Could You Spot An Anxiety Attack?
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 10:02Anxiety attacks, or panic attacks as they are more or less the same thing, are on the increase. Nobody knows why there are on the increase but our current stressful lives seem to be a big factor. Still, they are increasing and causing more and more people some serious grief.
Could you spot if you were having a panic or 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 guess if you were having the second type of symptom you’d be very aware you need help to put this right. But you may be suffering one of the many lesser symptoms and not really realising that you are having some form of anxiety attack. This could be a warning sign that things are about to get worse, much worse.
The first (bad) panic attack my wife suffered was actually while she was driving. It wasn’t the fact she had suffered an attack that hit her worst, but the fact she could easily have hit and killed someone or maybe even herself. This scenario just doesn’t bear thinking about.
If you have been feeling a little off lately, maybe suffering any of these symptoms…. Feeling anxious or on edge, can’t sleep, can’t concentrate, can’t sit still or feeling irritated. Having any of these mild symptoms could be a warning sign.
Let me put you at ease a little before you actually break out and have an attack. Many things can cause symptoms like the above symptoms. And none of them are anything to worry about. Lack of sleep may just be too much caffeine. Fidgeting may be uncomfortable clothing.
If you would rather be safe than sorry you can find out if you are heading for anxiety attacks. Taking an anxiety symptoms test can give you a much clearer idea of your risk. All you do is tick a few boxes with either yes or no 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.
