I agree. No matter how hard i've tried to calm myself down, it wouldn't cease until it wanted to. I had one just 3 hours ago, and I tried drinking some juice, leaning on the wall, sitting down and laying my head down on the table or on my arms. It got no better. I'm just extremely glad that my attacks aren't very bad compared to some of the ones i've seen discussed on here. The most I get is shakiness, a very uncomfortable feeling in my chest, nausea, being light headed. One of the symptoms I actually like, and its the feeling that reality is gone and you're in a dream. It kinda helps calm you down after a while lol.

Thats right sub tonic,i`ve had sooo many people tell me how to calm myself down,but its all a load of crock,there`s absolutely no way I can cut a panic attack short and control it myself and feel normal within say an hour,i`ve never been able to,altho i`ve been having a good go,but i`m still at square one,prevention is another thing that I cant do,sometimes I can be anxiety free for say a couple of months if i`m lucky,then it just hits me again out of no where,then its back again on and off for months,i just go from day to day,some days its mild,other days its terrible..Someone needs to come up with a cure !!!!
Terrible disease !!!!

The main thing is your breathing - breathing deeply. It isn't easy to do when you start to feel a panic attack coming on though. Its the fear that I am going to stop breathing that scares me the most which makes my breathing more shallow. I know breathing is involuntary and it just happens, but feeling that I can't breathe for me is really scary. Saying it is all in your head is not helpful and only people who don't experience it can say that kind of thing.
It is a physical feeling and it is difficult to control.
I try to calm myself by saying "you can breathe, take deep breaths, you will feel better soon" etc. I don't seem to get really bad panic attacks except for about 3 times in the last 6 or so months, one being particualrly bad.
Does anyone get this feeling that they are too tired to breathe and you're afraid you'll just stop? Thats how it gets me and it can feel horrible.

Yeah. My panic attacks are pretty much gone for now, but I still sometimes feel short of breath if I get worried about something too much. It's not nearly as bad as your mind leads you to believe. Whenever it happens, I force myself to breath normally without deep breaths, and you'll be amazed that you're just fine when you do this. It's just your mind messing with you. If it ever happens, just breathe normally and focus on different things to take your mind off it. It worked for me.