once i had an on going dream that i was pregnant and gave birth to agirl and every time i would have a dream she would keep growing up and i would wake up excpecting to have a child that wasnt there very weird.

Definitely. This is how my first experience with PA was. It happened in 1990 I was 19 and it scared the hell out of me. I went to see a therapist and was mis diagnosed and was given anti psychotic medication.

I am not sure if anyone ever got high (on pot) before but that is how I felt, like I was detached from myself and it scared the hell out of me

just the fact that you think you may be going crazy is a sure sighn you are NOT !!!!!! i do it sometimes too, it comes with the attacks, after a while they will fade away.... Just keep thinking to yourself, AM I GOING CRAZY, THATS WHEN YA KNOW YOUR NOT

For us panic ataack sufferers, this is known as 'feelings of unreality'. It can affect us all in a slightly different way, but it's still the same result: we worry that we're losing our mind. Mine used to be a type of 'amnesia', where whenever I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror (yes, even the rear view mirror), I'd get this horriffic sensation of who is that person? So much so I'd have to talk myself down and go through a whole list of my name, date of birth, where I lived... these steps would help destress the situation. I highly recommend the books by Dr. Claire Weekes. She was a Doctor who suffered from panic attacks. She helps demystify what our bodies are actually doing during a panic attack.

I get that quite often too... I think when you wake up quickly while in a dream it is sometimes hard to shake it off. Just like we can't just turn off feelings in a pinch while we're awake, you can't just switch off the feelings you had a dream good or bad sometimes.

All the time!