What are the main symptoms of panic attacks?
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healwithlove
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Sep 24, 2016
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Impeding feeling of doom, increased heart rate, sweat in the hands, fear, agitated breathing, dizzyness. It can always mix up with other diseases, and other things, is always a good idea to keep regular medical check up to discard circulatory issues, digestive issues, etc. Is better to keep it diagnosed it. And the symptoms might vary.
JustAddBlu
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Sep 27, 2016
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Panic attacks' symptoms vary from person to person. It's different than a normal, everyday anxiety that one may have. Instead, it is often a sudden onset of high levels of anxiety and fear that can cause sweating, hyperventilation, shortness of breath, crying, numbness in limbs, and many others. If you get these attacks often, please seek out medical attention.
generousUnicorns0224
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Oct 2, 2016
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Hyperventilation, loss of feeling in face and hands, shaky body parts, an overwhelming feeling of fear or panic, and sometimes sobbing.
Anonymous
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Oct 6, 2016
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You feel like you can't breathe, you have shaking hands, you feel like the walls near you are coming down
majesticturtle33
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Oct 13, 2016
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The main symptoms of panic attacks are sweating, trembling, difficulty breathing, nausea, heart palpitations and feeling overwhelming feelings of panic or anxiety.
WorkInProgress11
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Oct 19, 2016
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The symptoms of panic attacks vary from person to person and attack to attack. I would say that the main ones are having trouble breathing or hyperventilating, racing heart, feelings of intense dread or fear, shaking or unsteady arms and legs, and nausea.
TheIrrationalBuddhist20
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Oct 28, 2016
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Increased heart rate, hyperventilation, tightness of chest, and sense of fear. Sometimes it can be misinterpreted as a heart attack.
Lightinthewindow
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Nov 4, 2016
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Racing heart, chest pain, shaking, trouble breathing, nausea, extreme fear, dizziness, headaches, heart palpitations
happySnow73
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Nov 9, 2016
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sweaty palms, heart racing, thoughts everywhere, that 'I don't know what to do next' feeling, and physical pain can occur.
Anonymous
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Nov 11, 2016
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Increased heart rate, trouble breathing, shaking, racing thoughts, wanting to run away from the situation, clammy or sweaty palms, obsessive thoughts
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