{"id":19834,"date":"2022-08-22T09:32:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T14:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepapergown.zocdoc.com\/?p=19834"},"modified":"2023-02-23T10:17:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T15:17:24","slug":"how-to-know-if-youre-having-a-panic-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zocdoc.com\/blog\/guides\/how-to-know-if-youre-having-a-panic-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Know If You&#8217;re Having a Panic Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Think about how your body reacts when you\u2019re in a stressful situation. Your heart may race, or maybe you start sweating. That may not be all \u2014 especially if you also get nauseous or short of breath. If things feel bad enough, you might wonder if you\u2019re having a panic attack. They\u2019re more common than you\u2019d think; some <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/my.clevelandclinic.org\/health\/diseases\/4451-panic-disorder\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11 percent of Americans<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> experience one each year. Panic attacks can also recur, and the fallout is gendered: Women who have them are more likely to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/my.clevelandclinic.org\/health\/diseases\/4451-panic-disorder\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">develop a panic disorder<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not every response to a stressful situation is\u00a0 a panic attack, however. How can you know if you\u2019re having a full-blown panic attack or regular anxiety? When should a doctor assess what\u2019s going on?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We talked with experts to learn how patients can tell the difference between a panic attack and anxiety \u2014 and how to get help.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Anxiety<\/h2>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Causes and symptoms<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anxiety is a feeling of worry or fear, and it can be caused by any number of stressful day-to-day situations \u2014 a problem at work, a big test or a disagreement with a friend.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe all get all anxious,\u201d says <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. Tochi Iroku-Malize, a family physician in Bay Shore, New York, and president-elect of the American Academy of Family Physicians. \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anxiety is normal.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anxiety can be helpful when it causes us to pay attention to dangerous situations. It evolved originally to keep us safe. Anxiety might manifest as racing thoughts, a rapid pulse or even an upset stomach. Typically, however, it doesn\u2019t prevent you from consistently and successfully carrying on with your everyday activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diagnosis\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People who worry occasionally about regular situations or specific events have run-of-the-mill anxiety, which almost everyone experiences. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you live with a general, persistent feeling of dread, however, you might have an anxiety disorder, and there are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nimh.nih.gov\/health\/topics\/anxiety-disorders\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">several types<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. People with generalized anxiety disorder, for example, may feel constantly on edge, irritable and unable to sleep.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Treatment<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For basic, occasional anxiety tied to life events or situations, techniques like deep breathing, acupuncture, meditation and yoga are a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinichealthsystem.org\/hometown-health\/speaking-of-health\/11-tips-for-coping-with-an-anxiety-disorder\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">good place to start for relief<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For people with more severe anxiety or an anxiety disorder, doctors often recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zocdoc.com\/blog\/7-common-types-of-therapy-explained\/\">psychotherapy<\/a>, such as cognitive behavioral therapy, which can train you to respond differently to stressful situations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another option for treating an anxiety disorder is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zocdoc.com\/blog\/how-can-i-tell-if-my-antidepressants-are-working\/\">medication<\/a>. SSRIs, or<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zocdoc.com\/blog\/how-can-i-tell-if-my-antidepressants-are-working\/\"> selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors<\/a>, like Zoloft or Prozac, can help people feel less anxious.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Panic Attack<\/h2>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Causes and symptoms<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike general anxiety, panic attacks are sudden episodes of intense fear, accompanied by physical responses, when in actuality there\u2019s no real and present threat. Panic attacks typically come on without any warning. Someone experiencing a panic attack might feel like they\u2019re dying or having a heart attack.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThese are actually attacks where the person is engulfed in a paralyzing fear, with a physical expression of that fear,\u201d says <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iroku-Malize.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cIt\u2019s an intense period, and then it goes away.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Panic attacks often don\u2019t have a trigger that you can pinpoint. For someone with a lot of stressors in their life, sometimes reaching their stressor limit can prompt an attack. Symptoms of a panic attack often imitate real medical issues, and can include heart palpitations, shortness of breath, sweating, chest pain, fatigue, an upset stomach and a headache that can last for minutes or hours.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While some people will have one panic attack and then never have one again, others go through multiple attacks and worry about when the next will come. \u201cIt\u2019s a vicious cycle that continues on and on,\u201d says <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iroku-Malize.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diagnosis\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you think you\u2019ve had one or multiple panic attacks, check in with your doctor. \u201cYou should never feel ashamed or embarrassed talking with your doctor about it, even if it\u2019s just one attack,\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iroku-Malize says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A doctor will likely start by asking about your symptoms, how many panic attacks you\u2019ve had and how often. When Dr. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Neda Gould, director of the Mindfulness Program at Johns Hopkins, meets with patients who\u2019ve had panic attacks, she first suggests a physical exam, with lab work if needed, to make sure there are no underlying medical issues at play. For example, if someone is complaining of episodes accompanied by chest pain, she wants to rule out an undiagnosed heart problem.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf you\u2019re okay physically but you modify your lifestyle because you fear another panic attack, you should look into treatment,\u201d Gould says. If left untreated, panic attacks can lead to a full-blown phobia: an excessive, irrational fear of a situation or a place which you then avoid at all cost. This can be a major sign of a panic disorder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Treatment<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Counseling and medication are the two main ways to treat panic attacks or a panic disorder.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, trains people who have panic attacks how to better cope with the attacks when they come and to realize in the moment that the episodes are not fatal. A doctor might ask you to keep a panic attack diary, where you monitor your daily mood, symptoms and the situations you find yourself in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through therapy, people can learn how to slow their breathing during an attack and to relax their muscles. Exposure therapy helps people who have panic attacks understand that while symptoms are uncomfortable, they\u2019re not fatal. Say a person is afraid of being dizzy during a panic attack; a therapist might spin them around in a chair so they can safely experience dizziness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf you commit to treatment, these are absolutely treatable diagnoses,\u201d Gould says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For people who are resistant to therapy or who haven\u2019t found it helpful, medications like an antidepressant or anti-anxiety drug can also help. \u201cSometimes a medication can even get someone to the point where they\u2019re more receptive to therapy,\u201d Gould says.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Need a Therapist? Find one on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zocdoc.com\/therapist-counselors\">Zocdoc<\/a>.<\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to distinguish whether you&#8217;re experiencing anxiety or a full-on panic attack. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":19835,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[227],"tags":[12,103,41,71,106],"class_list":["post-19834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guides","tag-anxiety","tag-prep","tag-mental-health","tag-therapy","tag-treatment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Anxiety vs. Panic Attacks: Understanding Key Differences<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here&#039;s how to tell the difference between anxiety and panic attacks. 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