My Panic Attack Solution

Comment from Saxophone
Time February 11, 2010 at 1:17 pm

Your nervous or freaked out. Just as it says……
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Comment from LadyLynn
Time February 11, 2010 at 1:57 pm

Basically the same thing. Different people have different experiences with both. Most common is your heart racing so fast you feel like you’re going to die. Other people feel nauseous and lightheaded like they’re going to faint.
Those are just two examples. Anxiety/Panic attacks can make you unable to walk, talk, or a bunch of other real strange things. -LL
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Nurse.

Comment from lookyloo
Time February 11, 2010 at 2:18 pm

An anxiety attack is when you have the "butterflies" in your stomach and can’t stop worrying about something.

A panic attack makes it hard to breathe. You feel like your heart is going to beat out of your chest. You truly feel like you are going to die at any moment.
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I have had both. The panic attacks went away when I started taking vitamin B3.

Comment from Alex
Time February 11, 2010 at 2:32 pm

The Bible for psychiatrists, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) did not classify panic disorder until 1980.

The states:
“The essential feature of Panic Disorder is the presence of recurrent, unexpected Panic Attacks…followed by at least 1 month of persistent concern about having another Panic Attack, or worry about the possible implications or consequences of the Panic Attacks, or a significant behavioral change related to the attacks” from the DSM-IV TR (where ‘IV TR’ indicates fourth edition, text revision).

I talk about this quote in my post:
http://www.panicattackfree.org/stop-panic-attacks/controlling-panic-attacks

Therefore, you can have a panic attack without having panic disorder. Panic disorder occurs when you are afraid, for at least one month of having another panic attack. Essentially you are living in fear of another panic attack — that is fear of fear also known as anticipatory anxiety. Panic disorder can progress into agoraphobia. Agoraphobia literally means fear of open spaces, but it is thought to be caused when you are so concerned of having another panic attack that you do not go outside or leave your "safe place."

However, the term "anxiety attack" is slang or an informal term for "panic attack." They are the same thing, but the medical community uses the term panic attack to refer to a specific symptomatic condition that includes racing thoughts, elevated heart rate, etc.

Panic attacks are always accompanied by symptoms of anxiety so some people refer to panic attacks as "anxiety attacks." It is such a common term that it is not incorrect, but the proper term is actually "panic attack."
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http://www.panicattackfree.org