Hi, I had what I imagine to be a panic attack the night before last. I have never experienced this before and it was so frightening for me and my fiance. Has anyone experienced panic attacks in early pregnancy and is this normal?. I started out being really breathless and had a feeling that something was very wrong, both emotionally and physically. It was as if I was having seizures or convulsions and I was really scared about something and couldnt stop shaking and crying. after it was over, i was pretty shaken up and just thank God my fiance was there with me, because I think anyone else would have thought I was mad! I am only 6 weeks and had the impression till was something that happened a bit later on. I was also concerned it might have been an epileptic fit as I have had some symptoms of epilepsy before, but never experieced a fit. I just wondered if anyone had had a panic attack or fit like this before and if it could harm the baby?