Are you unsure of whether the symptoms you’re experiencing are actual symptoms of anxiety?  If you think you’re possibly suffering from anxiety and have persistent feelings of what other people might consider “irrational fear” or elevated stress, chances are that you may be suffering from some form of anxiety disorder.  Hopefully this article will help you make a better determination as to whether or not you actually are experiencing symptoms of anxiety or another disorder or medical condition.

Understanding the symptoms of anxiety will give you the clarity to make a more informed decision and will allow you to take control of the situation in a way that will facilitate a better solution to your current situation.

It will also help you avoid the stress and added anxiety of not being sure of what the problem is.  Often not knowing what is happening to you is just as frightening as the anxiety itself.

By informing yourself properly about what constitutes genuine anxiety and panic attacks as apposed to some other condition, will also reduce the stress felt by those around you as they’ll feel better knowing that you are taking charge and are not completely helpless.  Being able to explain what you’re going through will at least give them a clearer picture of what might be expected of them in an emergency without it having to come as a shock or surprise.

Preparing Others For The Symptoms of Anxiety

Part of coming to grips with symptoms of anxiety is ensuring that we don’t place any unnecessary burdens on those around us without at least giving them a clear understanding of the problem.  There’s nothing worse than having someone in total shock over seeing you having a panic attack, trying to help – they just don’t know what to do and could even do more harm than good – it’s definitely not fair on them.

Imagine how much calmer and more confident you’ll feel knowing exactly what symptoms of anxiety you’re experiencing. Even being able to control your reactions better as a result of not getting sucked into the anxiety attack is something to aim for.  This is the real key to managing anxiety properly.

Having an anxiety disorder and especially experiencing an anxiety attack is no walk in the park.  If you’ve ever experienced feelings of extreme fear and even believed that you were having a heart attack, you’ll know what I mean.  You don’t want to keep having these episodes without at least understanding the symptoms of anxiety better and knowing what to do when they do happen.

Anxiety symptoms usually take on two forms and are commonly described and defined as follows:

Emotional Symptoms of Anxiety –

•    Feelings of apprehension or dread
•    Trouble concentrating
•    Feeling tense and jumpy
•    Anticipating the worst
•    Irritability
•    Restlessness
•    Watching for signs of danger
•    Feeling like your mind’s gone blank

Physical Symptoms of Anxiety–

•    Pounding heart
•    Sweating
•    Stomach upset or dizziness
•    Frequent urination or diarrhea
•    Shortness of breath
•    Tremors and twitches
•    Muscle tension
•    Headaches
•    Fatigue
•    Insomnia

Anxiety is actually a normal occurrence and part of our body’s defense mechanism.  During dangerous situations symptoms of anxiety are simply the result of our brain kicking into problem solving mode and releasing adrenaline into our system in anticipation of the need for “fight or flight”.

Where anxiety begins to cross the line from being a healthy part of our make up and becoming a disorder is when symptoms of anxiety start occurring on a frequent and ongoing basis.

Often our feelings of anxiety have been conditioned by prior traumatic events which our conscious mind may not even remember and when certain environmental events are present, our sub-conscious is triggered into responding to what it perceives to be a dangerous situation.

The fact that you may be experiencing physical symptoms such as those listed above, makes it that much more difficult to accept that there is no actual threat of harm present and so the symptoms of anxiety persist.

Getting Past The Symptoms of Anxiety

The key to stopping and even curing your anxiety lies is the ability to objectively analyze the feelings you’ve been experiencing and discover their origins in your past.  The most common cause of anxiety or panic attacks is the fear of a repeat attack.  So those who have already suffered an anxiety attack are more prone to having more of them.

As you can imagine, this is a repeating pattern and a subconscious habit which is formed within the mind that keeps fueling itself.  The saying goes; “there is nothing to fear, but fear itself” – while some might consider this saying to be trite, understanding the truth behind it will go a long way to helping you find the solution to your anxiety.

There are numerous treatment programs specifically designed to help anxiety sufferers get to grips with the symptoms of anxiety and even regain sufficient control to live a normal and stress free life again.

While a number of medications also exist, these usually only mask the symptoms and provide temporary relief.  Stop taking the pills, and your anxiety keeps coming back.

Having suffered with generalized anxiety for many years myself, I can say that I’ve tried pretty much everything under the sun and while I did get some benefit from counseling programs and some temporary relief with certain medications, the solution that finally helped me cure my anxiety was a very simple, yet powerful program called “Panic Away” – you can read more about how it helped me here.

I don’t know about you, but after having tried so many different ‘solutions’ and treatments, I was definitely ready to try something that offered a more permanent solution to the problem.  Besides I was tired of throwing endless streams of money at this thing and started feeling the pinch, so it just made sense on every level.

A lot of people have asked me how I was able to overcome the problem of relapsing and keeping up with the treatment program, because as with anything in life, overcoming your anxiety does take some effort.

Truth be told, while I didn’t expect much from the program, I really didn’t find it all that difficult or even time consuming to apply (unlike those hundreds of hours of laborious counseling).

The Panic Away program is founded on a very simple principle which is to help you avoid the fear of having another panic attack.  As I mentioned earlier, this is the primary cause of most people’s panic attacks.

Once apply the “one move technique” a few times, you’ll know what I’m talking about, it’s deceptively powerful in it’s simplicity, which is more than can be said for most things that claim to be simple these days.

If you have determined that you do have symptoms of anxiety disorder or have been formally diagnosed by your doctor, I highly recommend trying whatever treatment they prescribe – who knows, maybe it’ll work for you.

For me, the real gauge was asking my wife on a regular basis whether she was seeing any difference or results with whatever treatment I was on.  For the first few years, her feedback wasn’t very positive or reassuring and I couldn’t really feel a difference either.

Considering that we generally create our own anxiety (subconsciously and unintentionally), it stands to reason that the optimal solution would involve some form of self help therapy.  Panic Away was that for me.

One of the major benefits of the program was that I could literally use it anywhere and the results were almost instantaneous.  I can’t imagine my therapist being available at the exact moment I was having an attack, and no pill I ever took had the benefit of kicking in immediately.

So to say I was impressed is definitely an understatement.

If you suffer from generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder or even OCD, I’m sure you would get some great benefits from using the Panic Away system.  It really gets to the root of the matter quickly and becomes a great habit in no time at all.

No pills to take (or forget to take) and no ongoing prescriptions or bills for ongoing treatment.  Can’t beat that really.

Obviously if you have a more severe condition, maybe something stemming from post traumatic stress or similar situations, the Panic Away program may not be as effective for you.  However, considering that it literally has no harmful side effects, I would still try it out – worst case scenario is it doesn’t work and you can get a full refund (when last did you get a refund from a doctor or pharmacist who’s treatment didn’t work?).

Don’t let this disorder take away precious years of your life, it’s short enough as it is.  Give Panic Away a try… I’m sure you’ll thank me later