Symptoms of Anxiety Attacks
February 25, 2010 by admin
Filed under Featured, Panic Attack Causes, Panic Attack Symptoms
Person experiencing anxiety attack shows different types of symptoms. The physical symptoms of panic attacks can vary from being very mild to extremely severe ones. The symptoms of panic attacks includes big list of physical symptoms which can occur when body’s sympathetic response or fight response gets activated. The hormone adrenalin is released when this response gets activated and it can cause various physical symptoms.
Usually, the symptoms of anxiety attacks would include a tachycardia or rapid heart rate. The person suffering from anxiety attacks would feel a rapid heartbeat with some irregularities. Sometimes, there could be stop or skipped beats and the person who experiences it is completely aware of it. Feeling the skipped beats can also increase the anxiety level of the person suffering from it.
A person suffering from panic or anxiety attack can also experience sweating or perspiration. Actually, this is the most common symptom for anxiety. Sweating is natural especially when a person experiences emotions such as anger, embarrassment, and tension or anxiety.
In addition to sweating, shaking or trembling is also considered as one of the symptoms of anxiety attacks. If the anxiety attack is severe, trembling is more visible. Usually, the lips and the hands are noticeably trembling or shaking when a person is anxious.
Aside from tachycardia or increased heart rate, difficulty of breathing or shortness of breath is also considered as one of those symptoms of anxiety attacks that is felt when a person suddenly becomes anxious or feels troubled due to irrational fear or panic.
There are some patients who would experience some chest pains while also experiencing tachycardia. Because of this, some people would think that the person is suffering from a heart attack rather than an anxiety attack. Although this can also be considered as a possibility, it would be best to seek medical attention rather than assume for the possibilities.
If some people would experience chest discomforts, there are some who would experience digestive discomforts when they are extremely anxious. Usually, nausea and vomiting is common; however, there are some people who would also experience abdominal pain or abdominal discomforts due to the extreme emotions that they felt. Aside from nausea, some would also feel lightheaded or dizzy, which is why it is difficult for them to maintain their balance.
For rare symptoms, there are some people who would feel like they are going crazy when they are extremely anxious. While an anxiety attack is considered as a psychological disorder, the idea that the patient thinks that he/she is going crazy can be alarming because this means that the person may lose touch with reality and would really lose his/her mind if the anxiety is not treated soon.
