What is claustrophobia?

Claustrophobia is the fear of having no escape and being closed in. It is typically classified as an anxiety disorder and often results in panic attack.

How do members experience claustrophobia?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with claustrophobia*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for claustrophobia*

Who has claustrophobia on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 8
30s 13
40s 28
50s 44
60s 33
70+ 16

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 21
Female 123

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What is claustrophobia?

Claustrophobia is the fear of having no escape and being closed in. It is typically classified as an anxiety disorder and often results in panic attack.



Common symptoms reported by people with claustrophobia

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for claustrophobia

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Compare treatments taken by people with claustrophobia

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Who has claustrophobia on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 25 say claustrophobia is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 8
30s 13
40s 28
50s 44
60s 33
70+ 16
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 34
20-29 years 11
30-39 years 12
40-49 years 3
50-59 years 2
60-69 years 0
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 21
Female 123

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 25
Not Diagnosed 56

These charts show data from claustrophobia patients who have completed their condition history
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