To effectively treat or overcome panic and anxiety attacks, one has to know what the symptoms are, so as to take the necessary precautions on how to prevent it from happening. Knowing what your body responds to help greatly in overcoming these attacks. One has to have knowledge on what it feels to be experiencing panic attacks, so it can be stopped or prevented right away.

Symptoms vary from person to person since panic and anxiety disorders are a group of related conditions, rather than just a single disorder. One person may experience unexpected panic attacks, while another could get a panic attack in front of an audience. But then, panic attacks have just one major symptom, intense fear in situation which most people don't feel threatened to. Emotional Symptoms of Anxiety

Aside from the main symptom of panic attacks which is intense fear, there are also other conditions or symptoms that come along with panic attacks. In the middle of, let's say, work or studying, an individual who is experiencing panic attacks find it hard to concentrate on what they are working on. At the same time, they could also be irritable for no reason at all. People who experience panic attacks could also feel tense, and watching for signs of danger all of the time, and sometimes even anticipating the worst, which leads to restlessness. For some, they may experience like their mind is going blank and no matter how hard they try, thoughts don't seem to flow when they need them to. Physical Symptoms of Anxiety

Not only does anxiety have emotional symptoms, there also exists symptoms in which our body responds to when undergoing these attacks. A person undergoing anxiety can experience heart palpitations, finding it hard to breathe, sweating, tremors and twitches, headaches, fatigue, nausea or dizziness, frequent urination or diarrhea, muscle tension and insomnia. Panic and Anxiety Attack Symptoms

Now that we understand what the symptoms are for anxiety, let us look through the symptoms of panic and anxiety attack itself. You may experience surges of intense fear without knowing the reason behind, hyperventilation, the feeling of going crazy, hot flushes or chills, heart palpitation, trembling, the feeling of passing out, nausea, and gasping for breath.

Anxiety attacks are at their peak at ten minutes, and last for less than an hour. But then, despite the short time of attack, the feeling is too intense that it is as if you are about to have a heart attack or about to die. And, after the attack is over, you get fearful that you are going to experience another attack, where no one is around to help you when you experience them.