Is there a difference between an anxitey attack and a panic attack?

Anxiety attacks: Essentially, anxiety attacks and panic attacks are interchangeable terms describing the same experience. No matter what they are called, they are uncomfortable. The good news is that they can be treated very effectively with medication and cognitive behavioral therapy.

Yes.: A panic attack, is one form of anxiety, with characteristic features, that make it particularly hellish terror. It has a typical underlying neurochemistry and response to specific treatments. But an anxiety attack would be a time-limited experience of anxiety that doesn't have those features and that may be either more or less hellish. Its features are less specific.

Yes, how severe: The difference is one of degree of severity. Anxiety attacks are much more common, and be treated more easily. Panic attacks are much more severe, and are accompanied by breathing difficulties, agitation, and often feelings of impending doom or that one is dying. Both can be treated by cognitive behavioral psychotherapy with medication if needed. Both can have good outcomes. Good luck!