What happens after you experience a panic attack? Most people that
experience panic attacks have described a lingering generalized anxiety that
seems to stay with them for an extended time after the panic attack has passed.
Panic attacks are not a random or spontaneous event. They are part of an
underlying general anxiety that acts as the pathway for them to happen. Some
people claim that their attacks come out of no where but in fact the person
could have already been feeling a level of generalized anxiety before the
attack started.
Generalized anxiety has been described as recurring fearful thoughts
accompanied by a feeling of having an uncomfortable knot in the stomach. This
is referred to as GAD or
Generalized Anxiety Disorder. GAD could be considered the beginnings of
future panic attacks. As such it should be addressed and eliminated so you can
go on with your life unimpeded by stressful sensations.
On a scale of 1 to 10, a full scale panic attack would be a 10, being
nice and relaxed would be a 0. On an average day in a city, a person not prone
to panic attacks could be at level 4 or 5. Those who experience panic
attacks would be at 9 or 10 and would not fully recover for quite a while. What
is even worse is that some people never fully return to a normal level.
If you suffer from panic attacks, do you feel yourself to be in a
constant generalized anxiety state? If yes you would be in the range of 6 to 7
almost daily. When you wake in the morning you have that anxiety and you would
go to bed feeling the same. You probably feel like you are stuck in a permanent
state of high anxiety. You feel jumpy, irritable and physically do not feel
well. Your body would be tense and uncomfortable and your mind filled with anxious
sensations.
Being in this permanent state of tension in body and mind can lead to
sensations like:
1. Dizziness
2. Exhaustion
3. Nausea
4. Cramps
5. Intrusive Thoughts
6. Vision Problems
7. Feelings of Depression
If you fit into this scenario then you need to do what you can to get
out of the rut of being on the verge of a panic attack. This is something that
can be tackled on your own with all the information available. If you feel you
need professional help then by all means seek it before your attacks take over
your life.