Panic Disorder
Panic Disorder
This disorder is marked by the presence of repeated panic attacks: sudden feelings of terror that appear with physical symptoms like rapid heartbeat, sweating, palpitations, shortness of breath as if suffocating, dizzy or light-headedness, numbness or tingling in the extremities, nausea, and visual distortions.
During these attacks sufferers often fear they will have a heart attack, faint, lose control, go crazy, or even die. The attacks begin to subside within 10 minutes but anxiety usually persists longer.
Some of the attacks appear “out of the blue” which leads to a generalized fear of more attacks, but some situations may reliably trigger the attacks.
Over time, people often begin to avoid the situations where they have experienced previous attacks. This can develop into Agoraphobia, an avoidance of situations from which escape may be difficult.
As this disorder grows it can become severely disabling often limiting people’s abilities to travel or even leave their homes.
The good news is that panic disorder is highly treatable. With medications, cognitive behavioral therapy, or both, the sufferer is soon on the way to recovery.
Remember you are never alone.
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Wow, sounds very …
Wow, sounds very familiar to me… my problem is shortness of breath ever since 2005… freaking adrenaline issues.
it sounds a lot …
it sounds a lot like a bad weed high to me. marijuana, it scarred me with panic attacks
I don’t know who …
I don’t know who you are but you have helped validate what I’m experiencing. I’m in WV right now for work and I’m struggling. Shaking, crying, not wanting to leave my room. I’m starting to get help and I thank you for sharing your story with us. For my friends/family that don’t get what I’m going through, I’m sending them this link to learn more. Thanks!
I just commented in …
I just commented in digitilsoul other video about what happened to me. Furthermore,I have dizzy spells for 15 years now. My first dizziness crisis was in high school. When these crisis come, they last for,say,some 36 hours,when i simply take dramin(yes,the sickness pills).
A wonderful acupuncturist treated my dizziness a few years ago, but i left my home country and havent seen him for ages…shame.
the tingling thing …
the tingling thing happens to me also! its just like that having ur hand/foot fall asleep but not as harsh as u were sayin. i youtubed axiety as part of my research as to whether or not i should try persciption drugs. this video is pretty close to what happens to me. the part bout the grandma related to me, i get strange depressing thoughts like those when i feel tingling too. really helpful. a panic attack? i always pictured those as people crying and shaking. thanks!
this video is spot …
this video is spot on, most people dont understand they just say pull yourself together they have no idea
This is a follow on …
This is a follow on from my other comment..
The doc just said I gotta stop worrying, just like that!!!
I dont mind saying that these constant attcks are doing me in..Im always tired, always got a pain in my gut like ive been punched in the solar plexus it just awful….always breathless so watching this make me feel like there is light at end of the tunnel
Panic attacks.The …
Panic attacks.The bane of my life…ive been suffering with depression for a few years due to losing my job but never had a panic attack, not untill november last year. I thought i was having a heart attack as I felt dizzy my cheat went tight numbness in my arms but when the paramedics arrived and checked me out they told me my symptoms were that of an anxiety attack and since then ive been having them..ive had blood tests to rule out any other possiblities but they came back all normal…
Exactly…! It is …
Exactly…! It is exhausting, and out of your control… One of the worst things is the fear of the next attack, since you don’t know when it’s going to happen…
I have seen like ten doctors in ten years, and each of them has a different theory on the origin of my panic disorder and the consequent advisable treatment! Now I trust my judgement best… haha…
@kacita
It is hard …
@kacita
It is hard to work with panic attacks :(
If it happens to me at work I always wanna go home and sleep after cause it exhausts me haha.
If your employer doesn’t understand it and that it’s out of your control then that really sucks as well.
Hey, I’ve had panic …
Hey, I’ve had panic attacks since i was 8 years old. I’m 22 now. When I was younger I could hardly function. I would be dizzy and shaky and just plain afraid. Usually a few times a day. I took medication for them until i was 12 and then stopped. I don’t believe that it helped much.
These days they don’t happen that often, But when they do I get all of the same physical symptoms but mentally now I know what’s going on and they don’t freak me out nearly as much. Just have to wait them out :)
I don’t like taking …
I don’t like taking pills either, I’ve managed to control the feelings of fear and terror during an attack, but the physical symptoms are still unbearable, and man, I gotta go to work, so I keep struggling, I take medication for a while, then I leave it (always UNDER MEDICAL SUPERVISION, this is extremely important), but soon afterwards, my sick stomack and fast heartbeats and cold sweat come back… however, I don’t give up. Thanks for sharing your experience, it’s been really helpful.
I feel your pain
I feel your pain
i feel the same..
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i feel the same..
i cant go to a place in melbo9urne called lygon st…without my throat closing…feeling like hell!!
Thank you so much …
Thank you so much for this video i have been feeling the same thinggggssss god im soo scared
I totally …
I totally understand what you’re saying, since ive been out of basic training for the army i’ve been having panic attacks, they eat at me. recently i moved in with my dad of which i’ve never lived with so he doesn’t understand. he thinks it’s all in my head and none of it is real. as he is one of the main causes i don’t know how to deal with him and or show him what i’m going through. he is incompetent in ways but i need help how do i help him help me
I’ve been seriously …
I’ve been seriously depressed for longer than 1,5 years now. My life is utter hell, but I can manage the depression somehow. But last night the anxiety was overwhelming. I felt like crying, but I couldn’t. I felt like screaming, but I couldn’t. I felt like just hugging someone for an hour, but there’s no one to hug. It was like, all the mental pain I’ve ever experienced, came to me at once. I don’t know how to describe it… I just felt like dying.
Having a panic …
Having a panic disorder can be dangerous for your body as over time too much adrenaline in the blood can deplete this hormone causing hormonal problems/imbalances. Plus repeated, full blown,untreated PAs can in time increase B/P to dangerous levels. Mine peaked at 145/100! but now has come down with the help of hypertensive tabs. Also i have found that beta-blockers reduce PA symtoms as this drug blocks adrenaline from entering the blood stream, the main causation of PA symptoms.
I suffer from panic …
I suffer from panic attacks its a scary feeling u feel like ur the only one dealing with this brings me to tears n im not someone that crys but the fear takes over n i cant seen to clam myself down my last panic attack was just today i can say i still feel it a lil now i just want to feel better already to be able to relax to feel like me again
I hawe all this in …
I hawe all this in me
hi i like how ur so …
hi i like how ur so mellow i feel like ur talking to me lol the thing about me is that i would get them for no reason and even when i would try to relax it wouldn’t help my heart would be pounding i had nasuea frequent urination. upset stomach felt dizzy sweaty all at once most of the time it would happen when i was alone but sometimes they would happen even if i was around ppl. its just terryifing rite now im taking rescue remedy drops its all natural and some herbal teas
hi i have had panic …
hi i have had panic attacks for almost 10 yrs now they are so bad and getting worse the doctors just say anxiety/panic i say bull somethings wrong..i am lost and the attacks are daily sometimes all day please help me…….tina
I think your utube …
I think your utube is a grat help check out… Panic control app video it could help a lot specially if you have an iPhone kj
hey hi its joy i …
hey hi its joy i badly need your help im inlove with a guys with aoraphobia i dnt knw wat tro do he push me away coz hes saying dat he wants me to be happy can u help me pls 2017376681
hey I have bad …
hey I have bad panic attacks and now Iam afraid I will choke to death help me please