Brief Explanation About Panic Disorder

Dr. Wagner Paulon

11/2009

The Panic Disorder and Panic Disorder is an anxiety

disorder. Although this description and definition
have been made for many years, the coming of an
effective treatment is recent and the results are
promising, which has attracted greater spread of
the disease by the media.

Panic Disorder is a disease of organic basis, with

physical and psychological manifestations. May
present with or without agoraphobia. The meaning
of agoraphobia is the fear of open or closed places,
situations have in common the fact that the output
of the data from these sites be impossible or
impractical, such as queues, traffic jams, lifts,
cinemas, theaters, concert halls and many others.

In the context of panic disorder occurs, a change

from some of the chemicals involved in the
transmission of impulses between nerve cells
(neurons). The physical sensations and
psychological needs of patients are very similar to
those that occur in bouts of anxiety and fear that
have been discussed: tachycardia, shortness of
breath, dizziness, feeling of loss of control, strong
desire to escape the situation, feeling of impending
death, and others.

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The symptoms described above appear suddenly
and unexpectedly, without any possibility of control
by the patient and for no apparent reason to be
(the absence of a stimulus revivalist), often causing
the patient to lose confidence in your body, your
health and end in itself.

Example of a Panic Disorder:

A certain person traveling in your car to the interior

had his first panic attack with symptoms of
dizziness, blurred vision and lack motor. This was
followed by difficulty breathing, tremors,
tachycardia, sensation of chest pressure and
imminent death. It was impossible for him to stop
in the middle of the road and his fear increased.
Physical symptoms gave way after half time and
left very tired, but reached its destination. After
this incident she was afraid of feeling "it" again,
which came so suddenly, that is, for no apparent
reason. Decided not to address it on the road
because it could go bad again, in fact, thought it
was better not to travel more because it could be
sick on the road, where there is no help. He had
crises in other places that also has to avoid, as a
hairdresser and supermarket. Their quality of life
worsened significantly since they could no longer
rely on their physical and depended on his mother
to go anywhere. The mother could care for her case
from getting sick.

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The organic change, the fear generated by the
repetition of unexpected crises, the onset of
anxiety before the fact to take place (anticipatory
anxiety), the disbelief in their ability and knowledge
of the causes of these changes come together in
Panic Disorder. The main behavior resulting panic,
we can cite the avoidance (flight) situations in
which the patient has already felt the symptoms
and dependency on others to carry out daily
activities. This dependence arises from the
difficulty experienced by the person to be alone in
those moments, do not believe that can take care
of itself in time of crisis. The situations may be
quite varied, ranging from stay at home at any
time for fear of feeling bad or going out, going to
the supermarket, make visits and others.

Most of the sensations described above may result

in the patient feeling of shame and helplessness
that reinforce the difficulty of believing in your
ability to care for themselves and preserve their
physical and mental. This creates a vicious circle
difficult to stop without being accepted certain
detailed arrangements.