Anxiety attacks are primarily caused by an excess production of adrenaline - the fight/flight hormone - that activates the Sympathetic Nervous System. It is the latter that is responsible for all these weird physical symptoms that ogften accompanies anxiety attacks.
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Jurriaan Plesman BA (Psych) Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr
Editor of
The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia.