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News items on 'Panic Disorder'
(Daily Express 29/09/2009)
Every day Charles Johnson is faced with panic attacks, depression and a phobia so crippling he often has to take powerful medication to dull it. Charles suffers from love shyness, a form of social anxiety disorder that often leaves him shaking in the presence of women he is attracted to and prevents him from having any kind of love life. At the age of 29, Charles is a virgin and has never had a girlfriend.
Recession Flu: "I started to have panic attacks"
(Telegraph 23/01/2009)
The recession began to hit home for me last autumn. I noticed that people were cancelling me. Having a gardener is definitely a luxury that people can manage without. Then friends started being made redundant, too. My husband's job has always been tough and competitive. The fear of what could happen to us began to get to me. The n, when I was shopping with a friend, I suffered a panic attack.
Texting 'is a sign of recovery'
(BBC 18/12/2008)
Each year hundreds of festivalgoers who have either fainted or suffered panic attacks are treated in medical tents. Medical teams noticed that as soon as they were well enough to text their friends, they were generally well enough to rejoin the action. The test could work in busy A&E units, doctors told the British Medical Journal.
Panic attacks heart danger link
(BBC 11/12/2008)
Research, in the European Heart Journal, found heart attacks were a third more likely in people under 50 with panic disorders. The University College London researchers said panic disorders might trigger nervous system changes which could help clog arteries. But others suggested panic attacks might trigger unhealthy behaviour [More Research Required].
I thought I was suffering heart failure at 20. It was the first of the panic attacks that left my life in turmoil
(Daily Mail 04/10/2008)
A young writer tells how he conquered the high anxiety that afflicts millions of Britons. A panic attack does not sound like a serious medical complaint - but the long list of symptoms a sufferer can experience is terrifying. From rapid breathing, chest pains, fainting, sweating, hot or cold flushes and numbness in the hands, feet or other body parts - a panic attack is caused by anxiety...
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