One of the worst aspects of panic attacks is that they come on completely unannounced, anytime anywhere.
Imagine getting up in the morning feeling perfectly healthy and cheerful and out of no where a strange feeling grips you...
your head is reeling...
your heart is beating faster and the whole world seems to be going round in circles.
In addition, your mind is suddenly filled with several negative and disturbing thoughts, hitting your from nowhere.
In case these developments seem familiar, you know that they are nothing but symptoms of panic.
The characteristic symptoms of these attacks can appear at several levels including mental, emotional as well as physical.
Usually most of us, without knowing the right terms to express our feelings, club it under 'feeling stressed' or 'frayed nerves'.
In fact it has been seen that the first panic attack symptoms, when ignored usually result in further violent attacks in the future.
One of the very common symptoms of the attacks is when you feel extremely nervous.
There is a growing and nagging fear inside you of something horrible impending event and you cannot move your mind away from such a premonition.
You somehow know that something bad is going to happen to you soon.
When you feel continuously nervous for a long period of time, you know that another panic attack is on its way.
When this feeling is accompanied by serious breathlessness, there is no other option but to rush you to a nearby clinic.
Here is a list of three of the most common symptoms of these attacks: •Psychiatrists confirm that people who are more prone to panic attacks usually suffer from a condition called Generalized Anxiety Disorder or GAD.
One of the most common symptoms of this condition is when the patient is overwhelmed by fear.
This fear is nothing like a phobia but a constant feeling of guilt that he or she may soon have a panic attack.
•As the panic attack sufferer continuously fears a second attack, the heart usually starts to beat faster.
Sometimes such symptoms of panic attacks are so severe that the patient may also lose consciousness.
•Some of the physical symptoms include abdominal discomfort, sudden feeling of cold, nausea, shivering and trembling of hands and so on.
Panic attacks can completely throw life out of gear for the victim.
Yet relief is there in the form of various types of therapy options which can reduce the severity or even prevent such attacks from recurring.
However, instead of trying self-medication, it is always better to consult a doctor, who can recommend the best mode of treatment, suitable for your specific condition.