Panic Attacks

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Exactly. This is just another case of a person's opinion being considered more credible than that of another, simply because they went through medical school and mindlessly repeated back to their educators a bunch of words which they read in a book, written by someone else who had merely gone through the same motions, and after having "parroted" back the contents of enough books they were given a qualification which states that they "know better" than others, regardless of whether or not they actually understood a single concept which was presented in the books they were told to mimic.

The opinion of a "doctor" is not factual just because they're "qualified". See another doctor.

I used to suffer really badly from panic attacks and that's how I felt. I always felt like that I was not breathing properly or that somehow my heart was pumping too much blood (as if that were even possible). I remember being really paranoid that I was ill all the time and I remember developing little phobias, but they;d be really non-sensical, now that I think of it. Thing like worrying that people are going to knife me or my loved ones or having a heart attack in my sleep or something like that. However, when it all began, I really didn't know what was causing it. I now think that it had to do with all the changes that were happening in my life at the time. I did actually have panic attacks prior to that but not as frequent and not as severe and usually with reason. This went on for several years. I got therapy and I was given beta blockers for it. I do admit that even now, I still get anxious and still feel like I'm breathless for no reason, but I don't get full blown panic attacks like I used to and that's probably because I recognise the symptoms and have been taught to recognise that the feeling will pass. It takes a while to learn.

I would still ask the doctor to do a check up just incase, but if they think it's anxiety, then I would see about getting a proper diagnosis and therapy if you can.

To DandelionFireworks: A lot of people with panic disorder don't know that they are having panic attacks. They often think they're physically ill. At first, I thought I was dying and I refused to believe that it was anxiety because I couldn't put a finger on what the main source of anxiety was. Again, I now think it's something to do with all the changes that where happening when I developed the anxiety disorder. At the time it was all just a blur.

To Invader: First of all, doctors work their butts off to save people's lives. Second, don't assume that you know anything about how hard a person has to work to become a doctor or what it takes to become a doctor. Clearly, you don't understand how the medical/scientific community even works. If they were just "mindlessly parroting" the same materials all the time, we'd still be using blood letting and treating epilepsy by drilling holes in people's heads. Third of all, shortness of breath (or at least the feeling) IS a symptom of panic attacks. I really don't know where you got your info from.

Sorry for the double post, but you've explained it better than I ever could.