Were the patient’s experiences really panic attacks (in the medical sense)?

This article was first published on June 30, 2024. It was last reviewed, updated, or edited on July 1, 2024. It is fairly common, isn’t it, for patients to say that they have been having “panic attacks”?  Patients with exacerbations of anxiety often say that they “felt panicky” or have been “having panic attacks”. But…