Thousands of people, year after year, go to the emergency room thinking they are having a heart attack when, in actuality, they are experiencing panic and anxiety attacks. Further in this article you will learn the differences between typical panic attack symptoms and symptoms that indicate someone is having a heart attack.

One of the challenges many people face, especially those who have suffered from a panic and anxiety disorder in the past, is that many of these symptoms are quite similar.

Are The Symptoms Similar?

Both coronary attack symptoms as well as panic attack symptoms can cause discomfort and pain.
They both can cause irregular heart beat
They can both cause the heart to beat faster.

Are there different symptoms?

Rapid heartbeats can cause pain during an anxiety attack but it usually does not, whereas rapid heartbeats followed by pain is one of the indications of a heart attack.
Someone having a coronary attack often feels extreme pain in the center of their chest.

The one suffering from a panic attack will usually experience rapid breathing while someone experiencing a coronary attack will often experience a shortness of breath.
The person having a heart attack will usually have pain in other parts of their body as well. They may feel pain in their arms, neck, jaw, or stomach.

The similarities and differences between heart attack symptoms and panic disorder symptoms can boil down to comparing the level as well as the location of any pain as well as the type of breathing difficulties the victim is experiencing.

If ,in case,you have any of these, or other symptoms, and you are not sure what is causing them it is far better to err on the side of safety and seek competent medical help.

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