Anxiety Panic Attacks

Anxiety and Panic Attacks

Anxiety
Anxiety is a normal reaction to stress.
It helps one deal with tense situations in the office, study harder for an exam, and keep focused on an important speech. In general, it helps one cope.
But when anxiety becomes an excessive, irrational dread of everyday situations, it has become a disabling disorder.

Panic attacks
Panic Attacks are sudden surges of overwhelming fear that that comes without warning and without any obvious reason.
It is far more intense than having anxiety or the feeling of being 'stressed out' that most people experience. One out of every 75 people worldwide will experience a panic attack at one time in their lives.

In any given year, about 1/3 of American adults have at least one panic attack; most of these adults never develop repeated panic attacks.
This startling data means that anxiety attacks and panic attacks are the most common emotional disorders and are more common than bipolar disorder, OCD schizophrenia, PTSD, ADHD, phobias, alcohol abuse or depression.
Anxiety and panic attacks also has the lowest rates ‐ about 21% ‐ for seeking help and finding it.
Sadly these numbers are on the rise every day.


The symptoms of panic attacks
Raging heartbeat
Difficulty breathing, feeling as though you 'can't get enough air
Terror that is almost paralyzing
Nervous, shaking, stress
Heart palpitation, feeling of dread
Dizziness, lightheadedness or nausea
Trembling, sweating, shaking
Choking, chest pains, distress
Fear, fright, afraid, anxious
Hot flashes, or sudden chills
Tingling in fingers or toes ('pins and needles')
Fearful that you're going to go crazy or are about to die

Anxiety Attack Statistics
Prevalence of Anxiety disorder: approximately 2.4 million Americans (NIMH)
Prevalence Rate: approx 1 in 113 or 0.88% or 2.4 million people in USA Incidence (annual) of Panic disorder: 1.7% of US adults annually (NIMH)
Incidence Rate: approx 1 in 58 or 1.70% or 4.6 million people in USA Incidence extrapolations for USA for Anxiety disorder: 4,624,000 per year, 385,333 per month, 88,923 per week, 12,668 per day, 527 per hour, 8 per minute, 0 per second.
Lifetime risk for Panic disorder: 3 million Americans (NIMH); 1.6% adults (USSG)
Prevalence of Anxiety disorder: Anxiety disorder strikes between 3 and 6 million Americans, and is twice as common in women as in men.
1 Incidence of Panic disorder: About 1.7% of the adult U.S. population ages 18 to 54 ‐ approximately 2.4 million Americans ‐ has anxiety panic disorder in a given year.
2 Prevalence of Anxiety disorder discussion: Approximately 2.4 million American adults ages 18 to 54, or about 1.7 percent of people in this age group in a given year, have anxiety disorder.
3 In the United States, 1.6 percent of the adult population, or more than 3 million people, will have anxiety panic disorder at some time in their lives.
4 Prevalence statistics about Anxiety Panic disorder:
The following statistics relate to the prevalence of Anxiety Panic disorder:
3 million American adults (NIMH)
1.7% of the adult U.S. population ages 18 to 54 (NIMH)