Panic Attack

I guess I have had some panic attacks but there were only moderately, I have never felt this way before.

Yesterday I was at rehearsal after lunch. I was sitting done as my teacher was announcing things to the class when suddenly my heart started beating faster and I felt that it was hard to breathe. I was waving my folder to my face to get more air into my lungs. I felt that I was being compressed into a little box and I could not get out. I had never really experienced any thing like it before. I had always had anxiety but only like the nervous feeling in your tummy or sweating a lot. It was new and I was freaking out.

I carried on rehearsing but I could not get myself to calm down. I was holding my friend's hand and my hand was shaking like crazy and I felt that I had to cry but I couldn't. There was no specific reason why I was anxious or panicking. There was absolutely nothing. I had finished finals, I had no school, there was nothing for me to do. I had a sleepover the day before but there was still this panicky feeling inside of me and I felt like I was going to burst.

So I have gone online and read things about them and I have learned that a lot of people have them and that it is nothing to really worry about. There are medication to suppress them and that if they do get worse that i can go to a doctor for it and it is not abnormal.

There is nothing to feel alone about because many people have it. What are some ways to deal with panic attacks?