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Posted by jennifer on 7/7/2004, 1:38 am, in reply to "first timer" --Previous Message--
hi michelle
i read your post and feel for you, i also experience panick attacks, and now mostly when i drive,have you tried any alternitive therapys? massage,acupuncture, triptiphan or fish oil. sounds silly but they all do work. did you notice a certain point when they started? take care jennifer
: Hi all - I've been having panic attacks for a
: good year now. I've tried Paxil and Zoloft
: and Xanax and just don't feel meds really
: do anything, except put me throough agony
: trying to get off of them. I've read many
: of the previous posted messages and am
: glad to see I'm not alone and I'm starting
: to believe that panic attacks are real. I
: was convinced there was no such thing as
: panic attacks, that is was just all in
: people's heads. I had a panic attack so
: bad while driving, I barely got off the
: expressway, and when I did, my whole body
: was paralyzed, my hands crippled, legs
: couldn't move, mouth was crooked...it was
: pure hell. I even had to quit my job that
: was an hour drive for me each way because
: I'd get panic attacks every day in the
: car. Now that I'm at home, I was doing
: fine for about 6 months. The company I
: quit even rehired me and set me up an
: office from home. I'm starting to get the
: attacks again, feeling afraid to be
: alone...my head feels heavy, i get dizzy,
: hard to breath and a constant fear of
: passing out....does this sound familiar to
: anyone else? I'm not a very social person,
: have low self esteem and feel everyone
: around me doesn't like me or is whispering
: behind my back...even the staff at the drs
: office. It may be in my imagination, but
: I'm at a loss at what to do to stop these
: attacks. I'm afraid to try any new meds
: with the awful withdrawals I go through,
: I've seen a psychiatrist. I just want to
: feel normal again. I still have trouble
: getting in a car, even if it's 5 miles
: down the road to get groceries. I
: constantly, constantly fear I'm going to
: pass out somewhere. I'd love to hear some
: comments from you. My mom is my support
: person, I call her whenever I feel really
: bad, and I feel guilty pulling her away
: from her life to "babysit" me.
: I'm hoping there is hope and light at the
: end of this tunnel.
:
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