YES! That happens to me all the time! Especially when I had hypochondria. I used to be terrified I had cancer after I googled my symptoms once and cancer came up. I would wake up and the first thing that came to my mind was "You have cancer" or "Your gonna die anyway so why are you waking up?" all these negatives thoughts would always come to my mind about dieing 24/7because I was terrified of death! And then i found myself googling every itch, every cough and soon i was CONVINCED i had some type of cancer. I remember everytime the google results would pop up, I would get hot and sweaty and dizzy, and i felt like I couldn't breath! I would always try to tell myself "your fine" or "if you had some kind of cancer, you would know by now!" but the negative thoughts would always come back and i would obsess over them! But I eventually learned that my health anxiety was just anxiety about something else happening in my life and i took it out on my health. So just some advice, maybe try to dig down in your feelings and find what is really bothering you. It may actually be your health status but maybe it might be something else? But I hope you feel better regardless!

Yes. What I do is laugh, drink some water, and do even breathing, gentle hand motion to lessen the attack.

You are stronger than you realize, since you were able to see it was a panic attack.

Hello Gooseberry. Welcome to DS.

That sounds kinda like what my shrinks have called, "Intrusive Thoughts." I kinda like that name for ^it^. By whatever name, in my own case, the phenom can daisy chain to the Outer Limits and? ? ? Dunno if I've completed the return trip yet, but hopefully that is to the Outer Limits and Back.

Somehow the panic attacks seem like a natural by-product of my mind jumping from bananas to malignant tumors at the speed of a neural pulse. All too often, it really does feel like my physical senses are jumping with that neural pulse. ^It^ remains a WTF moment for me, every time. Radical acceptance has made it easier to ply therapy tools to my intrusive thoughts and their unfortunate side effects, but I still wish for a cure often enough to try Snake Oil every now and again.

Yes, your mind is convinced something is wrong and then it stimulates a fight/flight reaction which can become a panic attack. Going to the doctor to have things checked is always ok, listen to your body. I find there are many feelings or situations that trigger this in me
Maybe try to nail down your triggers and work on changing your reaction to them. Try not to google your symptoms for a while, read into the anxiety instead and it's causes, maybe that can refocus your energy.

The exact same thing happens to me. In the middle of the night or waking up with it my mind goes straight to the negative thoughts. It’s so stressful.