Panic Attacks Symptoms: Panic attacks symptoms usually strike us when we are far away from home. Yet we have to know that this can happen almost anywhere and anytime. We may have panic attacks symptoms at the shopping mall, maybe when we were walking down the street or driving in our car. The panic attacks symptoms will occur and reach the peak in 10 minutes. Most of them have it last for about 20 up to 30 minutes and less than an hour. The symptoms are the trembling or shaking, short breath or called hyperventilation