Posted by zeugma on June 16, 2006, at 12:57:07
In reply to what is this called, posted by lisapo on June 16, 2006, at 12:37:03
> is it anxiety when you feel like something is going to happen to you? i would say 10 times a day i feel like something is going to happen to me and panic, any little feeling, pain in my head i think i am going to die. i have been to the doctor for so many tests because there is always something i think is wrong with me. it makes me so crazy, does anyone else ever feel like this?>>
is it panic disorder? :
PANIC ATTACK SYMPTOMS. The DSM-IV-TRlists thirteen symptoms to meet the criteria for a diagnosis of panic attack. The affected person must have four or more of these symptoms within ten minutes of the beginning of an attack in order to meet the panic attack criteria:
bounding or pounding heartbeat or fast heart rate
sweating
shaking
shortness of breath
feeling of choking
pains in the chest; many people they feel as though they are having a heart attack
nausea or stomach ache
feeling dizzy or lightheaded as if he or she is going to pass out
feeling of being outside of one's body or being detached from reality
fear that he or she is out of control or crazy
fear that he or she is going to die
feeling of tingling or numbness
chills or hot flashes-z
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