I have had panics attacks a few years ago and general anxiety since then..

Well, last three days my anxiety is going through the roof. I am getting so much anxiety I am near panic attacks again. The "feels like a dream" feeling is coming back, and I hate it! I hate it so much! Its so scary. I am becoming scared to be home alone, by myself and scared to do anything that makes me leave home. I dont want to be this way again. I am so scared about going to work on Monday..so scared. It scares me thinking about all this. I don't want to live this way. I don't want to be this way again.

Everything is falling apart in front of me, I dont have a car anymore, I had a very great girl for all of three days then she went back to the ex. I got a 14k bill from the county hospital from my car wreck back on New Years Eve. Like I can pay that! I dont know what to do. I am getting so scared about my anxiety. I don't want to live like this. I just want someone to help me

Going throught the same thing. My anxiety has come back. Today i had to take a klonopin to prevent me from having a panic attack.


How did you get rid of it the last time?

I did the Linden Method but this time I just can't get a grip.

I wish i had some advise on this for you but know you are not alone.

As far as the large bill you got? call and get on a payement plan with them. Alot of people do that.

And the girl... well I have been there.. and it is not worth getting upset over. Take it as meeting someone you like for a few days and had a good time.

Time to focus on you!!!

"How did I get rid of it last time?". You know, I really wish I had a better answer, it was time. Nothing else. Took a few months and maybe I relaxed. The panic attacks went away when I found out it wasn't medical, "medical", that is was just a panic attack. The anxiety lessened but never went away and come back hard some times. Not this bad.I should note that I am diagnosed with GAD, and anxiety cost me my ARMY dream last year.

It wasn't so much as just the girl, maybe it just sparked the whole situation. My anxiety has kept me behind everyone..Im 25 still at home, got my first job in almost 7 years a month ago and this happens as Im trying to get {back} on track.

On the bill, the county hospital should have written it off. I dont know why they didn't. For 14k bucks,. that would take years to pay off when I shouldn't owe anything. Anything to make life harder I guess.

I'm even afraid to take xanax now because I took a xanax before my anxiety came back so now I think it might have something to do with it:(

It's not unusual for someone who's getting their life together to have a setback when it comes to anxiety. For me, success and things going well tends to bring my anxiety on; for example, I was recently promoted during a difficult time at work. I pushed through the anxiety and worked very hard to set the organization right. Then once we get things on track my obsessional thoughts raged up and I was riddled with anxiety.

So, it seems to me that you're getting your life on track and you might want to be gentler with yourself since it sounds like you're making some real progress.

Feel better!

Darlin please take a xanax it will help you very much. Go see a psych doc to help you with this. Dont give up your job,dont let this demon win ok.

Christian, can I ask how bad your anxiety was and what kind of obsessional thoughts you had? I have obessional thoughts as well, my therapist had noted that as being a big problem. I will understand if you dont want to answer.

Caryn,

I am trying not to take the xanax. I was taking 1mg, then .5 mg. The reason it scares me is because I only had 10% of the anxiety I have now before (for years) I took it, and now I am feeling so scared and nervous about everything. It scares me to think this is permanent and if I take it again, it'll make it worse or permanent. I have seen a physc, but I didn't want an SSRI at that time so I didn't take it seriously. I just want my life back to at least where it was a week ago. :( I'm trying to not let the demon win, but its so hard. So so hard.

All my anxiety is 99% situational :(

I've vacillated between uneasiness and full-out "think-I'm-gonna-die" panic attacks. It's unlikely that the Xanax is causing anxiety. But you can mention it to your doc and ask if he or she can prescribe something else. I take clonozepam.

My obsessional thoughts are pretty much the same as most folks: illness, people getting hurt/hurting people, being alone, and, of course, obsessed about having an anxiety attack.

I went through the same.

it indeed is scary and hope-depriving, sometimes (most of the time for me) you feel near-death, others you completely lost motives to anything and want to cut yourself into pieces. I used to describe this as evil slowly devouring my flesh from inside, haha, well thats all I could say to make others understand how I felt, destructive as it sounds.

BUT know this, with modern medications and the right treatment its very easy to keep it under control, to manage and enjoy your life exactly like other healthy people, and to totally eliminate the disease (yes anxiety/depression can be cured forever).

one thing I like you to remember, and its also what I routinely tell myself, is that anxiety or depression induced complcations are completely harmless, for example there is a fundamental difference between a heart attack and the 160 pulse during a panic attack, and between stroke and fainting. I had my worst period of panic explosion ("attack" is too mild for this lol) for 3 years and now I am back without any sign of damage, doctor even told me after my heart ultra-sound that its going very strong.

hope all these help, and best luck to all of you.

Hi

I was just wondering if you have seen your Dr. yet? If not I would start there, being a sufferer for most of my life, I can tell you that seeing the Dr is the first step to getting your anxiety under control, I used to be scared of taking Meds, but have found that for myself it is a hereditary imbalance, its like being a diabetic. So what I am trying to say is if the Meds work use them. Life is to short to be so miserable, I am just coming out of 3 months of hell, Panic attacks all day long some days couldnt get out of bed. I started back on Paxil and in 12 days I am almost back to my old self. Good Luck and let me know how you are doing.,

i have not been taking xanax for that long but i can say that if you are having more anxiety when you take the medicine then i wouldnt take it anymore or find something else
i found myself MAKING myself more anxious when i took it...cause i as thinking bout it...and then if i thought 'ok its wearing off now'id get even more anxious
but after awhile i got comfortable with it and it really does help me

Hi

I was just wondering if you have seen your Dr. yet? If not I would start there, being a sufferer for most of my life, I can tell you that seeing the Dr is the first step to getting your anxiety under control, I used to be scared of taking Meds, but have found that for myself it is a hereditary imbalance, its like being a diabetic. So what I am trying to say is if the Meds work use them. Life is to short to be so miserable, I am just coming out of 3 months of hell, Panic attacks all day long some days couldnt get out of bed. I started back on Paxil and in 12 days I am almost back to my old self. Good Luck and let me know how you are doing.,

I have seen a physch, and therapist. He diagnosed me, which i already knew, as Generalized anxiety disorder, OCD and depression. He said he thinks the depression is caused by the anxiety, and I tend to agree.

But back then I did NOT want to take an SSRI. Ive tried lexapro for 8 weeks, nothing, and a couple others but it just put me to sleep BAD and had sexual side effects. Im hopeing to try Prozac when I get insurance again :(

Thank you for your reply, life is too short to be so scared and miserable. Its so awful. I would gladly take all the pain all of you people have upon myself because I know how terrible this is, and I would not wish this on ANYONE EVER!

zeyavia, I highly doubt xanax caused it, but I I don't want to take the chance... this is tuff...