If you’ve ever experienced intense fear and dread, even though you are not in danger, you may be familiar with panic attacks. These sudden episodes can be debilitating, leaving people feeling helpless and unable to cope. To make matters worse, many people don’t realize they can experience these symptoms without a panic disorder. It is…
Millions of Americans live with anxiety-related conditions, but panic disorder is one of the most debilitating. It is not uncommon for people with anxiety to have a panic attack once or twice, but if those panic attacks happen frequently or are the primary way that anxiety manifests itself, that might be a symptom of panic…
If you experience sudden episodes of intense fear or anxiety for no apparent reason that feel like cortisol is being dumped into your bloodstream, you may have the diagnosis of panic disorder. Typically there is not an explicit trigger that causes the panic, but these episodes are so frightening, that patients often go to the…