Very interesting. I had wondered if they were panic attacks, but every story I've read about panic attacks deals more with the physical symptoms and people panicking from those symptoms. I never knew episodes like these could be panic attacks. hmmmmm....

I guess it would make sense though. Growing up, my mom had panic disorder w/agoraphobia, and it is genetic. This means I'll be mentioning this to my pdoc when I email him in a couple weeks. Luckily, they don't happen THAT often (last one was in Sept), so I know it's not panic disorder, but I don't want it to get to the point of panic disorder. I'll see what he says...