Panic Anxiety Attacks

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Author:
Alexandra Mannock

If you think you might be experiencing panic attacks but are not sure what the heck it is that you're going through, you'll know for sure once you've read this article! If you know someone who has panic attacks, then you will love this article, because it will aid you in understanding precisely what this person is going through!

Ladies and gentlemen, this is what a panic attack feels like:

- Just before a panic attack, one starts to feel light-headed, overheated, and sweaty.

- Within a few seconds, paranoia sets in, and somehow...you feel as though everyone in the room is watching you even when they are not.

- You feel a very strong need to gulp a whole lot...for whatever reason...and your mouth is totally dry...you continue to frantically swallow air while you are getting increasingly more anxious.

- You feel helpless and insanely panicky...as if you are coming out of your own skin.

- You feel paralyzed by fear...frozen...almost unable to speak. You can't get yourself to leave your seat or wherever you are situated, because you are too afraid.

- The time (even though only a few minutes have passed) feels like a thousand years...the minutes seem like hours.

- Sweat literally drips down underneath your arm pits, and your hands are soaked with sweat.

- Feels like you are going to have a seizure or go into some sort of convulsions...and if anyone talks to you DURING the attack, you think to yourself, "Are you out of your mind? Don't you see that I'm having an anxiety attack???!!!!" (but that person just keeps right on talking, because they truly don't realize you're having the attack).

- And then you get even more paranoid, because you think that this person who's trying to talk to you, is actually noticing your panic attack and judging you. Again, they usually don't notice at all.

- You get more and more faint...and you wonder if you're going to pass out...you wish to God you could run out a door...run away from your seat...but you can't...because you're too damn frozen from fear.

- While you're still swallowing air, trying to avoid having some sort of convulsion, and dripping sweat...the room seems to be narrowing into a small line. Noise gets muffled...people's voices become nothingness...and you feel out of your own body.

- Your hands (and sometimes your head) shake...or at least...it seems that they're shaking (After I've had a panic attack, people have told me that they didn't notice any shaking at all).

- You finally break free...somehow you unglued yourself from that seemingly impossible "frozen fear" state you were in...and you run to the bathroom to splash cold water on your face, under your arm pits, down your shirt, etc... etc... anything to stop this horrible feeling.

- You catch your breath too. And, of course, wherever you were having the panic attack, you feel utterly anxious about going back to that very place, because you feel traumatized about having had the panic attack at that very place.

That, my friends, is what a panic attack feels like!

Alexandra Mannock, MA, CAGS is a former psychotherapist who offers an amazing FREE "cure anxiety" 5-Day Mini-Course. She also gives away the secrets to curing your anxiety at: http://www.anxietyzapper.com. You can tell Alexandra what you think of this article and any other anxiety-related topic, by checking out http://www.power-over-anxiety.com and sending her an email! She would absolutely love to hear from you! You can also participate in her "blog!"

A Quick Note From The Publisher... If you like the article above, you may be interested in the following article which is also related to Panic Attacks... What You Have to Know If You Are Thinking About Using Panic Attack Medications Panic attacks are so overwhelming that they can take over your life completely. They make you so uncomfortable to make you ask yourself if another panic attack will come in a few days. This raises fear in your mind and makes you more vulnerable to new panic attacks. If this trend isn’t spotted in time, you are going to develop a panic attack disorder. What can you do about that? A quick solution is to exploit panic attack medications that are know to reduce your symptoms. Let’s give a quick look: Azapirones Azapirones affects the central nervous system and is effective in relieving many symptoms of anxiety. It’s found in many antidepressants and is able to calm down the nervous system. This will slow the panic attack triggering and will assure you some relief. Benzodiazepines This kind of medication is used against insomnia and anxiety. There is an high risk of addiction with benzodiazepines, however for very difficult anxiety cases this is the most common medication used. If you are going to follow this route, be sure to stay in close contact with your physician or health professional. If not used properly or for the prescribed time period, it can alter significantly your mood and your personality. Alprazolam In the benzodiazepines scenario, this medication is one of the more common treatments for general anxiety. If you experience loose panic attack, then this medication could be effective. Having short term effectiveness, this won’t solve persistent or daily panic attacks. In that case ask your physician what kind of therapy could you benefit from. Using panic attack medications the right way If you want to access correctly these panic attack medications, you have to realize these 4 points: 1) Following professional advice is mandatory when...