Is there a difference ?

Any anxiety disorder can come with panic attacks. But they arent the same.panic attacks are thise horrific moments when terror surges thru you with trembling and irrational mindset. You know if you had one, horrible.  Health anxiety is hypochindria and feeling you have some disease or reading about one and manifesting it symptoms. Do that enough and then you start feeling you have an illness and eventually it will scare you into a panic attack. gAD is a chronic worry wart amd over think with more ocd twisted in it and enough of that eventually eill trigger a panic attack. Yiu can be worried for years before the inset of a panic attack. A oanic disorder is when it trigger a lot. Sensory overload basically and anything can trigger a panic attack. Panic attacks you can train and self talk through once you learn how, wint stop the attack per say but limit it. Fear a panic attack and  it recycles. I think a persons personality leads them to overthink a ton or be critical or analytical. I think the oanic aspect is a mal functioning issue personally. A broken switch of some sort. It all sucks. But its like different pieces of the package. Manyntimes there are other mental illness or disorders intertwining with me a disorder  it seems to be that way.

Julio

An anxiety attack is when you are concerned a condition will make you ill, you worry for example if you have a bad tummy and you think the condition is serious you will go to the Doctor to arrange treatment, you are a worrier.

A Panic attack is when you feel trapped and feel you have no where to go. This causes the body to go into what they call a fight or flight mood, this can cause a mental conflict you become confused and Panic on which way to tern, you are stuck like a cat caught in the headlights of a car, the conflict prevents the person make a decision.

BOB

Totally agree with Bob

Thanks for replying . I am totally confused of what I may have due to it being a crazy vicious cycle . I worry non stop about my health and if I have stomach cancer or a tumor in my head it goes back and forth . I do have moments were I get dizzy,chest hurts and hearts starts pumping fast and I know this a panic attack . I was diagnosed with GAD.i am hoping to overcome it but I have been struggling lately but I don't want meds. My doctor tells me I am only making it harder on my self