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Having panic attacks for quite a long time has surely made you aware of the symptoms of panic attack already. From hyperventilating and fainting, and everything too; the whole enchilada if you want to put it that way. But have you ever thought of how your body might respond while having all these signs? If you are interested, then let me describe the symptoms of panic attack episodes and I will try to be detailed as much as possible.
So, the first sign we will talk about is hyperventilation or the feeling of being drowned. I have never drowned in my lifetime but I surely know the feeling when you have had a hyperventilation. The feeling is like when you stop to catch a breath after running in a very fast tempo for one hour. You breathe very fast and your chest is hurting.
Because of the tightening of the muscles of your chest and the deficiency of oxygen in your body, the outcome is hyperventilation. However, the more you breathe more rapidly, the less oxygen you actually get as your breathing becomes terribly shallow.
Due to the abnormal exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in your body, another sign, which I will talk about, shows and that is fainting. So, most individuals actually faint when they have panic attacks but it is not true to all of them. So, this case usually happens because we loose too many carbon dioxide and our brain also lacks oxygen. The harm in fainting is when you hit your head into something hard when you faint.
One more usual sign is tachycardia or palpitations. The rise in the heart rate is because of the sympathetic nervous response of the body. When under too many stress, the body believes that it is being damaged by an internal or external factor which initiates the sympathetic nervous response. This will set you to run from the cause or fight it.
How is your body equipped by it? It is pretty simple, it gives concentration on organs that you will require for a "battle" such as your heart, lungs and brain. A vast amount of oxygen from the blood is needed to prepare these organs. What better method to do that than for your heart to pump faster right?
The sympathetic nervous response is also the reason for this next sign; and that is diaphoresis or excessive sweating. The sweating is the effect of a hyperactive metabolism during attacks.
Upset stomach, bowel movement changes, and trembling are among the many other panic attack symptoms that have not been discussed here. In general, the sympathetic nervous response is the reason for all those signs. What is significant is that you know that none of these signs can in reality directly kill you so take a load off and breathe.
