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Originally Posted by notthisagain
When I have panic attacks, I get every symptom but #3 (unless I don't realize it at the time because the other symptoms are more disturbing to me). Sometimes I also have light sensitivity in addition to those symptoms. At times, I will have balance issues, IBS, and heart palpitations that I guess can be classified as an anxiety attack, but I thought that the terms were pretty much used interchangably.
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Thanks. I think they are interchangeable. For panic attacks though, some symptoms I didn't list are part of culture and background like headaches, screaming, crying, etc., and those symptoms aren't part of the panic attack criteria.
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