panic disorder?

Question

can someone please explain it to me thanks

Answer 1

Panic disorder is a real illness that can be successfully treated. It is characterized by sudden attacks of terror, usually accompanied by a pounding heart, sweatiness, weakness, faintness, or dizziness. During these attacks, people with panic disorder may flush or feel chilled; their hands may tingle or feel numb; and they may experience nausea, chest pain, or smothering sensations. Panic attacks usually produce a sense of unreality, a fear of impending doom, or a fear of losing control.

A fear of one's own unexplained physical symptoms is also a symptom of panic disorder. People having panic attacks sometimes believe they are having heart attacks, losing their minds, or on the verge of death. They can't predict when or where an attack will occur, and between episodes many worry intensely and dread the next attack.

Panic attacks can occur at any time, even during sleep. An attack usually peaks within 10 minutes, but some symptoms may last much longer. Panic disorder affects about 6 million American adults and is twice as common in women as men. Panic attacks often begin in late adolescence or early adulthood, but not everyone who experiences panic attacks will develop panic disorder. Many people have just one attack and never have another. The tendency to develop panic attacks appears to be inherited.

People who have full-blown, repeated panic attacks can become very disabled by their condition and should seek treatment before they start to avoid places or situations where panic attacks have occurred. For example, if a panic attack happened in an elevator, someone with panic disorder may develop a fear of elevators that could affect the choice of a job or an apartment, and restrict where that person can seek medical attention or enjoy entertainment.

Some people's lives become so restricted that they avoid normal activities, such as grocery shopping or driving. About one-third become housebound or are able to confront a feared situation only when accompanied by a spouse or other trusted person. When the condition progresses this far, it is called agoraphobia, or fear of open spaces.

Early treatment can often prevent agoraphobia, but people with panic disorder may sometimes go from doctor to doctor for years and visit the emergency room repeatedly before someone correctly diagnoses their condition. This is unfortunate, because panic disorder is one of the most treatable of all the anxiety disorders, responding in most cases to certain kinds of medication or certain kinds of cognitive psychotherapy, which help change thinking patterns that lead to fear and anxiety.

Panic disorder is often accompanied by other serious problems, such as depression, drug abuse, or alcoholism. These conditions need to be treated separately. Symptoms of depression include feelings of sadness or hopelessness, changes in appetite or sleep patterns, low energy, and difficulty concentrating. Most people with depression can be effectively treated with antidepressant medications, certain types of psychotherapy, or a combination of the two.

Answer 2

You need to understand the mechanics of this. I had them and got cured thru homeopathic remedies. But I also had a therapist who was a specialist in this and got educated. the key is usually in the very first panic attack. Which sounds in your case that it came from the arm tingling which scared you. Agoraphobia is a misnomer in that people who get panic attacks then get afraid of panic attacks - so then you don't want to go out ( agoraphobia) what if??? I have another one. The body records all the senses very strong with a panic attack and those memories are coded differently- they store up a lot around the amygdala- a peanut size part of the brain which is the emotional brain and the controller of fight or flight takeover. So you get "wired" up so to speak, so that similar sounds, feelings etc go off on automatic- the blood flow to the front brain is reduced and you lose control while adrenaline floods your body. This is all meant to keep you alive. Weakness in the arm and tingling are nerve issues which can be generated from tight neck nerves- which can be from stress, sleeping wrong. having repetitive motion of the neck looking down at the keyboard ( wrong height) reading in bed and so on. It seems that somehow this perhaps scared you enough to think some quick thought- like I might be dying or whatever- and then the panic attack goes off to protect you. So now this tingling is recorded in you as a threat and will set them off. You have to understand and tell yourself over and over- tingling is not a problem- it will let you stay in the front brain and not have a full on attack. Gradually you won't even have anxiety.Go to get a shiatsu or acupressure massage- see the mayo clinic on these. They work your spine- you wear clothes. They boost the immune system up - get rid of blocks, tension and get you very strongly back in the body- they will unkink the neck arm thing and it may only take one session. ( I have sent many relatives to the shiatsu for tingling, spine pain, all nerve stuff and it is the fastest, cheapest way to fix this. Then you need to pay attention to what you are doing- sleep on your back- best position, use a pillow under the knees- it lets the spine- neck reset itself. When people don't know what something is- they can get a panic attack- the ER is full of people having panic attacks, due to acid reflux, or rapid hearbeat, or feeling out there due to fear. You can handle this with just a prescription for xanax to take when one is coming on- There is nothing wrong here really except you had one and then did not know why you had more of them bc of how the body is set up.

Answer 3

IT Sucks! anyway, its a chemical imbalance most likely, also can be triggered by too much caffine, a thyroid problem, or energy drinks or diet pills. If it is a chemical imabalance, you can get on an antidepressant to balance your seretonin level out better and u can feel less panicky and better. I take celexa 20 mg for a panic disorder. I was actually homebound for 2 weeks, terrified to leave my house for no damn reason whatsoever! I am out of work cause of it also, im scared of havin a panic attack at work. I just started the celexa 3 weeks ago, and feelin better, so im waitn the full 6 weeks to see its magic at its full effect then i can see when i can go back to work. Every medication works different on everyone though. My mom and all my aunts and cousins are on lexapro for anxiety/panic disorders, and it works great for them, i tried lexapro first, but it made me feel worse. Good luck.

Answer 4

I can try. A panic attack starts with fear can be of anything it is a real fear that leaves you feeling like your unable to breathe. Some people think they are having a heart attack. Others feel so scared they become comatose. Attacks can last a few minutes or longer. They can happen once or continuous. Sometimes brought on by stress other times unknown reasons. Some people take medication but the drug usually given can be addictive. Therapy also helps.

Answer 5

The basic idea of panic disorder is when someone experiences a panic attack. The person then moves to having "fear of fear" They become afriad of everything and all situations

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Answer 7

lisal cares has it dead on the money. Good answer!

Answer 8

"BOO!"

your reaction - thats panic disorder