An attack of panic is an intense state of fear which occurs for any apparent reason and is characterized by the following symptoms, although you must only test four of them to classify your state as attacks of panic:

-Shortness of breath or smothering sensation.
-Dizziness, unsteady feelings, or faintness.
-Accelerated heart rate.
-Trembling or Shacking.
-Numbness or tingling sensations in fingers, toes or lips.
-Chest pain.
-Flushes or chills.
-Fear of going crazy.
-Fear of becoming seriously ill.
-Sweating
-Choking
-Nausea
-Feelings of unreality.

If you experience an attack with fewer than four of the above symptoms is called a limited symptom attack. Panic attacks have different time frames, they can build gradually over a period of several minutes or hours or strike very suddenly. While they can last from a few minutes to several days, most usually don’t last more than half an hour.

When anxiety or panic is felt regardless of where one is, it is called spontaneous anxiety or spontaneous panic, depending upon the degree of intensity. If the anxiety or panic occurs only in a particular situation, it is called situational or phobic anxiety or panic. If anxiety or panic is triggered by simply thinking of a particular situation, then this is called anticipatory anxiety or anticipatory panic.

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