Yes I have all those thoughts too. It's all part of the pa's ... Don't worry it's scary as heck... Believe me I know... But hang in there they will go away...

Yes!! I've been working with my counselor on with a book called "The Anxiety and Phobia Handbook", and it has helpful ideas and activities to help curb the tendancies towards thinking these thoughts. It's hard work when you're in the middle of a PA. Hang in there; most of us have the same thoughts/feelings with this thing.

with panic attacks your "fight or flight" responses kick in. Sounds like your might lean more towards fight lol. Anyone those are perfectly normal feelings for someone with panic attacks. Its the body and mind gearing up for danger

no one has ever died or gone mad from having a panic attack but it often feels you will at the time

Good advice from other comments. We all have these thoughts during a pa. Moving forward, try to locate and log some of these specific thoughts (which can be difficult, as they move so quickly) someplace where you can take a look at them and reason them out on a day when your anxiety level is relatively low.

Thanks to all of you for all of your helpful replies! Kacey

ugh, i have evil thoughts sometimes, i just try to constantly keep busy so i don't have time to think about bad stuff.

there was once a time when i was practicing self talk... when you talk positive to help calm the panic and i started convincing myself that i had schizophrenia. the brain is a powerful and sometimes imaginative thing.

This is normal Kacey. I feel the same way. Sometimes I feel like I am going crazy cause i can be at a restraunt or something, and have a PA, and I think everyones eyes are on me, and that everyone thinks that I am nuts. Which makes me ask the question "Am I go crazy?"
Just try to think positive thoughts, and keep ur mind off of PA and how long it is gonna take, or maybe u are thinkin that I am going crazy, just totally erast that thought, and replace it with a more positve thought. If you think more positive and encouraging thoughts, then the faster your PA will pass.
x Emma

Yes. I have this problem. When I would have pa's in the middle of sleeping, I would scratch my husband or hit him and sometimes really hurt him. I felt terrible, but I couldn't help it. Then I started taking the Ativan and it basically got rid of the waking up with pa's. Sometimes, while awake and having one, I would pinch him, just to get my mind off of what was going on, or maybe it was to get his full attention....not really sure which. I knew what I was doing, but I didn't really realize how much it was hurting him, nor did I care at the time. So, yes, this is one of the worst parts of it for me. Do you do this to keep your mind off what's going on with you at the moment like I did?