i used to have panic attacks quite regularly, they came out of nowhere, all i can pin it down to really is a plane flight to greece…ive never had a problem flying but this time i really spazzed out, i even spilled boiling hot coffee on the person next to me :$
anyway like i said i don't have them anymore, but when i did it used to feel like i was having a heart-attack/going to faint and they usually came on in crowded places/buses.
but now i don't have them, i just feel dizzy, permanently exausted and i always have a headache.
are these symptoms linked?
if not, what might have caused this?
thanks x

Hi.
It definitely sounds like panic attacks. I get them too, but only when I'm encountered with math. I was never able to do math, therefore, I got horrible panic attacks and anxiety problems.
Obviously, your panic attack was from your flight to Greece. Although you've never had any problems with flying before, its a good possibility that you had just developed a fear to fly. Its just like somebody with an allergic reaction, you may not be allergic to say.. dust, but tomorrow its a possibility that you can be allergic to it.
The exact same thing goes for panic attacks and anxiety problems, you may not have a fear of something at first, like flying for example, but then your next flight you might notice something about the plane that you didn't notice last time, and it just really, really scares you or makes you uneasy.
Dizziness and exhaustion are definitely symptoms of a panic attack, I don't see what else it could be.