What are anxiety attacks and are they the same as panic attacks?

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1. teacupn Says:
   September 27th, 2009 at 2:12 am

   Anxiety attacks can cause a moderate to severe drop in potassium and magnesium in your body. Potassium regulates your heart’s rhythm. When a panic or anxiety attack occurs, it can feel like it came out of nowhere, but it stems from stress. It can mimic a heart attack.
   Fainting, chest pain, rapid heart beat, excessive breathing, or shortness of breath. It can be quite frightening. If you suffer from anxiety attacks, see your doctor. College students are highly prone to anxiety attacks. Foods rich in potassium are bananas, tomatoes and citrus. Eat a high fiber, potassium rich diet during exam week and you will feel much better.
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2. Emily Says:
   September 27th, 2009 at 2:30 am

   Stress is the chief cause of most anxiety, panic and social phobias. But stress is not just about feeling tense and wired. It’s about the triggering of our hard-wired "Fight or Flight Response." And it’s about the release of toxic hormones — drip, drip drip — into our system. These hormones seep into our blood and tissues where, over time, they set up conditions for "attacks" of fear, anxiety and panic.

   Learning to recognize the signs of anxiety can prove to be beneficial so you can learn to confront the issue that may be causing such feelings. Avoiding the situation will only provide a temporary solution and will only serve to reinforce negative thoughts. The following are some of the common symptoms of that are often associated with overwhelming feelings of anxiety and worry.
   The worst part about anxiety attacks is that they can occur at literally anytime when you least expect whether you are out with friends or walking down the street. These episodes are often characterized by nausea, lightheadedness, shortness of breath, excessive sweating and even increased heart rate. When this occurs, it’s important that you are able to identify what may be triggering and sustaining them.

   In addition to these above symptoms, you may also experience high levels of anxiety or constant fear that something bad will happen. It’s quite natural for people to make exaggerations and make a situation worse than it really is. The important thing here is to question your thoughts and ask whether the worst case scenario you are imaging will really happen.

   Confronting the place or activity that is causing you anxiety may seem counter intuitive but it’s also the most effective method to treat this condition. If you are constantly avoiding those circumstances that cause discomfort, then it will make it difficult for you to overcome panic attacks. Be sure that you are not overly critical of yourself as this process does require time and patience on your part.

   Do you want to find that cure? Do you struggle with panic attacks?

   Do you want them to stop so you can live a normal life again?

   Well, there is a cure and you can stop your panic attacks now!

   I had came across many pp get treated "PANIC ATTACKS"
   even for many years & even without taking medicines.

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   God bless & Take care
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3. annie Says:
   September 27th, 2009 at 2:40 am

   Have you heard of http://doiop.com/calmer ?
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4. Tyler Says:
   September 27th, 2009 at 3:20 am

   Panic Attacks(anxiety attacks) are disillusions of the situations you are in, those nervous emotions arise without you knowing your creating them because you actually feel uncomfortable and don’t really know it. The reason you are having panic attacks is because your mind has been trained to believe that these emotions/symptoms are normal and you get use to having them. Thus they continue to escalate and you continue to believe that is is normal until your body can’t handle it anymore and you physically start showing it. It is a subconscious reaction to the situation that you are in and what you need to do is sit back and relax and realize that you are not in any danger. An excellent tip to use is to exhale until you have no air left in your lungs and then count to 5 or 10(obviously don’t make yourself pass out) before slowly inhaling so that you completely fill your lungs. Do this 5 times and you will feel a lot more focused and not so nervous. You can learn more about panic attacks from the programs provided at http://www.stopanxietyhq.com .
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   http://www.stopanxietyhq.com/anxietyrelief/solutions

5. jimM Says:
   September 27th, 2009 at 4:10 am

   Anxiety attacks and panic attacks are one in the same. Is there anything that you think is triggering these episodes? If there is something that is worrying you or that you are not comfortable with it could be causing your anxiety. You should try to do something about it because it can grow much worse. Generally if it is only minor you may simply get over it.

   Generally if your heart-rate increases, you have tightness in your stomach or chest, and feel very nervous, fearful, or feel the need to escape, then that is probably a panic attack (or anxiety attack). Again, if this is new to you it may not be too hard to overcome. Just be sure you look into some techniques for managing anxiety (and look into what is causing it).
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   For ways to manage anxiety take a look at this site: http://www.anxietysmith.com/self-help-for-anxiety/

6. sasha Says:
   September 27th, 2009 at 4:42 am

   i think it’s the same, yes.
   i had a similar problem and i found a way to deal with it.
   take a look at the link. it’s an online program that might help you as it did to me.

   take care.
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