panic attack?

[hawiiansurfer]

i need help, i have anxiety, i just worry a lot i guess, but somtimes i get this huge wave of fear out of no where, i get extremely fatigued and shakey as well as nauseous and i have rushing thoughts, and i just for some reason feel that im right on the verge of death, i dont have any other physical symptoms tho, my heart rate is fine, and i can breath normal, i just feel really out of it, almost like drugged, it last about half an hour, and then the overwhelming fatigue and fear as well as nausea and rushing thoughts subside and i am completley back to normal, its like for a small frame of time i become extrememly irrational and paranoid, is this a version of a panic attack?

[allmymarbles]

Good description of a panic attack. I first developed them when I developed high cortisol. I was given Xanax in low dosage to take only as needed. It worked wonders. I was treated for the high cortisol. What I am saying is that you also might have a  physical problem that is causing the panic. Emma, above, suggested the same thing. Even better than treating the symptom, is curing the cause.

[EmmaKathryn]

I would say it is. I have had similar feelings of thinking I am going to die.  It can come out of no where.  I would, however, recommend that you get a full work-up by your doctor to rule out the physical.