 I have been diagnosed last year but I've had anxiety related symptoms since october 2019 but before that moment I experienced a few episodes of something that is similar to a panic attack but it didn't feel like that and now I'm wondering if those might have been panic symptoms or something else totally unrelated to anxiety.What I felt was (in ored of appearance):

* nauseous and maybe a bit dizzy (one time I kneeled on the wc because I really thought I was gonna throw up)
* feeling of losing consiousness (I felt the absolute need of lying down on the bed otherwise I felt that I might really fainted)
* Consequently I felt of course a bit scared because I didn't know for how much long this would go on
* When I lay down on a bed i start to sweat and hearth goes faster

One time this happened before I had to go to uni, at it manifested as soon I stood up from the bed. I remember texting my friend to tell him that I was not going to be at class that day. Then I went to bed, felt the last thing of the list above and fell asleep. 2h later I woke up feeling ok, good. I went back at the phone and I saw that I texted my friend random words that didn't make sense ("send notes from the pdf blackboard professor" something like that) that I did not remember typing, meaning that I was also probably a bit blacking out and really on the verge of losing consciousness.

Another time this happend was when I was on a trip with friends, it happened again as soon as I stood up from the bed, I immediately felt that something was wrong. The same thing happened but this time I couldn't sleep. I waited in bed for 10/15minutes and I went for breakfast. I still felt "stunned/confused" like if I still was on the road of losing consciousness. I did not eat and speak much, in the car it slowly start to get a bit better and eventually it went away, leaving me with a headache. But i was scared of going through the day in this conditions, eventually being distracted by it helped me. Probably the cause of this was that I slept 2 hours more or less, it was hot and I ate too much the dinner before.

I was wondering if anyone of you have any clue if these episodes are or are not related to anxiety/panic.

By confronting with the definition of panic attack I highlighted the ones that I feel that I've felt:"According to DSM-5, a panic attack is characterized by four or more of the following symptoms (the presence of fewer than four symptoms may be considered a limited-symptom panic attack):

* Palpitations, pounding heart, or **accelerated heart rate**
* **Sweating**
* Trembling or shaking ***(more like weak legs, but not always)***
* Sensations of shortness of breath or smothering
* A feeling of choking
* Chest pain or discomfort
* **Nausea** or abdominal distress
* Feeling dizzy, unsteady, lightheaded, or **faint**
* Feelings of unreality (derealization) or being detached from oneself (depersonalization)
* **Fear of losing control** ***(maybe, not sure)*** or going crazy
* Fear of dying
* Numbness or tingling sensations (paresthesias)
* Chills or hot flushes"