Panic Disorder Symptoms

by: Ian Spencer

It is safe to describe Anxiety disorder as the next stage of GAD because when you suffer from panic disorder you would experience all the symptoms, only on a more acute scale. The difference between GAD and panic disorder is that the former lasts for a long time while the latter is more intense and often causes serious health problems.

The causes of panic disorders are usually external stressors; things that attack your feeling of security and well-being. For example, panic attacks are usually experienced following the death of a spouse, parent or child, loss of job, financial loss and the like. While GAD is widely accepted and willingly treated, panic disorder, which is normally referred to the psychiatric ward is seen as a sign of madness and therefore summarily rejected.

It is therefore very important that you are able to recognize panic disorder when it affects you or anyone you know. It also vital that you understand that suffering from panic disorder does not mean you are crazy. Such condition needs to be immediately checked and treated or it would escalate to serious - sometimes even fatal - health problems.

The telltale symptoms you should be looking out for are:

Chest pain - the pain is acute and sharp, very similar to what you would feel if you had a heart attack. This is why in most cases doctors immediately would refer you to an ECG.

Fainting spells - panic attacks often causes blood drain away from the brain for very brief periods, enough to cause you to faint.

Acute nausea and abdominal pain - a sudden jump in the acid formation in the stomach would cause vomiting and nausea as well as sharp pain in the stomach.

Mental breakdown signs - you would experience a feeling of doom, hopelessness, despair and pessimism. You would feel as if somebody shut all the doors around you and there is nowhere to go anymore.

Phobias and death thoughts - you will find your thoughts gravitating towards morbidity and suddenly you would be too aware of your mortality. Death would look imminent and scary - even though you suffer from no fatal diseases.

Profuse sweating - you would find yourself breaking into a sweat over every small problem you encounter in your daily routine. It would be as if fate (or God) is conspiring against you and everything you touch is turning into dust.

Trembling - very often you would find yourself trembling uncontrollably. Sometimes this would be accompanied by the compulsion to burst into tears or run for cover away from the company of all people

Surreal feeling - gradually, you would feel removed from realty. It would seem to you that you are watching yourself from outside your body; whatever happens to you happens to someone else and you are a helpless spectator.

Take careful note of all these symptoms and if you find four or more in yourself or anyone you know, seek of help seek medical help. Accept the referral to the psychiatric ward because panic disorder affects not only the chemical balance in the body and brain but also the functioning of the mind; the way you think. You need guidance to realign your thoughts side by side with the medication you receive so you could make a fast recovery. Psychiatric help would also help you to cope with the stressors and teach you how to short-circuit their impact on your mind. When addressed promptly, you would be able to make a full recovery within a week or less.

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