Anxiety Attack Symptoms

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There are many symptoms of an anxiety attack. Each individual person has their own personal genetic makeup; therefore the type, amount, and occurrence of anxiety attacks and symptoms will vary. One person may experience anxiety at higher level than someone else with less severe anxiety symptoms. Each person’s anxiety attack symptoms may differ from another person, but regardless the difference anxiety symptom sufferers have one major symptom: Fear.

Below is a list of the anxiety attack symptoms a person could experience. If you or someone you know experiences four or fewer anxiety attack symptoms than this would be classified as a limited symptom anxiety attack.

Anxiety Attack Symptoms:

· Rapid heart beat, pounding heart or palpitations(may feel like heart attack)

· Sweating

· Shaking visibly or inside

· Choking sensations or lump in throat

· Smothering or shortness of breath sensations

· Chest pain or discomfort

· Nausea, bloating, indigestion or abdominal discomfort

· Dizziness or unsteadiness

· Feeling light-headed

· Hallucinations (feeling unreal or dreamy)

· Outer body experience (feeling outside yourself or like you don’t exist)

· Fear of losing control

· Paresthesias (numbness or tingling sensations) in face, extremities or body

· Chills or hot flushes

· Skin losing color

· Blushing or skin blotches

· Urgently needing to urinate or defecate

· Inappropriate/Disturbed thoughts

· Muscle pain, especially in neck or shoulders

* Tremors and twitches
* Muscle tension
* Headaches
* Fatigue
* Insomnia

Anxiety attack symptoms tend to impact a person’s day to day life severely. If you are feeling several of the anxiety attack symptoms daily you may be suffering from generalized anxiety disorder or GAD. People who demonstrate multiple anxiety attack symptoms tend to be high stress, worried, anxious, and have a look of fear in their eyes. Such symptoms such as insomnia, upset stomach, fatigue, sweaty palms are some of the many anxiety symptoms related to GAD.