He and his wife are convinced he is having a heart attack. He could be-only, this time, the ER doctors tell him his heart is just fine. What he's having is a panic attack. Though no one should ...

Ruby, an anxious young woman, experiences her first panic attack. As her panic escalates, and with each person she encounters unable to help, Ruby is forced to face the relentlessness of her anxiety ...

A panic attack is a sudden wave of overwhelming fear and anxiety that is accompanied by physical symptoms. For some people it can produce the same sensations as a heart attack, including chest ...

Exercise-induced panic attacks affect numerous individuals, often appearing without warning and transforming what should be a healthy activity into a frightening experience. A panic attack ...

Although there is no actual physical harm than can be brought on by a panic attack, the body’s response can feel as though we are in the throes of a catastrophic and dire moment. Commonly ...

The rush of a panic attack can feel completely overwhelming, but there are ways to calm yourself down, even when you’re in the middle of one. Trying to put a panic attack into words is tricky.

When patients have trouble with panic attacks and come to psychologist Norman B. Schmidt, PhD, he asks if they drink coffee and whether the anxiety strikes shortly afterward, say, in the morning ...