I just read yesterday that panic attacks can occur during sleep without involving any dreaming - so what has happened to you is "normal" for panic attacks. I wish you the best of luck in recovering from them. I had a major one yesterday and called my T who talked me through it and brought me safely back down to the ground. I think I am going to have my Xanax dose increased. I am also going to a pdoc this week for anti-depressants to see if they can help me. Now I have to "talk" to 2 people about this stuff and not just my T. Fortunately, I know the pdoc from where I work (he comes into where I work each week) and he and my T are good freinds and I have given them each permission to confer with the other. Again - GOOD LUCK