Is this Anxiety / Panic attack?

Hello,

I'm having a problem for quite some time and want to get some clarification.

The story:
It all started around 2 years ago. I would have tingling in my left little finger which would go numb, then spread over to my arm, upper left body and a little of my lower left face parts / jaw. The numbness was intensive and would happen every few months. The same thing happened around 2 times on the right side, too. No other symptoms, yet.
Fast forward to the end of 2012 and the symptoms changed a little. It happened every day from the 25th December to the 5th of January, but the numbness was different. It wasn't as intensive. But well, it happened more often so it can't be too good either. My upper body wasn't affected by it anymore, only my arm and sometimes my face. But additional symptoms came with it lately, such as being scared of dying when this happens (panic attack I guess? not too intensive) and being very careful with breathing. I would lie in bed for hours not being able to sleep because I think I'd stop breathing if I didn't do it manually. Now I'm really clueless on what it could be.

Some additional information:
- diagnosed with social anxiety
- 16 years old (so hopefully no stroke / heart attack I guess?)
- already was at the doc, didn't know what it was and told me to continue observing this
- did electroencephalography (EEG) and there wasn't anything wrong, possible migraine

Please excuse my horrible English, I'm not a native speaker, it's 4 AM where I live and I'm just tired. Will try to go to sleep now and maybe read some replies of yours tomorrow.

See you then and thanks in advance!

Im so sorry to hear about your problem. I would almost certainly say its anxiety, though obviously I'm not a doctor, so you should wait to see what your doctor says. I had a very similar thing happen to me a few months ago. I would get numbness in my arm, leg, face. Both sides of the body. I couldn't figure it out. Went to the doctor. They ran some blood tests. Nothing came up. I'm not sure what happened, but it seems to be gone. During that period though I would often wake up with one of my limbs completely asleep and this freaked me out. I too was so worried that I was afraid to fall asleep, not for fear of dying, but because I didn't want to wake up to numb limbs.

My anxiety symptoms seems to change on me all the time. Hopefully this is just an anxiety symptom for you too. Try to relax. Easier said than done, I know!

I just posted this in response to a different thread, but I think it applies here as well. Anxiety is frustrating and can change how it impact us. Here is a long list of anxiety symptoms, that is still "incomplete". Just seeing the list often helps me keep things in perceptive.