am able to function in most social situations – talking to people, even giving speeches, no problem. But if I’m placed in a situation with a lot going on – a concert, for example, with very loud music, people jostling and yelling, bright lights, and confusion – I get overwhelmed. I feel the need to leave.

My feeling is that this just means I’m better in quieter situations – plays, smaller concerts with not as loud music, movie theaters, etc. My fiancee, who dabbles in psychology, feels that it’s agoraphobia without panic disorder (though I have had a panic attack in the past) and requires treatment with an SSRI. I’d prefer not to be on an SSRI.

Any advice? Is this normal, or agoraphobia?

Tags: bright lights, concerts, confusion, fiancee, loud music, movie theaters, panic attack, panic disorder, psychology, social situations, speeches, ssri

I seem to have the symptoms of a panic disorder. The other night, I was taken to the hospital and treated for what they said was a panic disorder. I am about to get put onto Celexa and have gotten medicine for the ear/head pain I was having. However, I continue to get sudden chills and a cold mouth. It comes on suddenly and lasts for a little while. I seem to have the symptoms of a panic disorder, but what else could be wrong?

Tags: celexa, medicine, panic disorder, sudden chills

My symptoms have been getting a lot worse lately. I just woke up from a deep sleep abruptly and quickly ran to get a drink because I was sure that I was going to die (doesn’t make sense, I know lol). I couldn’t breathe, I was dizzy, and I couldn’t stop shaking my leg (I do that all the time, also fidgeting). It lasted for about 10 minutes and afterwards I started crying. I usually get these symptoms every night before I go to bed (sometimes other symptoms too like numbness), but the symptoms were a lot worse tonight. Usually I never wake up with an attack, I’ll just sometimes wake up with a little fear after a bad dream.

The symptoms rarely happen during the day, but I often get shortness of breath a few times a day for a few minutes at a time.

Does this sound like a panic disorder? The symptoms occur on a daily basis. What can I do to relieve the symptoms?

Tags: bad dream, daily basis, deep sleep, fear, few minutes, numbness, panic disorder, shortness of breath, sleep

About a week or so ago I suddenly felt my heart race (150bpm), head felt dizzy, felt as if I was going to get sick, it lasted about 10-15Min’s (I genuinely thought I was going to die), but I got so worried that i rang an ambulance. I got checked out at the hosp and told they couldn’t find anything wrong but to get a Holter monitor to wear for 24hours so they could monitor the palpitations. (Could take weeks to actually get one fitted)

Since then I’ve been to the hospital 3 times with similar symptoms, this time with added chest pain. I had in total 5 ECGs (One when i was having an ‘attack’) Blood test, Urine test, Sugar level test, Blood pressure and so on, all came back normal. You’d think this would be enough to put my mind at rest? But sadly it’s not.

Now since I have had the last one (about 3 days ago) I feel extremely anxious and constantly lightheaded, have no appetite and keep focusing on my heart beats (checking my pulse every now and then and noticing every little change)

No one has diagnosed me with a panic disorder yet, I’m going to see my GP tomorrow AGAIN. Has anyone of you ever suffered similar symptoms or panic attack/anxiety attack, if so how did you deal with it?

Thanks

x

Tags: 24hours, ambulance, appetite, blood pressure, blood test, chest pain, gp, heart race, holter, level test, palpitations, panic attack anxiety attack, panic disorder, sugar level, test blood, test urine, urine test

can symptoms of panic disorder or anxiety last all day to days or weeks without any on set to an attack and why?

Tags: anxiety, panic disorder

I am almost possitive i am suffering from a panic disorder,and have been for years. I am slowly learning to manage my frequent panic attacks. But one of my only problems is this CONSTANT out-of-body feeling. Like i don’t know who i am, it’s almost like i’m in a dream. I know that sounds so crazy, but it is consuming my life! I feel like i’m watching one of those movies that are filmed from someone else’s view. Like i look down and see my hands and feet and everything, but it’s like it’s not even me. I think i may be going crazy here! I can’t tell anyone this because they think i should be rushed to the hospital. But is this a symptom of panic disorder? If so what on earth can i do to make it better? I can’t live like this! I have cut out caffiene (Spelling), sodas i ONLY drink water. Can food trigger it? I just want it to go away so i can live a normal life and not get terrified that i’m passing out and going crazy. I’m willing to do anything to help myself get back to normal!

Tags: hands and feet, Panic Attacks, panic disorder, sodas, what on earth

When I was 13 or 14 I developed a horrible anxiety disorder. I couldn’t sleep at night, I’d wake up anxious, I’d have crippling attacks at school where my heart would race and pound out of control and I would feel like I wasn’t getting enough air.. It got so bad that I was afraid to leave the house, go out with my friends, even drive. I would have panic attacks at work, it was horrible. And 90% of the time they came on for no reason out of the blue. I tried several different treatments and nothing seemed to work but as I got older I seemed to grow out of it, and went quite a long time panic free.

Now I’m 21 and my panic disorder has come roaring back. I woke up last week with my heart racing faster than it ever had in my life- and since then I have been so afraid of it happening again I’m right back where I started. I have had over 5 panic attacks today, I’m having one right now just thinking about it!!

I guess I’m just looking for a little reassurance. Any comments are welcome. Thank you.

Tags: Anxiety Disorder, heart, long time, out of the blue, Panic Attacks, panic disorder, reassurance, sleep, sleep at night, time panic

I’m 16 and have anxiety..or panic disorder whichever you prefer..
I’m also a hypochondriac which makes things worse..
anywho..
I’ve been having heart palpitations, and skipped beats for a bout a month now….
and my chest hurts a lot on the left side near the bottom of my ribs about where my heart is…
it doesn’t hurt 24/7 but most of the day i have pains that come and go..
sometimes the pain is minor..about a 3 on a scale of 1-10…and other times (mainly at night) it hurts at about a 5 or 6…
should i be worried that i have heart problems, or is this normal for people who have panic disorder?
it’s been keeping me up at night…and i’ve missed bout 3 nights of sleep this week so i’d like some advice..
thanks.

Tags: anxiety, beats, heart palpitations, heart problems, hypochondriac, panic disorder, ribs, sleep

My friends always tell me I worry too much, but I sometimes wonder if I could have GAD or something else. I worry about little things several hours per day and it really stresses me out and makes my muscles tense and I become very irritable. Every month I have a "pregnancy scare". When my boyfriend says he will do something later, I start to worry and freak out and then he gets mad at me for making a big deal out of things.

At night it usually takes me at least an hour to fall asleep because I can’t stop worrying about anything from where I should volunteer, to what time I should get up in the morning, to my relationships, to my school assignments, etc etc.

I also have had panic attacks before, but they don’t seem to be caused by anything, they just come on randomly. I had one a few months ago sitting in the movie theatre, and I had another one last night just sitting here on Yahoo Answers.

One other thing, in my psychopathology class, my prof handed out straws and told us that she uses that as a treatment for people with anxiety. She got us to breathe through the straws only for 30 seconds so we could see what it felt like. Well, I took two breaths through my straw and I suddenly couldn’t breathe and felt very dizzy, and felt like I was about to start crying. It took me at least five minutes to catch my breath again, meanwhile all my classmates didn’t seem to have difficulty breathing through the straws for 30 seconds.

Does anyone know anything about GAD or panic disorder or something and help me figure this out? Could I have GAD or am I just a natural worrier? I know lots of people get panic attacks, but am I normal here or not?

Thank you for reading this, I apologize if it was too long.
I also tend to get sad and depressed for no reason quite frequently, usually at least an hour or two every day, if not more. Could this be connected to GAD? No one else seems to feel like I do and they seem to think I can just shake this off but I can’t.

Tags: anxiety, breaths, classmates, difficulty breathing, five minutes, freak, movie theatre, muscles, Panic Attacks, panic disorder, pregnancy, relationships, scare, school assignments, straws, worrier, yahoo, yahoo answers

I have been diagnosed with panic disorder about two weeks ago before i was diagnosed I had been up under a great deal of stress for about two weeks straight. Then I noticed one day that my muscles were twiching more than usually then that same night my muscles twiched in my chest and scared me. I thought my heart was doing somthing weird so this caused me to have a panic attack. For the rest of the night I felt really weak and had a head ache. Then next day I woke up feeling really weak and tired and I had chest pains. The next day I went to the doctor and told him how i was feeling and what happened and he put me on Effexor. For the past two months I had had tremors mostly in the legs, Chest pain in different parts of the chest, twiching muscles all over the body, Feeling real jittery at times, Feeling dizzy or light-headed from time to time throughtout the day, I have had this pressuer on the leftside of my head for 2 weeks, headaches, neck aches, heart speeds up 57-64bpm to 77-86
well I am not on effexor any more I been off it for over two weeks now I am on the generic brand of zoloft (Serlaline) because My family doctor up my dosage to 150mg form 75mg and I was almost sleep 2 nights after wards and rolled over and felt my heart racing with no symtoms of a panic attack so I went to the ER room and they did an EKG and said to find nothing wrong with my heart at the time but when i first got there my pulse was like 111 then after being there a while the nurse check it and she said that it was down to 81 and she asked me did it still seem to be beating fast and i said yes because usually at rest My puse ranges form 53bpm to 63bpm So I am really scared right now I am a 21 year old male in college was an athelete until all this came about. At times i wonder is there somthing wrong with my nevous system cause by stress. I wish I wouldn’t never started taking any kind of Anti-depressants.
I also sweat real easily esp. at night during sleep My legs sweat more than anything else. Then I also get cold real easy. I have always been a hot natured person every since i was a little kid. I havent really had any test done on my heart or any besides an EKG and a BLood test. The frequent coming a going chest pain that come and go really scare me at times. I has feel as if I have the little episodes of being short of breath when i am not doing nothing I also be trying to fall asleep and at time i will either jump or awake with a snort or gasp for a breath

Tags: anti depressants, athelete, chest pain, chest pains, effexor, ekg, family doctor, generic brand, headaches, leftside, legs, muscles, nevous system, panic attack, panic disorder, rest of the night, sleep 2, tremors, wards, zoloft

I haven’t worked either jobs for the past month while ive been getting treatment for anxiety attacks/panic disorder. I’ve been taking my meds right on time, just like im supposed to and have been feeling better as of late.

I have to go back to both of my jobs tomorrow and im scared about it and now THAT is making my anxiety act up again. I don’t want to have an anxiety attack or something while at work, any suggestions?

Tags: anxiety attack, Anxiety Attacks, jobs, panic disorder, right on time

WHat are the symptoms of panic disorder / can someone help me figure out if i should bug the dr some more. I have these times where something will trigger a memory of something. I feel anxious i shake, can breathe properly kinda like hyperventilation, have suicidal thoughts and just want to run away and hide but am kinda paralysed by fear. I then cannot sleep for like days ill get like 2 hours sleep etc. I went to the doctor got told i had depression got shipped off to a counsiller 3 years later nothings changed.

Tags: 3 years, depression, fear, memory, panic disorder, sleep, suicidal thoughts

I have had panic disorder for over 20 years, and Us phobics know that panic makes us have high bp spikes, then back to normal. More understanding of this disorder would be so helpful. I hate reading that panic people are more pron to high bp. What? unbelieveable. We might at times need to take benzos for our panic, this is something also that needs to be understood, We might need these meds the rest of our lives at times. Drs. should have some panic and see how we feel. I have talked to many about this disorder. And I am sensitive to many meds for this. Only can take occassional benzo. I would never want to try another med for this disorder. I have been to the er many times with side effects. Tests, dr. visits, then shrink…no way. Why would I want to see a shrink for panic disorder when we are not mental emergencies. More pills and sicker…not for me. Hoping for better and safer treatments.

Tags: benzo, benzos, bp, drs, emergencies, meds, panic disorder, pills, rest of our lives, spikes

I’m 16 yeard old. I’ve struggled with anxiety for years, but over the past few weeks I’ve been showing symptoms of panic disorder.

It all started when I smoked a great amount of marijuana in mid-August. I would like you to know that it was a HORROR experience and I never plan to try it again. It was only my 3rd time and I had far too much. I had a full-blown panic attack, mainly because I was in a state where I couldn’t control my thoughts. I kept seeing myself jumping from the 2nd story of the apartment I was in, and breaking my neck. Or saying something totally uncalled for and inappropriate. And I knew it was a possibility because I kept thinking "You don’t know reality from dream right now. Whatever you’re thinking may or may not be real". So any horrible thought that ran through my head could have been real and I wouldn’t have even known it. I was pacing around and my palms were sweating. I kept begging for someone to take me to the mental hospital where I’d be safe. All I wanted was to go to sleep, and I eventually did, but it was difficult. When I woke up I felt better, but the unreality was still vaguely there.

And it has lingered ever since.

I’ve been noticing my palms sweating quite often. I’ve imagined saying or doing something inappropriate, just like before, except I have full control now. But lately I’ve been having dizzy spells and the unreality hits me often. I also get hot flashes. I’m too aware of my surroundings, and I wonder if everything is real. I get numbness all over and I feel disassociated from my body. I have this feeling like I have to hold on or I’ll just fly up into space.

The main places I feel this in are the car (especially in the dark, like on the interstate, with the windows down), the bus when it’s crowded, and one of my classes where I’m in the back corner and the desks are too close together. It hits me the worst on the bus, since it’s crowded and the people are loud. As a result, I have avoided riding the bus for the past two days. Whenever I’m in an open space, like my house, I can deal with it much better.

Whenever I read up on panic disorder, the symptoms are described as "terrifying". I would say that mine are, at most, disturbing. Therefore, I believe I have a mild version of it.

The worst feelings come and go within a few seconds. I just start breathing deeply, telling myself to "chill out" and reassuring myself that everything is okay, and real. It helps to think of my friends.

I have a hard time talking to people about it, because it seems like when I do, everything becomes unreal again, and I get nervous. I vaguely fear losing control.

I see a psychologist every 2 weeks, but since I can’t talk to him about it, I will probably just type him a paper to read. Also, my mom cannot seem to find a psychiatrist. My dad is studying psychology and he knows a great deal about it. He said that it may be a symptom of my major depression.

Can anyone provide me a possible diagnosis, and let me know what I can do to make these disturbing feelings go away? I would like support. It’s the best anyone can do for me.

Thanks!

Tags: anxiety, apartment, desks, dizzy spells, dream right, fly, horror, hot flashes, marijuana, mental hospital, numbness, palms, panic attack, panic disorder, riding the bus, sleep, surroundings, unreality

I noticed lately I’ve been shaking and twitching uncontrollably (my legs mostly), within the past few days. I’ve been diagnosed before as having a panic disorder (and prescribed to Lexapro though I haven’t taken it) so is this just another symptom associated with anxiety? I often confuse my symptoms and blow them up into something much bigger and this causes me to get even more anxious and nervous. How do I determine when or whether or not my anxiety is bothering me? How do I counteract it? What are symptoms of anxiety I should look for?

Tags: few days, legs, lexapro, panic disorder, symptoms of anxiety

I have GAD, OCD, and Panic Disorder, and yesterday I started having an anxiety attack. I haven’t been able to calm myself down, which is strange for me because usually I can overcome them in less than 20 minutes. I also cant figure out the cause of my problem. I thought it was lack of sleep (which was probably part of it), but (after trying to fall asleep for 4 hours last night) I ended up sleeping for 12 hours and I still woke up with the symptoms (though not as strong). All of my normal coping skills havent worked, and I cant seem to get down to the root of the problem (though sometimes I get anxiety attacks when I’m the least stressed).

So my question is, how do you cope with anxiety attacks? I already have two types of medicines (one for daily use and one for when I’m having an attack), I tried meditation, I tried taking a shower, I tried a massage, I tried convincing myself that I had nothing to worry about and I was fine, I tried isolating the problem, and I tried sleeping. So please, dont suggest those.

Tags: anxiety attack, Anxiety Attacks, coping skills, lack of sleep, massage, medicines, meditation, ocd, panic disorder, sleep, taking a shower

I am 12 years old and i suffer many panic attacks a week. I believe that I may be suffering a panic disorder. The symptoms I have include rapid heartbeat, shaking inside, lump in throat, shortness of breath, lightheadedness, fear of losing control, chills, skin losin color, and sweating. please answser!

Tags: chills, fear of losing control, lump in throat, panic disorder, rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath

I’m asking because I’ve been taking ativan for years and it didn’t seem very effective for panic attacks/tachycardia and long term anxiety, but was okay for short acute symptoms; however I needed to take stronger doses of it for it to work. It also produced more of a drowsy/tired&weak body syndrome.

Xanax however, seemed to work much much quicker, and for whatever reason its effects lingered more. It seemed to completely stop any panic disorder/anxiety/tachycardia right in its place, and gave me more of a mental calm, and my body wasn’t as affected as much.

Ativan seems to be more of a muscle/whole body relaxant, more so than a mental/mind anxiety/panic treatment,

whereas Xanax seems to be better for being a "chill pill."

Any ideas? Any other drugs in the same class more effective, etc?

Tags: acute symptoms, amp, anxiety panic treatment, ativan, chill pill, drugs, mental calm, Panic Attacks, panic disorder, tachycardia, xanax

I was given Metoprolol Tartrate by a cardiologist after I acually asked him for Beta Blockers for my panic attacks. He said that I really don’t need it but he can give me one to use it if I need it. He had prescibed me metoprolol tartrate 25mg and told me that take it ONLY if I get heart palpitations during a panic attack 2 times a day for one day and stop it till the next attack occurs. But he also told me to try Xanax first, and if the blood preassure does not go down , and the palpitations do not stop than told me to take Metoprolol tartrate.
I haven’t had any panic attacks last more than 30 minites , and both my blood preassure and racing heart rate goe down right after I take xanax, so I did not use this medication yet.
I read about this drug, it says it needs to be taken daily. I also saw that Propranolol and atenolol seem to be more effective for panic disorder.
I do not have any cardiac problmes, I had cleared all tests. But suffer from severe anxiety and panic disorder which can get my heart to beat 110 to 120, The highest 130, no chest pain at all. This episode lasts about 20 minutes to 30 minutes.
I run everyday, cholesterol levels are very good. LDL 41 HDL 80, Triglycerides 27.
Holter, EKG, Stress test and echo had not shown any problems.
But I suffer from panic disorder.
My blood preassure is usually 110 over 70 but it also goes high during a panic attack to first 140 over 70, if I take Xanax right there it stabilizes and panic goes away, if I don’t than my blood preassure keeps going higher to 150 over 80, 160, over 80, The highest 170 over 80. And goes down back to normal right after I take Xanax with in 10 minutes,
I get those panic attacks 5 -6 times a year. sometimes 10 times a year.
what should I do? shoukd I take the Xanax or the Metoprolol tartrate during a panic attack?

Tags: atenolol, beta blockers, blood preassure, cardiologist, chest pain, cholesterol levels, heart palpitations, heart rate, metoprolol, metoprolol tartrate, minites, panic attack, Panic Attacks, panic disorder, propranolol, racing heart, severe anxiety, stress test, triglycerides, xanax

I myself suffer anxiety and panic disorder and have so for the past 5 years. I am only 16 and at age 13 was agarophobic. I realised that really as bad as this may sound if you want help, you really have to do it yourself because everyone will want to kick you while you are down. My psych however did help me get out of the house and i would love to share my ideas with those who are in the same or similiar position as i was some 3 years ago.

If you have agarophobia-

Count backwards from 500 in 3’s.
Buy a Nintendo DS and buy Dr Kawashimas Brain Training (THIS HELPED ME SOOO MUCH)
Think of as many female names starting with K or countries starting with F etc.

I find, instead of letting the anxiety get to me, I think of other things (its extremely difficult) and eventually the fear will subside.
AVOID caffiene. NO Caffiene what so ever!

And I still don’t cope with crowds so when i find out, ill let ya know what works lol

But remember, you need to challenge yourself and try and keep your mind blank. DONT THINK ABOUT THE ANXIETY. try and do some maths calculations, let ur brain focus on something else.

Anxiety is only a fear. Do not let it get to you. If ANYONE needs someone to talk to, email me xxemotional666xx@hotty.com I may be 16 but i have been through this and i still am… it would make me so happy to try and help people. xx good luck and keep your head high

Tags: 3 years, anxiety, brain training, crowds, fear, good luck, lol, nintendo ds, panic disorder, psych

Mine does, its extreme white coat syndrome. Dr. says treat the panic and bp will be normal. Its true. Mine is normal out of the medical setting. Its not high bp. The bp is secondary to the panic. Klonopin works very well. Don’t know how people with panic disorder, and panic attacks with appointments can ever get acurate numbers with bp. Understanding of this disorder is very much needed. When we panic, doesn’t mean we have high bp, its the adrenaline. As long as it returns to normal, just like when we excercise. An understanding dr. with this disorder is so refreshing. With my experience, its hard to find a understanding mental health professional. I wonder if they have really had this disorder. I have gotten to the point of telling them No this is how things need to be. BETTER TREATMENTS. I have been to the er so many times with side effects and more panic from many of those drugs for this. NO WAY. We can only learn from those who have been helped, or cured.

Tags: adrenaline, appointments, bp, drugs, klonopin, mental health, Panic Attacks, panic disorder, white coat syndrome

i am sooo stresssed sometimes! first of all i just had a child in april. everything seemed dandy and all of a sudden this "disorder" came along. my sex drive is wayyyyyyyyy to almost completely gonee! my husband sometimes stresses why i dont want to have sex. my husbands blod pressure is always at hyper tension1. he feels extremely light headed sometimes. and it ALWAYYYYSSSS seems everytime a responaiblity comes his way that he doesnt find intruiging he feels SUPER SICK, DIZZY, he cant breathe, chest tightness, etc etc etc. I tried working out 30minutes a day and he would get stressed/anziety/panic disorder everytime to watch the baby for those 30 minutes. i feel like he almost sits there for me to pity him…how is he feeling? i dont understand anxiety!

i havent got one night of complete rest since my son has been born. i havent gotten any maassages. my husband wants to be with me 247 because he feels protected around me. but when he’s sick all the time..i begin to get frustrated and just want to say he doesnt know how to deal with responsibilty
omg james i totally feel like were on the same page! im gonna research that book! anything is worth a try at this point

Tags: 30 minutes, amp, anxiety, chest tightness, dandy, omg, panic disorder, sex drive

Is crying, sobbing, and having a feeling of lump in your throat, trouble breathing and shivering main symptoms of having a panic attack?

Would a person be having a panic attack if they are CRYING/SOBBING SOOOOOOOOOOOO hard and can’t stop while having the above symptoms???

Also, if crying IS one of the symptom of panic disorder/or having a panic attack, WHY does that happen???

I’m trying to find ways to calm my best friend when she’s having this ‘episode’ I’m not sure how, she’s always crying when I bring this up, she’s sorta shy person, and quiet, we have this debate to do last week and she suddenly walked out of the class crying so hard, I just felt so sad. I want to help her somehow, but don’t know how! Please help!

Tell me why is she crying? I ask her but she says she don’t know, she said she don’t think she can be in the debate because she feels she’s going to start crying and having all those symptoms… which I think is a panic attack, right?

I’m not sure, someone help, please…

Thank you so much in advance!

Tags: best friend, panic attack, panic disorder, shy person, sorta, throat trouble

I am on my 3rd month and I feel like my anxiety is getting out of control. I have a history if panic disorder, and recently stopped taking anti-anxiety medication in early July. (Which I was only on for a year) My anxiety has never felt this bad. I usually can manage it with exercise, but nothing seems to be helping. Can bc do this? Can anyone recommend a bc that might make me feel better?

Tags: anxiety medication, exercise, medication, panic disorder

A bit of background info: I’m 20 years old & struggling to overcome a severe anxiety & panic disorder. Because I’ve been counting on "loved ones" for support, they say I depend way too much on other people. This is frustrating because "loved ones" are supposed to be there for you in times of need. This poem is really just about my feelings about my entire situation.
They say what doesn’t kill you
Will only make you stronger
Well, I’m strong enough now
I can’t take it very much longer
I’m losing myself
Losing my ground
Trying to cut these restraints
That keep me bound
I’m screaming inside
Does anyone hear me crying?
I’m losing my breath
I’m too young to fear that I’m dieing
My tear soaked hand is left reaching
Reaching for a hand to hold
Didn’t realize I was too dependant
At least that’s what I’m told
And so here I am alone
Standing in the middle of this storm
It doesn’t seemed to have calmed
Guess I’ll just have to conform
It could be worse
Yet I’m still alive
Still hanging on
I know I’ll survive
Can’t say I’m grateful for this
And I may have to do it all on my own
But I’m discovering things
That would have, otherwise, remained unknown
So I’ll try to be positive
I’ll still cry if I need to
But just wait and see
I can do it, I’ll prove it to you
Um…jwinning, I already am on medication & see a psychotherapist. I DO have an anxiety disorder, as I stated in my question.

Tags: amp, Anxiety Disorder, background info, feelings, medication, panic disorder, poem, psychotherapist, restraints, severe anxiety