Anxiety Panic - Panic Disorder continued



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Panic Disorder continued

Our research also found many people can dissociate first and then panic as a result. Symptoms of dissociation can include :

	Derealisation (a feeling that you and/or your surroundings are not real)
	Depersonalisation (a feeling that you are detached from your body)
	Sensitivity to light and/or sound
	Dizziness

As with the other anxiety disorders, people with panic disorder also experience other symptoms which can include :

	Racing heart beat
	'Missed heart beats'
	Palpitations
	Difficulty breathing
	Chest pain
	Left arm pain
	Jaw pain
	Nausea
	Shaking and trembling
	Choking sensation
	Perspiration
	Headache
	Neck pain
	Churning / burning stomach

The major fears associated to the experience of spontaneous panic attacks are

	Fear of having a heart attack
	Fear of dying from a panic attack
	Fear of going insane
	Fear of losing control

Many people who experience spontaneous panic attacks do feel as if they are dying and / or having a heart attack, or feel as if they are going insane or will lose control during the panic attack. As a result people become frightened of having another one. It is this fear that leads to the development of panic disorder.

This is turn can lead to the secondary conditions associated to panic disorder which include avoidance behaviour (agoraphobia), major depression and/or prescribed drug addiction and/or alcohol abuse.

While the experience of spontaneous panic attacks can be minimised to a large degree, the development of panic disorder, and the secondary conditions can be prevented.

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