If you suspect that you’ve had anxiety or panic attacks recently, you’ll need knowledge about the symptoms so that you can take the necessary steps to master your condition. There are basically two ways you can follow:

· learn about anxiety self help
· seek professional help

Furthermore, if you are feeling that your life is filled with particularly much stress, you should learn more about anxiety attacks symptoms so that you can turn the problems around before it gets extremely serious.

Breathing Problems

A common symptom of anxiety is tightness in the chest. If you have problems with breathing or find it difficult to speak properly, you might suffer from anxiety attacks. During attacks like these, try to find a place where you can sit or lie down, if possible nearby a window or an open door. You will then be able to get some fresh air and the increased oxygen will help your chest muscles to stop contracting and decrease your body temperature.

Digestive Issues

Problems with digestion are also common symptoms of anxiety attacks. Problems with swallowing food, loss of appetite or an unsettled stomach are all symptoms of stress. If you experience these symptoms, eating un-processed or foods in their natural state would be a significant part of your Anxiety self help efforts by helping you to stop the anxiety symptoms.

Eat organic fruits and vegetables instead of canned varieties. Foods like these are free of pesticides; chemicals that many people react negatively to.

Discomfort and Pain in Arms and Legs

If you experience anxiety frequently or think that you are in the middle of an anxiety attack, you may have a tingling feeling in your hands or feet. If it continues, you may experience pain in your extremities but you can reduce it by regularly muscle stretching and exercising. The prickling is caused by nerve damage, so when you exercise, you will increase your body’s circulation. This way your muscles are strengthened.

Exercise will also help your breathing, thus decreasing the likelihood of having shortness of breath when you are under extreme stress. Try jogging or running for minimum 30 minutes per day, or using free weights in order to strengthen the muscles in your arms and legs.

Sleeping Problems

Another anxiety symptom can be lack of sleep or it can even be the opposite; too much sleep. Let’s say you go to sleep at a decent hour but wake up many times during the night or you go to sleep early and sleep for 10 hours or more, this could be a symptom of severe anxiety.

Your physician may be able to prescribe medication that will help you to sleep through the night. You may also try natural remedies such as valerian root or 5-HTP at your local health food store. These natural remedies can play a vital role in your Anxiety self help regimen by raising your serotonin levels, thus giving you the ability to deal with stress in a more healthy fashion throughout the day.

by Gerd Petersen

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