Anxiety is often physical, but its symptoms can be surprisingly easy to miss
ABCOn a Saturday morning about five months ago, I found myself hooked up to an ECG machine. "There's quite a few 'cardiac-type' symptoms that people can present with … anything from chest and back pain to heart palpitations and feelings of shortness of breath," Dr Judkins said. "We know, for example, that patients with anxiety and panic disorders — when they do have physical pathology … often the physical issues get missed," Dr Judkins said. "What we see in panic disorder is people become really afraid about what those panicky feelings mean, and they can often misinterpret them as a heart attack or a stroke," Ms Stech said. It's a sign Professor Kenardy said physical symptoms of stress were usually an indication people needed to "check in" with themselves about what was going on in their life.
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