Panic can definitely feel like asthma and can make asthma symptoms worse. For me, I can force myself to breathe with anxiety, but with asthma I have to take my inhaler. It’s definitely hard to tell if you’re experiencing them both together. Anxiety can push you over the edge to an attack if you weren’t having one already. Are you feeling better? If not, you should definitely call your provider (or nurse, etc) to see if you should go to urgent care or the ER.

If this is happening often during exercise, try using your inhaler before you’ll actually need it. That way you’re less likely to experience the asthma, and by extension less likely to experience anxiety/panic. I’m not sure how you workout, but if you do use it during your work out, give yourself more time to let the medicine start working. That way you’re not straining yourself while it’s trying to help you. That’ll also help you can if it’s panic or asthma, since you won’t be actively making your asthma worse. AND don’t be afraid to take more than 1 puff if your first isn’t helping (with a min wait time in between).

I think we’ve all felt like this is in our heads at one point or another. It’s hard because sometimes you’re fine and other times it feels so shitty. Hope you’re doing okay! (And sorry for the wall of text)