Depression and Anxiety

PANIC = FEAR
ANXIETY = LUST
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good question but i dont know the answer to it ask a doctor and then let me know
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I think anxiety attacks are more serious and can be treated medically while panic attacks most of us all have at least once in our life time and we can recover afeter a few minutes
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the symptoms are pretty much the same for both.xx
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i've always thought they were the same thing?
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suffer from anxiety

as the person above me said. panic = fear, you are afraid of something and it causes you to panic about it and it is so heavy, however when you are lusting over something heavily you get those anxiety attacks. They are different and the same in many ways. Good luck with your research,
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There is no difference. Panic and anxiety are pretty much the same thing. You panic because you're anxious, you're anxious because you panic. It's just a different word.
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I'm definatly no expert and to be honest, ive had my fair share of anxiety.

Take anxiety as the feeling of not wanting to go to work tomorrow because your fearful of what your boss may say about your work, take panicing as the feeling of being in that situation and feeling a sudden state of adrenaline and wanting to flee the situation

As you may know, theres a difference between panicing and anxiety, anxiety is usually described as an overwhelming fear or can be a long term worry. Panicing is usually a state where by the person will feel overpowering anxiety and will usually feel extremely fearful and want to get away from the situation as quickly as possible.

So, the main differences between a panic attack and an anxiety attack i would say are the intensity of the two. Panic attacks usually give you a rush of adrenaline and gives you that urge to flee from the situation, anxiety attacks can sometimes be described as the same, but sometimes just described as sudden feeling of fear or depression from fear without the feelings to flee or evade the situation.

I hope this helps.
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Anxiety is being overly nervous/anxious about a situation, but still able to function.
Panic is being so overcome with fear that you simply cannot move forward.
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panic attack is when you get upset (sometimes not even knowing why) and your heart races, you feel you can't breathe, you feel like you are dying.

anxiety attack is when all you can do is worry about bad things happening. such as someone you love will be in a bad car accident, or fall off a cliff, or die for any odd reason.
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no difference
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I have both,i never think about others in a panic and anxiety attacks,panic is for all self protection,anxiety is the feeling to be alone,we scream for attention.
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The terms anxiety attack and panic attack are used interchangeably in popular culture, but they have very specific and different meanings to psychiatrists, so I'd like you to know what the difference is too. It's important to know whether you are having and anxiety attack or a panic attack because it will affect the type of treatment that you are likely to respond to (as I'll discuss at the end of this article).

An anxiety attack is when something bad happens to you or you're thinking about something bad and you get really anxious. You can get so anxious that you might even have some physical symptoms. For example, you might get shaky, your heart might race, or you might get short of breath. An anxiety attack can last anywhere from a few minutes to a few days. The main feature of an anxiety attack is that you are worrying about something in your LIFE (for example, relationships, work, school, money).

A panic attack on the other hand comes on all of a sudden, out of the blue for no reason at all, and it's all about your BODY or your MIND. You suddenly feel like you must be having a heart attack (or a stroke, or passing out, or choking, or vomiting, or going crazy, or losing all control) because your heart is racing, you're short of breath, you may have nausea or tightness in your throat, and you're shaking. A panic attack comes on within ten minutes, but can last anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours. The main feature of a panic attack is that you are worrying about your BODY or your MIND right then and there, rather than worrying about something in your life. Most people with panic attacks have gone to an emergency room at least once to make sure nothing physical was going on.

Some people actually have anxiety attacks that turn into panic attacks. For example, they will start to worry about something stressful in their lives, but then once they get worked up enough, they will start to worry about what's going on in their bodies or their minds instead. The treatment for a panic attacks that are triggered by anxiety attacks is the same as that used for panic disorder.

As I mentioned before, the distinction between anxiety attacks and panic attacks is important because it will change the type of treatment you are likely to respond to. For one thing, if you have panic attacks, then antidepressants should only be started at very low doses initially because otherwise they can trigger an increase in your panic attacks (i.e. because you are very sensitive to your body). In contrast, with anxiety attacks, you can usually be started at a normal dose of antidepressants right away (and yes, antidepressants work great for anxiety, even if you are not depressed!). Benzodiazepines (such as Xanax, Klonopin, Ativan, and Valium) will work well for both panic attacks and anxiety attacks, but you are more likely to run into problems with habituation (i.e. getting used to the benzodiazepine) when you have anxiety attacks because those tend to be more frequent. When it comes to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, the most effective technique by far for panic attacks will be the interoceptive (body) exposures; whereas, for anxiety attacks, the most effective techniques will usually be relaxation training and thought restructuring. In addition, when you are using cognitive behavioral therapy, you are far more likely to need to do agoraphobia exposures if you have panic attacks because they can so easily trigger agoraphobia (i.e. the avoidance of certain situation and activities).

One final note: Whether you are having anxiety attacks or panic attacks, or both, treatment is very likely to be effective! I hope that you find this information useful. Good luck!
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Panic attacks are classified as the "worst" type of anxiety attack. There are different stages/levels of anxiety, panic being the worst. Anxiety is anything you fear, which everyone experiences on occasion. When it interferes with every day events, is when it develops into panic disorder. Hope this helps!
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I feel anxiety is just a bad feeling u feel about something like ur sad when a friend moves away or nervous for a job interview. And panic attack are SERIOUS i get them allllll the time. It's all mostly in your head and you have to try and talk yourself out of them. I usually wake up at like 4-5 am and im up FOREVER and i watch tv or try to at least and it helps a little. Drinking water and breathing and basically just trying to psych yourself out of it helps.
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I suffer from both of them:(