Symptoms of Anxiety Panic Disorders 

Panic, as well as anxiety, are present in over 2 million American people. Panic is felt as an overwhelming distress without any kind relief. Anxiety shows in a physical way in terms of stomach discomfort, heart palpitations, nausea, headaches, shortness or breath, and/or chest discomfort.

There are some interesting facts, that help people to understand how they are classified and how they are diagnosed. Women are more prone than men to have anxiety and depression. Although men are affected by these disorders there are twice as many women diagnosed and treated. Some physicians think that the numbers may be closer but that men are more reluctant to express their feelings to their physicians.

Some symptoms of anxiety panic disorders are connected to the neurotransmitter serotonin, wich plays an role in the expression of the symptoms of panic, depression and anxiety disorders.

When the body does not produce the correct amount of neurotransmitters, the brain of a women will be more affected, because women has more receptors. More serotonin receptors may account for a higher percentage of women, affected by anxiety.

Women and men react different to anti-depressant and anti-anxiety medication on the market and is related to the numbers of receptors.

The symptoms of anxiety panic disorder can reach its fullest intensity in 1 or 2 minutes. Most panic attacks won’t last longer than 45 minutes. Anxiety attacks can last for a few hours and come on more slowly.

The initial diagnosis of a panic or anxiety disorder is most often in a person’s 20’s and 30’s. It is uncommon for the first attack to happen in the teens or after 40. Even people who are thought to be emotionally well-adjusted are as prone to anxiety or panic attacks which increases the evidence that there is a biochemical reaction responsible for the disorder and that it isn’t purely psychological.

Signs of an anxiety panic disorder are tingling in hands or feet, chest pain, shaking, dizziness, nausea and an overwhelming sense of fear or anxiousness.

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