| Copyright (c) 2007 Kevin Reilly
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| | When your body senses danger, your
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| After a panic attack has occurred, many
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| | adrenalin will kick in. This usually
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| times a visit to the emergency room
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| | occurs when you feel fear that something
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| follows to ensure that a heart attack,
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| | might happen or is happening. The
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| stroke, or some other serious ailment has
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| | Fight-or-Flight response is discussed in
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| not just happened. After every test
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| | more detail in our next article. These
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| possible, the doctor comes up with a
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| | sensations lead us to believe that they
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| diagnosis. He tells you that all of your
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| | are symptoms of some type of serious
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| tests have come back negative and what
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| | underlying illness, or that we are
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| you are experiencing is normal and
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| | experiencing a major health risk.
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| harmless. He explains that you are
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| | Many individuals that have encountered
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| experiencing panic attacks. The doctor
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| | these dreadful panic attacks feel as if
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| prescribes medicine, a follow up checkup
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| | they are losing control and worse yet,
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| with your general practitioner, and then
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| | going crazy. The fear that is caused by
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| sends you on your way. As the doctor is
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| | these sensations leads us into being
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| explaining this, thoughts are racing
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| | apprehensive about going out into the
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| through your mind. How can this be
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| | public. These attacks affect our sleep.
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| normal and harmless? The doctor just
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| | We tend to constantly need to sleep in
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| cannot be right. He has to be missing
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| | order to escape from the attacks because
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| something. After leaving the hospital
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| | it is on our mind from the time we wake
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| and feeling as if the doctor has
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| | up until the time we go to sleep. The
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| completely misdiagnosed your situation,
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| | bad news is that you can experience a
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| you have decided to take it upon yourself
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| | panic attack even in your sleep! The
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| to grasp what this new diagnosis means.
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| | good news is that there are treatments
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| Grasping the fact that the diagnosis of
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| | and remedies that you can take to
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| panic attacks is correct is the first
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| | overcome these attacks.
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| step to conquering them. According to
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| | It is a common fact that women experience
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| The Lancet, panic attacks are sudden,
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| | panic attacks more than men. However,
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| sometimes unexpected paroxysmal bursts of
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| | both can be subjected to it. Whether male
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| severe anxiety accompanied by several
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| | or female, the attacks are very
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| physical symptoms. (eg. Cardio
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| | distressful. At some point in their
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| respiratory, otoneurological,
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| | lifetime, millions will experience these
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| gastrointestinal, or autonomic) Such
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| | distressful attacks and will be searching
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| attacks are often striking in their
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| | for answers like you. Now that you know
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| initial presentation, affect the
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| | what panic attacks are, you should learn
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| individual's function, and could be
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| | what the symptoms (sensations) are so you
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| progressive and disabling, especially if
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| | can identify them next time with your
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| accompanied by agoraphobia (an extreme
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| | panic attack. Grasping panic attacks is
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| form of phobic avoidance). (Roy-Byrne &
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| | your first step to recovery!
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| Steine, 2006) In other words, panic
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| | Reference: Roy-Byrne, P., Craske, M., &
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| attacks are caused from a build up of
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| | Stein, M. (2006, September 16). Panic
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| stress and anxiety, which led you to feel
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| | disorder. Lancet, 368(9540), 1023-1032.
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| sensations in many areas of your body.
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| | Retrieved November 12, 2007, from
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| You then experience the Fight-or-Flight
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| | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences
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| response.
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| | Collection database.
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| What does Fight-or-Flight response mean?
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