Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia

Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia



Panic disorder is at its most severe when it becomes panic disorder with agoraphobia. Panic disorder with agoraphobia happens in about 30percent of all cases and causes the victim to avoid 'unprotected space'. Victims think about any area where a panic attack could happen to be 'unprotected'.



Agoraphobia sets in when the panic attack sufferer is not willing to risk having an attack in a public space. Agoraphobic people live in very little worlds that consist only of places they consider safe.



Agoraphobics are so dominated by fear that they become ready to do fewer and fewer things. Symptoms of agoraphobia come with:



• Frequent panic attacks with severe anxiety in between.

• Avoiding attacks by staying home all the time.

• Depending too heavily on others.

• Extreme fear of solitude.

• Worrying about an escape route at all times.

• Fear you'll lose control in a public place.

• Isolated plus detached feelings.

• Persistent feelings of helplessness.

• A persistent feeling of unreality.

• Feeling your body is somehow unreal.

• Twitching, trembling, or emotional outbursts.



Agoraphobics have symptoms which are periodically disrupted by panic attacks. Agoraphobic panic attacks are the most severe kind. Panic attacks are mostly confused with heart attacks, especially for agoraphobics. The following symptoms signal the start of a panic attack:



• Breathing trouble.

• Feeling woozy or dizzy.

• Feelings of lightheadedness or fainting.

• Numbness and tingling sensations.

• Blushing uncontrollably.

• Chest tightness.

• Thinking you are dying.

• Fears of being mentally ill.

• Rapid pulse.

• Temporary increase in blood pressure.



Panic disorder with agoraphobia should not be ignored. Agoraphobics typically have been dealing with panic for years.



The negative effects of panic disorder with agoraphobia include social isolation, unemployment, plus damaged personal relations. Despite the severe symptoms, treatment for panic disorder with agoraphobia has a very high rate of success.



Early diagnosis makes every one the difference. Early treatment creates the fastest cure. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) combined with systematic desensitization is the most effective and most often used treatment. Drugs are also sometimes used.



CBT is a technique for changing how an agoraphobic thinks about fear and the world. Systematic desensitization works by exposing the agoraphobic to very little stressors.



Simply imagining leaving the house may be the first step. When that can be done without panic, the next step might be to imagine opening the door. By the end of the treatment, the agoraphobic may step outside. A full recovery is a completely reasonable expectation.



Antidepressant medications may be prescribed to relieve the most intense symptoms. Drugs can improve the effectiveness of therapy. Drug therapy is sometimes gradually discontinued after treatment is successful Drug therapy can also continue for life to prevent relapse.



Treating panic disorder early can stop agoraphobia. The cause of panic disorder with agoraphobia is unknown. Anxiety disorders make up the most common form of mental illness in the United States. Anxiety disorders are accountable for 30% of all the money spent on mental illnesses.



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