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Panic attacks and anxiety attacks are basically the same thing, and they are on the rise. The cause of the increase isn’t fully understood, but modern life with all its pressure and stress could be a factor. But the fact remains they are causing more and more people no end of problems.

How can you know you are suffering an anxiety attack? That’s a difficult question to answer as the symptoms are quite wide ranging and can vary from mild to the downright frightening. Symptoms could be a simple hot flush to a more terrifying racing heart and shallowness of breath.

I’m sure if you were having the latter symptoms you would be aware right now that you are having panic attacks and need help to stop them. But you may be suffering one of the many lesser symptoms and not really realising that you are having some form of anxiety attack. These mild symptoms could well be warning signs of something worse to come.

The first (bad) panic attack my wife suffered was actually while she was driving. I probably needn’t say that it wasn’t just the attack that shook her badly, but the fact she was driving and could have had a major accident. This scenario just doesn’t bear thinking about.

If you haven’t been feeling yourself lately, maybe you’ve had one or two of these symptoms… Difficulty sleeping, a bit on edge or anxious, can’t concentrate, constantly irritated or fidgeting a lot. Having any of these mild symptoms could be a warning sign.

But before you actually have a panic attack thinking about those symptoms let me put your mind at ease. There are many normal things that can cause symptoms like those. And you shouldn’t worry about them. An ill fitting item of clothing can cause you to fidget and too much coffee (caffeine) will definitely disrupt your sleep.

However if you think you may want to delve further and check out if you are a potential anxiety attack victim. A panic (anxiety) symptoms test will give you a better idea of whether you are at risk. You simply tick a few yes or no boxes and total your score at the end.

Then you can make the choice to take further action or not. You can find a panic attack symptoms test here.

August 21st, 2009 | Tags: anxiety, anxiety attack, anxiety disorder, anxiety symptoms test, family, health, home, lifestyle, mental health, panic, panic attack, panic disorder, panic symptoms test | Category: Self Improvement | Subscribe to comments | Comments are currently closed | Trackback URL