Teenage Anxiety

Like adults, adolescents suffer from daily stress and anxiety. But as some adults, the anxiety may reach such levels that anxiety attacks can be triggered. adolescent anxiety attacks occur for the same reason that the attacks occur in adults, and symptoms are the same. Here you will learn why panic attacks occur in adolescents, the symptoms and to monitor treatment.

What are the symptoms of anxiety attacks?

For the victim of an anxiety attack (adult or adolescent), the symptoms are really terrifying. Generally, symptoms of anxiety (panic) attacks are things like, tightness in the chest and throat, nausea, dizziness, tremors or shaking, hyperventilation, shortness of breath, tingling in the fingers, hot / cold flashes, sweating, palpitations, a sensation of detachment from reality and a sense of some impending doom / a feeling that you will die, etc.

Note that some of these symptoms can also be signs of other things, you should always consult your health care professional for a diagnosis. In this article we will assume that we are dealing with true anxiety attacks.

What causes panic attacks in adolescents?

First, let's say a person (adolescent or adult) with normal levels of daily stress and anxiety. If such a person is faced with stressful events of normal modern life, they can generally cope without too much trouble, because the combination of stressful events in addition to their daily stress levels and anxiety normal n ' not reach critical limits.

However, if a person with already high levels of anxiety is facing similar stressors, stressful events, added on top allows you to project the level of general anxiety after this critical level. The type of stressful events, especially among teenagers, who can do are things like, study for exams, go on a date, a break with a boyfriend or girlfriend problems at home, problems at school or college, sports competitions, speaking on stage, etc.

When the overall anxiety level peaks above this critical level, the unconscious body perceives wrongly, the peak "in the stress and anxiety to be a sign that the person is in a kind of physical danger. When this happens, the mind and body are running a "fight or flight" mode. It is a primitive reaction the body uses to protect itself in times of danger.

But of course there is no physical danger, all that has happened is that the unconscious has "read" the tip of anxiety as one and acted like he was programmed to do by passing the fight or flight mode. In this mode, certain chemical and physical reactions are triggered to help you make your way either out of boredom or run to safety.

And since you are aware of any physical danger (as there is not any) and begin to experience the chemical and physical changes, you experience them as undesirable and unexpected symptoms described above, that is to say an anxiety attack.

Anxiety attacks treatment options

first-line treatment usually takes the form of medication with drugs such as tranquilizers, antidepressants and / or beta-blockers. They are used to control and manage the chemical reactions in the brain to relieve symptoms of anxiety and panic attacks. These can work well for some people but they have some horrible side effects ranging from diarrhea to addiction. Therefore suffer more and more the use of all natural treatments.

Sometimes doctors will also recommend non-drug therapies such as psychotherapy, counseling, support groups, and remedies self-help such as meditation, self-hypnosis, yoga, acupuncture, even . Other remedies are things like herbal treatments, massage, controlled breathing exercises, diet, daily exercise, relaxation exercises, aromatherapy, and.