Friday, December 12, 2008

What Are The Physical Symptoms Of Anxiety Attacks?

Some of the changes seen in someone that suffers from an anxiety attack are sweating, higher heart rate, shaking, pounding heart, trembling, palpitations, choking, shortness of breath, nausea, chest pain, fainting, dizziness, going crazy, hot flushes, fear of dying or losing control.

You could describe the symptoms that come before an attack as powerful feelings of dread, control loss, shaking and trembling, hot flushes, sweating, dry mouth and tense muscles. Something that patients might complain before suffering from an attack is dizziness, being lightheaded or chest congestion.

You can´t determine how serious the attack is just by counting the number of symptoms. An attack can have all of the symptoms that I just talked about or it can have just a few of them. And in some cases, attacks can happen without actually have any symptoms.

When panic attacks happen, a number of changes appear in the body and the end result is depression and a feeling of being worn out. Another result is distress, as muscle tension is one of the symptoms.

Migraines, facial numbness and headaches can be caused by the tension in the neck and head muscles. Tender breasts and rib pain can be caused by chest tensions happening because of breathlessness. The mouth, cheek, face and jaw are all affected by these secondary effects.

One very effective technique I have used to combat panic and anxiety attacks is through controlling my breathing. By taking deep full breaths and concentrating on your breathing, it has helped me control my panic attacks considerably.

If you are like me or most other panic attack sufferers, you will know when a panic or anxiety attack is coming. Practice this breathing technique and you can avert your panic attacks.

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