A panic anxiety disorder is recognized by specific physical reactions that are normal in the presence of a real life threat such as limb shaking, heavy sweating, accelerated heart beat, terror, confusion, pupil dilation, shortness of breath the impulse to scream or run and so on. Unless there is a real direct cause that triggers the panic attack, the diagnosis of anxiety panic disorder is very likely. Usually, there is a casual dimension to such an ailment that starts with some accidental or incidental anxiety bout.
While it takes a minute or two to get to its climax, the panic attack will require at least thirty minutes if not full hours to pass away completely. The specificity of an anxiety panic disorder results from the frequency of the attacks, usually of an unequal intensity. Thus, one gets to suffer from several such anxiety bouts every month, which is enough to feel terrorized and threatened all the time, thus worsening the condition and deepening the fear.
The frequency of the anxiety panic attack disorder cases is higher with women in the twenty-to-thirty age group. The problem is less frequent in older or younger age groups; plus it is usually favored by a separation trauma experienced by the patient some time during childhood. The beginning of an anxiety panic disorder may be gradual or abrupt, meaning that you can start having symptoms some time in advance before the full anxiety bout, or the panic may strike you out of the blue.
There is often a diagnosis difficulty with many cases of anxiety panic disorder because of the inconclusive nature of certain medical tests. Lots of people thus spend their years going from specialist to specialist, receiving all sorts of opinions and treatment options.
Unless correct evaluation and diagnosis is made, the patient could go through a whole ordeal. On the other hand, many diagnosed patients start avoiding certain situations for fear of developing an anxiety episode.
Some of the situations or locations that sufferers from anxiety panic disorder avoid include social reunions, classes, meetings or church services, shopping malls, restaurants, airplanes, elevators and so on. If not treated right, an anxiety panic disorder could ruin one’s life, causing depression and destroying all the good parts of that person’s existence. Plus, anxiety and its symptoms will be a lot more difficult to face in the cases of alcohol or substance abuse and self-medication.
There are powerful advanced techniques that show you how to stop panic attacks and general anxiety without the use of medication.