tigerstx

Stacy,
As bad as my panic attacks are (and THANK GOD they are diminishing with Lexapro and still on Xanax) you seem to be going through a very difficult time of this. Have you been to any kind of counciling? (SP)I just recently started and not that it is a cure all...but it may help. I just got through reading Lucinda Bassett's book "From Panic to Power"...excellent book, I am now reading "Hope and Healing for your Nerves", just started so I don't know if it is good or not...let me give you a little history on me and my panic attacks...at a very early age I can remember alway's feeling "old" worried about everything, even as a child. I got married at 20 years old, had a baby at 21 and have been happily married for going on 15 years...I went through a brutal phase about 9 years ago after the birth of my son, took a long time, but managed to overcome them...all the classic symptoms, heart palps, dizziness, arm hurting, chest pain, you name it I had it...then I got better...they put me on Zoloft and buspar...worked really well for almost 8 years...then my mother got very ill in April of 2000, lost both legs, did well after that, then about a year later all hell broke loose, she fell here at our home and had to have brain surgery and most recently had a stroke, it has been very upsetting and frustrating (by the way my parent's live and have been living with my family since 03.14.02..needless to say, things have not been good lately, so guess what happens?? YEP>....PANIC ATTACKS WITH A VENGENANCE...Here's the deal, we forget and worry about everything, family, relationships, money, children, medicines and guess what ... we forget to actually take care of ourselves.
That is where I am at right now...My doctor actually told me that if I didn't start Lexapro that I was going to wind up in the nut house!!!!! Scared the crap out of me, so I started taking the med's and have been on them for about 3 weeks...seems to be working, but I still have moments where things all get to me..but I am trying to take care of ME right now. I can't be a wife, mother, etc...if I don't take care of me. Nuff about me...sorry...
I would like to know how old you are? How long have you been dealing with this? Have you ever tried ANYTHING except the Paxil? You seem just like me, you get one thing under control and then another creeps up and get's you...

IBecki

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