Anxiety & Panic Disorders Symptoms

Posted on February 17, 2011 by rogermac

Anxiety Panic Disorders Symptoms

I compiled a list of Anxiety & Panic Disorders Symptoms that are related, and which you can use to find out if you have any sort of Anxiety or Panic Disorder.
I took the liberty of separating them into the different areas of Anxiety, for an easier follow-up.

Anxiety Disorders Symptoms

Physical Symptoms
Increase in Allergies and higher sensitivity to Allergies
Turning Pale or Blushing
Body Tremors and Shaking
Body Aches and Sensation of having the Flu
Itchy, prickly or burning sensation on face skin
Burning or pulsing sensation in the hands and feet
Chest pains or chest tightness
Difficulty in breathing
Frequently Yawning and trying to catch breath
Choking
Fatigue or exhaustion
Body Coordination Problems
Hot Flashes
Cold Chills and Feeling Cold
Dizziness and Feeling Absent
Body Zaps and Shock sensations
Urinating Frequently
Heart palpitations, racing or pounding
Hyperactivity
Nervousness and nervous energy
Increase or Decrease in Sexual Appetite
Constant infections, re-infections or difficult curing of sores
Muscles jitter, shake or tremor when they are being used
Muscle twitching
Nausea and Vomiting
Muscle stiffness, back pain, shoulder pain or neck pain
Numbness and tingling sensations on any part of the body
Stabbing pains where you feel as if you’ve been stabbed or shot
Uncontrollable sweating
Skipped Heartbeats
Easily Startled
More sensitive emotionally
Weakness and low energy
Weight Loss or Weight Gain
Headaches and Migraine headaches
Floating sensation when eyes are closed
Low rumbling sounds in the ear
Ringing sounds in the ear
Pulsing in the ear
Concern about the Heart
Feeling like you force yourself to breathe
Blurred of foggy vision
Dry or itchy eyes
Eye ticks and tingles
Eye sensitive to light
Eye perceives wrong depths

Symptoms on Sleep and Rest

Constant restlessness
Insomnia
Difficulty in Sleeping
Bizarre and distorted dreams
Nightmares
Waking up in the middle of the night
Waking up earlier than usual
Waking up with negative thoughts
Waking up in panic
Feeling worse during the morning

Mental and Emotional Symptoms

Constant Fear
Altered state of reality
Despair
Derealization
Depression
Felling overworked
Feeling unable to attain goals
Fear of Fear
Fear of losing control
Fear of losing your mind
Distortion of Reality
Feeling spaced out
Vicious, repeated and stuck thoughts
Nightmares
Obsession about sensations
Difficulty in concentration
Disorientation
Memory impairment and forgetting things frequently
Difficulty in retaining information
Feeling emotionally trapped
Constant anxiety
Sensation of being constantly observed
Thinking negatively about everything
Feeling Angry and with lack of patience
Depersonalization
Constant and dramatic Mood Swings
Emotionally Flattened
Constant Negative Emotions
Feeling that everything is wrong
Desensitization to good events
Feeling Down
Feeling Grouchy
Loss of interest in hobbies
Feeling detached from everyone including yourself
Crying for no reason
Feeling under pressure
Shaky voice
Rapid Breathing

Constant and Predominant Thoughts

Having a heart attack
Having an illness or serious illness
Fear of Death
Fear of going insane
Feeling loss of control over your life
Being embarrassed and shy in social environments
Not measuring words and hurting people
Losing control of your thoughts and actions
Having breathing problems
Choking or suffocating
Fear of Being Alone
Fear of losing your job
Fear of bankruptcy
Not being able to cope with personal problems

Panic Disorders Symptoms

Generally, disorder is always marked by the presence of repeated panic attacks.
Panic attacks generally have the following symptoms:
Sudden Feeling of Terror
Rapid Heartbeat
Sweating
Palpitations
Shortness of Breath as if Suffocating
Dizzy or Light-headedness
Numbness or Tingling in the Extremities
Nausea
Visual Distortions

Feelings and Emotions

Heart attack
Faint
Lose Control
Going Insane
Dying

Panic attacks often last about 10 minutes, however high levels of anxiety can persist for days. Panic Attacks generally appear out of the blue, which leads to more preoccupation and fear of more attacks.
If you have many of these Anxiety & Panic Disorders Symptoms then it is clearly advisable to get a panic cure that to begin reversing general anxiety, and keep the attacks away. Anxiety and Panic Disorders symptoms can lead to phobias and to other severely disabling situations, sometimes even limiting people’s ability to travel or even leave their own home.
There are panic cures available, from professional to self-help, which should include cognitive behavioral changes. I can only recommend you use the Panic Cure that I used myself.

Panic Attack Definition

Posted on February 12, 2011 by rogermac

What is a Panic Attack?

A Panic Attack is generally the result of an anxiety disorder and comes without previous warning signs and quite unexpectedly. It strikes as a short period of intense fear, triggering unexpected and apparently uncontrollable body sensations, adrenaline discharges and triggering negative false mental pictures about the entire situation.
Although the duration is short and the fear is generally non consistent, the feeling and perception of danger is extremely real, causing the person having the attack to feel as if they’re about to pass out or die.

When one reads this panic attack definition, you realize that it isn’t such a bad thing after all, and can eventually be controlled.

The duration of a panic attack may be different from subject to subject, but varies between 10 minutes and 2 hours, and generally reaches it’s peak within 30 minutes, generally preceded by high levels of anxiety and limited symptom attacks, and subsided during the course of several hours.
Fully recovering from a Panic Attack is extremely difficult especially in the case of anyone experiencing one for the first time, as it leaves behind a very intense and frightening memory about the experience, which is later recalled every time anxiety levels are high. A panic attack generally takes days to recover from.

Once a person has a panic attack, they may tend to develop fear for the situation where they first had the attack. For example, if a panic attack happens in a small space with no apparent exit, you may develop a phobia for that certain situation and try to avoid similar situations at every cost.

Over time, if a person keeps avoiding these situations and avoids engaging in activities where they suspect they may have a panic attack, they may develop a panic disorder, which debilitates them; disabling them to perform many daily tasks such as driving, and even leaving the house. This disorder is called agoraphobia, which is an addition to panic disorder.

(Agoraphobia: fear of being outside or otherwise being in a situation from which one either cannot escape or from which escaping would be difficult or humiliating)

Although it may seem as if a Panic Attack is a serious health problem, it is in fact the body’s way of protecting itself against harm.
It is the result of a situation where the body feels as if it is in danger, and releases Adrenaline into the bloodstream causing a fight-flight situation and where the body prepares itself for intense physical activity. The physical symptoms caused by this, makes the subject think and believe that there is something wrong with the body, as they include increase of heart rate, hyperventilation (rapid breath) interpreted as lack of breath. Because the physical activity expected never occurs, the adrenaline charged blood flows slower to the brain, causing a variety of other symptoms such as numbness, dizziness and numbness throughout the body, causing even greater concern to the victim.

In the video above is a testimonial about a panic attack sufferer who reports about some of the symptoms and how he’s dealing with the problem. It is important to have a view of how a panic attack can condition your entire life, apart from reading only about panic attack definitions. Apart from the information provided in this definition, you may want to check out some of things that he’s referring to, such as the “happiness chemicals” that the brain manufactures – Serotonin – and a Panic Cure that you can apply, which can provide every ounce of information that you will ever need about anxiety and panic attacks; information that your doctor cannot give you.

Anxiety Definition

Posted on February 11, 2011 by rogermac

What is Anxiety?

Anxiety is a psychological and psychophysical state made up by emotional and behavioral characteristics, which affect the biochemical balance of the body. It is a result of stress, be it emotional, physical or psychological, which creates feelings of worry, uneasiness, fear and other preoccupations.
Anxiety is present in every person’s lives, as it is the system that helps focus and resolve a certain situation. However, when Anxiety levels become too high, it may become anxiety disorder, which may then lead to other problems related to anxiety, and panic attacks.

Anxiety is a condition, which is not necessarily generated by any certain event, but by certain circumstances generated by that event, which differs Anxiety from Fear. For example, anxiety may become a problem in the case of prolonged unemployment, which lead to other circumstances in a long run, and not directly by the situation of being fired.
Anxiety may also be beneficial as a tool to help foresee any problems that may arise in the future and help to resolve them.

Anxiety does has physical reactions and symptoms associated to it. These generally include weakness, fatigue, tension, nausea, heart palpitations, chest pain, shallow breathing, headaches and stomachaches. Besides the physical effects associated to Anxiety, it also has emotional effects; some of them very strong. These emotional effects include: difficulty in concentration, pessimistic anticipation of future events, feeling tense, high levels of irritability, restlessness, feeling great apprehension, constant vigilance for danger, trapped mind cycles, obsessions about bad feelings and health problems, and seeing the world as a negative place.
It is important to recognize that there is a difference between Anxiety and an Anxiety Disorder, where the second relates to a psychiatric diagnosis. The difference can be compared to people who do feel anxious (anxiety), to people who feel general anxiety on a consistent basis.
Anxiety Disorders can lead to other fears and phobias, such as social phobias or social anxiety disorders, where social phobia treatment or social anxiety help will be necessary.

Anxiety Diagnosis

It is very difficult to diagnose an anxiety disorder, as there are no exact medical tests and exams, which can do this. When examined, a patient will be evaluated depending on anxiety panic disorders symptoms, physical and psychological.

You may also have your medical history, diet and current circumstances examined too as they also play quite an important role in diagnosing the disorder. However, psychological factors and current status will play a major part in diagnosing the anxiety level. Diets will probably also be corrected to new anxiety diet regimes.

Anxiety Treatment

There have been many discussions as to the best way to treat Anxiety and Anxiety Disorders, however, seeing that most are based on psychological due to past or current circumstances, it is quite easy to treat by following an effective self-regimen according to your specific case. An example of a self-regimen is “Panic Away”, for an effective Panic Cure, which eliminates panic attacks and anxiety.

Though, in any case of Anxiety Disorder, it is advisable to speak to your doctor before you begin any sort of self-treatment.

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