I'd definitely say it was anxiety by what you've just described. A lot of times when I'm having anxiety/panic attacks it's because it's what I'm thinking about or how I'm thinking about a certain subject. I tend to awfulize a lot of things. So you can start there by trying to stop any negative thinking you may have about your husband being away. To do this, distracting your mind seems to work best for me. Some people can just say the word "stop" in their head and they can stop the thoughts, but that doesn't seem to work for me.

Another thing that works, especially with anxiety attacks, is deep breathing. I was taught that you are supposed to exhale about twice as long as your inhale was. So say you count to 4 as you are inhaling. When you exhale you would count to 8. A lot of therapists would also like you to pause your breathing inbetween the inhale and the exhale. I guess the point in this would be to stop from hyperventilating.

Also exercise is a good way to get all that anxiety out. Just walking around the block is beneficial. I like to clean when I'm upset so I get to make things look nice along with getting a little exercise in the process.

There are so many different kinds of things you can do to help with the anxiety. So hang in there. The thing about calling your doctor, if you feel you cannot handle this on your own I would call him and maybe he can refer you to someone who would be able to work with you about the anxiety.

Take care.