Anxiety orders may be acute or chronic. Acute would be manifested as a panic attack, the natural fight or flight reaction at the wrong time. The symptoms caused by this surge in adrenaline can be distressing and frightening. Eventually the disorder can have other effects such as generalized aches and pains, muscular twitching and stiffness, depression, insomnia, nightmares and early waking, decreased libido, and abnormal feelings of tension with an accompanying inability to relax. Menstrual cycle and increased premenstrual symptoms may increase in woman.
Panic attacks can occur at any time, lasting from a few seconds up to half an hour.
To the person experiencing it, it feels like much longer and feels as if they are having a heart attack or stroke. The attacks are very unpredictable. Food allergies and hypoglycemia are both common among people with this disorder. Caffeine may bring on an attack. Many experts believe that panic attacks are caused principally by a malfunction in brain chemistry, where by the brain sends and receives false emergency signals.