Due to the physical symptoms that panic disorders have, some
people can easily make the mistake of believing it to be a physical problem.
There are a variety of physical ailments that can cause the same range of side
effects and symptoms that panic disorders do. It is believed that a number of
untrained observers may mistake a panic attack as epilepsy, or something
similar. In some cases, the physical effects have been mistaken as heart
attacks or strokes. A lack of knowledge of can also lead some observers to
mistake the side effects of panic disorders to be a case of social anxiety or
performance anxiety.
