To help understand about anxiety disorders and how they are diagnosed, here are some facts. Twice as many women than men are diagnosed and treated. Physicians theorize that the numbers maybe closer, because men are more reluctant to seek help.

There are sign of anxiety panic disorders related to the neurotransmitter serotonin and play an role in the expression of the signs of anxiety, depression and panic disorders.

When the body does not produce the correct amount of neurotransmitters, the brain of a women will be more affected, because women has more receptors. More serotonin receptors may account for a higher percentage of women, affected by anxiety.

Related to the number of receptors and the hormonal differences in the sexes, makes a difference in the way men and women react to the anti-anxiety and anti-depressant medication.

The symptoms of anxiety panic disorder can reach its fullest intensity in 1 or 2 minutes. Most panic attacks won't last longer than 45 minutes. Anxiety attacks can last for a few hours and come on more slowly.

The initial diagnosis of a panic or anxiety disorder is most often in a person's 20's and 30's. It is uncommon for the first attack to happen in the teens or after 40. Even people who are thought to be emotionally well-adjusted are as prone to anxiety or panic attacks which increases the evidence that there is a biochemical reaction responsible for the disorder and that it isn't purely psychological.

Signs and symptoms of a panic disorder include hot flashes, tingling in the hands or feet, and overwhelming sense of fear or anxiousness, feeling like there is something in the throat, dizziness, shaking and nausea.