Topic Overview

You may have another condition along with panic disorder that can make successful treatment more difficult. Other conditions include:^{1, 2}

• Depression , which occurs in about half of people who have panic disorder.
• Anxiety and anxiety disorders , such as obsessive-compulsive disorder.
• Substance abuse problems with drugs or alcohol, which often are a result of attempts to cope with panic attacks.
• Social anxiety disorder , a fear of being humiliated in public.
• Body dysmorphic disorder, a focus on a real or imagined defect in physical appearance.
• Hypochondriasis, a fear of having a serious disease based on real or imagined symptoms.
• Somatization disorders , the presence of physical symptoms that are caused by mental conditions.