Episodic paroxysmal anxiety is also known as a panic attack.
As reported by ADVICE.NEWS , it is expressed in attacks of severe anxiety (panic) or fear (more often - fear of death, less often - fear of losing consciousness, loss of control, helplessness or fear of "going crazy") and is accompanied by rapid heartbeat and a feeling of "suffocation", "lack of air".
What can trigger a panic attack?
Panic attacks can be caused by stress, increased anxiety, depression, and general exhaustion of the body.
Sometimes they can be caused by hormonal disorders, pathologies of the central nervous system, and some somatic diseases.
Panic attacks can be triggered by stress, physical and emotional overload, alcohol consumption, lack of sleep, and chronic diseases.
These factors, by affecting the autonomic nervous system, alter the normal course of physiological processes.
A person feels a strong heartbeat, trembling, becomes covered in a sticky cold sweat, has shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, numbness in parts of the body, and a feeling that something dangerous is about to happen.
On average, an attack lasts up to 10-15 minutes, sometimes a little longer (up to an hour).
Some people even wake up during the night due to so-called nocturnal panic attacks, according to a 2013 study published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.
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