As most of you probably know, panic attacks are symptoms of a greater cause, one that I don t have enough space to discuss here, but I will touch upon now. Panic and anxiety disorders plague hundreds of thousands of people, and in this fast paced world, we don t even realize that we re having them despite the fact that the amount of people that suffer from panic attacks are over ten times the amount it used to be.
Before we talk about how to tell if you re having a panic attack, let s talk about the one possible plus, and that s that panic attacks often don t last for more than a few minutes. Five to fifteen minutes is the normal run time for a panic attack.
However, during those five to fifteen minutes, you will be experiencing some very scary symptoms, and they will be extremely intense. Often, they will intensify over each moment passing.
As unfortunate as it is, finding out the root cause for anyone s individual panic attack triggers is not easy, and it gets even more difficult considering they vary for everyone.
The difference in people s triggers also happens to be the reason that the several well known fake symptoms of other similar disorders are experienced and caused to the person in question. They range from the feeling of a heart attack, to asthma attacks, and even temporary paralysis.
With all of that going on, how can you tell if you re having an anxiety attack or a heart attack?
Panic attack symptoms, include shortness of breath, or maybe your heart will be rapidly beating, you might have nausea, or even chest pain. If you have any of these symptoms, or a combination, you should immediately go to your doctor and get a diagnosis. You might be on the verge of having a heart attack or possibly, you might be able to quickly stop your anxiety attacks!
Other telltale symptoms of anxiety attacks would be: you might have a shocking sensation, you might get dizzy for a period of time, or your chest might feel extremely right or constricted. You might have problems walking steadily, or you might have a slightly tingling sensation or numbness in your hands or feet.
A flushed face is also a very common sign, as is sweating or out of the blue have an intense feeling of fear.
The trigger, or root cause of your anxiety attacks may not be immediately obvious to you. You might think it s just stress from work, or you might be worrying about your kids, paying bills, or anything really. Maybe it s picture day and you have a pimple. It could be anything really.
In fact, you could have one panic attack in your lifetime, or be constantly plagued by them like a very good friend of mine has been.
She s been held back by panic attacks her entire life, and it s quite a shame. Please, don t be like her.
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