I am interested in anxiety and panic. Some people think panic is just the extreme anxiety. From my subjective feelings panic is the feeling of anxiety of the anxiety which is happening - you are afraid of the anxiety itself.
I look at these hypotheses from neuropharmacological point of view. If the panic is the very pronounced anxiety, can it be both of these feelings are regulated by the same receptor or pathway, just panic is caused by more activation (or inhibition) of the same receptor. Or both feelings are caused by different receptors/pathways, even they may have connection between them?
Also, anxiety can happen without panic, this is how it usually manifests, but can the opposite feeling also happen - panic attack with no anxiety? If no, it looks that form neuropharmacological point of view there is at least a very deep connection between these hypothetical receptors/pathways, or there is the same pathway with different activation strength.
I look at these hypotheses from neuropharmacological point of view. If the panic is the very pronounced anxiety, can it be both of these feelings are regulated by the same receptor or pathway, just panic is caused by more activation (or inhibition) of the same receptor. Or both feelings are caused by different receptors/pathways, even they may have connection between them?
Also, anxiety can happen without panic, this is how it usually manifests, but can the opposite feeling also happen - panic attack with no anxiety? If no, it looks that form neuropharmacological point of view there is at least a very deep connection between these hypothetical receptors/pathways, or there is the same pathway with different activation strength.