffer
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| - shallow and/or rapid breathing
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| | panic disorder as a side effect of
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| - sweating, shaking, trembling
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| | post-traumatic stress disorder that
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| - severe anxiety
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| | involves some very serious and disturbing
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| - fear of a heart attack
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| | experiences, while everyday chores and
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| - feeling out of control
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| | events, such as having a child or getting
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| - hot flashes or chills
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| | married, can also trigger panic attacks.
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| - fear of going crazy
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| | Driving is a fairly common source of
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| - nausea
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| | debilitating panic attacks.
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| - visual disturbances
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| | How can you prevent or stop panic
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| - dizziness or feeling faint
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| | attacks?
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| - numbness or tingling of extremeties
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| | There are various forms of medication
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| - feeling as if the walls are closing in
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| | that can be taken either during an acute
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| Recurring panic attacks are a symptom of
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| | panic attack to ease its symptoms or
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| panic disorder, which affects one in 75
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| | regularly in treating panic disorder.
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| people. The symptoms for panic disorder
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| | Recurring panic disorder requires a more
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| are the same as for an individual panic
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| | long-term strategy, as several of these
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| attack, except that the sufferer
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| | medications are highly addictive and not
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| experiences panic attacks on a more
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| | beneficial to the health over the long
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| regular basis. Panic disorder symptoms
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| | run. Many methods have been tried, from
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| include the fear of having another panic
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| | meditation and visualization to nutrition
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| attack, a fear that in itself could bring
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| | and breathing, with varying results. One
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| on a panic attack. Panic disorder in turn
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| | of the more effective methods was
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| can lead to "situational avoidance,"
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| | developed by panic expert Joe Barry,
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| which means that the sufferers feel
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| | author of "Panic Away." This method
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| compelled to avoid every place or
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| | requires the sufferer to actually
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| situation in which a previous panic
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| | "welcome" the panic attack, saying,
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| attack has occurred, to the point where
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| | "Bring it on!" In conjunction with
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| they may not even leave their houses.
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| | medication, nutrition and other methods
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| Panic disorder that proceeds to this
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| | and strategies, this technique may be
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| point of phobia can be very serious and
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| | very effective in preventing or stopping
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| disruptive to a normal life.
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| | a panic attack.
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| What is the cause of a panic attack?
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| | With the proper diagnosis and treatment,
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| Panic attacks have a variety of causes,
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| | you can control, stop, prevent or
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| some physical, some mental and some
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| | overcome panic attacks and panic
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| emotional. Some individuals may have a
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| | disorder, and lead a normal, happy life.
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| genetic predisposition to panic attacks,
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