Has anybody experienced panic in perimenopause? I am 44 , I've always been a worrier but over the past year my panic attacks have ramped up. If I am in a situation where I feel trapped I start to feel panicky, heart racing, shaking etc. I has happened on a bus, in a supermarket queue, in a meeting etc. Now I am avoiding things and my life is getting smaller. I have to go to a concert in my kids school next week and I do not think I can do it but I really do not want to let them down. I spend my time thinking that I am going to panic in situations and it is like a self fulfilling prophecy. Today I went to the local supermarket and I was shaking throughout the self service checkout. I only had 4 things but I felt I needed to escape. Has anybody experienced this? It is so upsetting. I know I am not in serious danger and I try to tell my brain that. I try to breathe calmly but it just makes me panic and shake more.