Home > Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) > Panic Attacks & Panic Disorder: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment > Panic Disorder Test: Screening for Unexpected Panic Attacks More Articles Panic Disorder Test: Screening for Unexpected Panic Attacks Take this short quiz to determine if you may have panic disorder—an anxiety disorder characterized by recurring unexpected panic attacks. Below is a list of questions that relate to life experiences common among people diagnosed with panic disorder—an anxiety disorder characterized by recurring unexpected panic attacks. Please read each question carefully and indicate whether you have experienced these thoughts or symptoms in the past year. Keep in mind that the effects of certain drugs or medications, as well as certain medical conditions, can cause panic attacks so you should discuss your symptoms with a doctor. Note that panic disorder refers to recurrent unexpected panic attacks—that is, the attack appears to occur from out of the blue. In contrast, expected panic attacks occur when there is an obvious cue or trigger, such as a specific phobia. In the U.S., roughly 50% of people with panic disorder experience both unexpected and expected panic attacks. Your privacy is important to us. All results are completely anonymous. Have you ever experienced an abrupt surge of intense fear or discomfort seemingly out of the blue, that lasted several minutes? Yes No If yes, have you experienced any of the following symptoms during those minutes? Palpitations, pounding heart, or accelerated heart rate? Yes No Sweating? Yes No Trembling or shaking? Yes No Shortness of breath or a feeling that you are being smothered? Yes No Feeling like you are choking? Yes No Chest pain or discomfort? Yes No Nausea or stomach ache? Yes No Feeling dizzy, light-headed or faint? Yes No Chills or heat sensations? Yes No "Pins and needles" (numbness or a tingling sensation)? Yes No A feeling that you are crazy or losing control? Yes No A sense of being detached from yourself or your surroundings, or observing yourself from outside your body? Yes No Worried that you are going to die? Yes No For at least one month after you have had this experience, have you: Consistently worried that you might experience these symptoms again? Yes No Taken steps to avoid a repeat attack—for example, avoiding unfamiliar situations? Yes No In the past year, have you experienced withdrawal symptoms when not under the influence of alcohol, such as nausea, trouble sleeping, restlessness, sweating, racing heart, or shaking? Yes No During the last year, has the use of recreational drugs (e.g. cocaine, amphetamines, cannabis) impacted your ability to function or fulfill your responsibilities with at work, school, or home? Yes No Have you been diagnosed with cardiac arrhythmias, hyperthyroidism, asthma, COPD, or irritable bowel syndrome? Yes No Panic attacks may also be the result of another undiagnosed mental health condition. Do you feel intense worry or fear of being judged negatively in social situations? Yes No Do you have a fear of a certain situation, animal, or object that causes you to experience the panic, sweating, trembling, and/or heart palpitations? Yes No Do you experience persistent and excessive worry about a number of different things, so much so that it interferes with your daily life? Yes No Please enter the text above to prove you are a human. Enter your email below to receive the free Psycom mental health eNewsletter. (We try hard to make it great and we will not bombard your inbox) Email I acknowledge that Vertical Health will use my information to provide eNewsletters and marketing. I understand I can withdraw permission for this at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the footer of any email I receive from Vertical Health. Vertical Health uses third party service providers like MailChimp, Amazon Web Services, Rackspace, and ObjectLabs Corporation (mLab), to store data. My information may be transferred to the aforementioned service providers (or other similar services) for processing in accordance with their privacy policies. Last Updated: Jul 23, 2018
