Panic Attacks vs. Real Problem

How do you determine whether something happening to you either physical or emotional is a panic attack or the sign of a real problem?

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a panic attack can put you through the ringer. If you are worried about having a more severe problem, I would go to your doctor and tell him your symptoms. He'll run the appropriate tests and determine the problem.  A panic attack is physical and emotional. I can get a panic attack for no reason. Those are the worst. You can also get them from stress at that very moment in your life, or a build up of things that have happen in your life.