Panic disorder is a sudden attack of terror without warning accompanied by sweating, fainting and dizziness. There is also numbness in your hands and pains in your chest that you may genuinely believe you are having a heart attack. A panic attack is an earth shattering experience. It is like you are going insane, losing control of yourself and things seem unreal. You cannot predict when the next attack will occur and between episodes you will develop intense fear and lingering worry that another