What are the complications of androphobia?
What are the complications of androphobia?
People who have an extreme fear of men may find it difficult to function in society. You may develop depression or have panic attacks. Ongoing panic attacks, or worries about having an attack, can lead to panic disorder. Many of the therapies used for androphobia can also be used to treat panic disorder. You may also need anti-anxiety medications.
Panic attack symptoms include:
- Noncardiac chest pain.
- Racing heart rate.
- Symptoms like a heart attack.
- Feeling dizzy, lightheaded, unsteady or faint.
- Chills or hot flashes.
- Shortness of breath.
- Feeling of choking.
- Nausea.
- Stomach pain.
- Profuse sweating (hyperhidrosis).
- Shaking or trembling.
- Numbness or tingling (paresthesia).
- Fear of losing control or going crazy.
- Fear of dying.
- Feeling that things aren’t real (derealization).
- Feeling that you are outside your body (depersonalization).