Panic disorder
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Symptoms of Panic Symptoms of Panic Disorder We can describe panic disorder in two ways: Physical Symptoms: 1.Heart palpitations, feeling of the heartbeat and heart beat reaching high numbers. 2.Feeling weight in the chest, 3.Shortness of breath, 4.Pressure and pain in the chest 5.Feeling of suffocated, 6.Dizziness, feeling of falling down and imbalances in the body, 7.Blackout, 8.Hypertension, 9.High or low blood, especially hot flashes in ears and cheeks 10.Excessive body shake, 11.Feeling like something falling down to stomach 12.Palms sweating,
13.Nausea or diarrhea, 14.Dryness in the mouth, 15.Feeling a punch in the throat, 16.Having unreal thoughts, 17.Inability to think clearly, 18.Feeling of being partially paralyzed Main Psychological symptom of panic disorder is dying as well as;
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1.I am dying 2.I am having a heart attack 3.I am loosing my mind 4.I will loose my control 5.I will not breath and die 6.I am having a stroke 7.My blood pressure is so high, I will have cerebral ha-
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emorrhage 8.Counting the pules and panicking if its less than 60 or more than 80 in a minute, 9.Thinking of being a hypertension, blood pressure and cardiac patient. Agoraphobia Some researches indicate that agoraphobia happens together with panic attacks. But today psychiatry diagnoses criteria state that panic attacks can happen without agoraphobia. Avoidance behaviour happens in many patients with panic disorder patients. Du-
ring the panic attacks patients feels that there is no escape so avoid the places where they cannot get help. Patients with agoraphobia avoid situations such as; going to a shopping mall, metro, metro bus, bridges, ferry; stuck in the traffic, flights, long bus trips, going to a hair dresser, not going to hospitals, not getting blood pressure checks, cannot hang out at local bazaars or crowded streets. lerler.
