Anxiety Panic Disorder

The symptoms of panic can hit any one of us. This is a normal human defense mechanism called the 'fight or flight' instinct and this defensive mechanism has helped humans evolve to the state that we're in now. However, our day to day stress filled lives can bring unwanted anxieties into our spheres and it's when these anxieties repeatedly occur that they can turn into an anxiety panic disorder.

Anxiety and panic can strike anyone at any time and these attacks can be debilitating as your entire life becomes centered on waiting for a panic attack to strike. The feelings can make you feel that you're experiencing a stroke, a heart attack or even that you're dying. When no medical help can be found to treat this "mysterious" condition, then you're left to wonder when the next attack may happen. As you're unable to predict the next attack you become extremely anxious and you might also develop a lingering and intense worry that your next attack could happen the next minute.

These intense emotions can keep you on a roller coaster of anxiety and panic. The more these symptoms are repeated, your brain begins to dictate how you should live so as not to experience any more panic attacks. This then, spirals into anxiety panic disorder.

The symptoms of anxiety panic disorder include pounding heart, weakness, feelings of being faint, and dizziness. Your hands may feel numb or they may tingle. You will experience chest pains, smothering sensations, a sense of unreality. All of these feelings may lead you to believe that you are having a heart attack, a stroke or even dying.

Anxiety panic disorder attacks can occur at any time. These attacks can last anywhere from a few minutes up to 10 minutes and there are even rare cases where a case anxiety panic disorder can last for about an hour.

For people who suffer from anxiety panic disorder there are other maladies that need to be treated as well. Depression and alcoholism are some of the accompanying illnesses and sometimes panic attacks can spawn phobias as well. These phobias occur where a panic attack first happened. This may even cause an anxiety panic disorder sufferer to restrict their lives so they avoid situations that might invite another attack.

If you suffer from an anxiety panic disorder you'll know just how debilitating it can be. To that end an anxiety panic disorder sufferer has a number of options to choose from to either learn to cope with their condition or to find a fitting cure. The first step however, is as always in your hands - only you can find a suitable method of 'cope or cure' for your anxiety panic disorder.