New, Bad Panic Disorder

[Gingernamedalicia]

Hello everyone, nice too meet you. My name is Alicia and I am 19. I have had anxiety and panic disorder since I was 15. I have gone through a rollercoaster of anxiety and emotions, like everyone here. My panic attacks have gone from happening many times a day to nearly existing to back to horrible. The medication I was recently was put on made everything worse, it is Busprione. Anyways, I know everything will be alright it's just like part if my brain won't relax. I mainly have panic attacks when I am alone, especially when I drive alone so I do not drive or work anymore. I feel stuck, I feel like I can't do anything anymore. I always try to keep positive saying it could always be worse.

[Ritch]

Welcome Redhead Alicia :)

Have you ever had any therapy or anything like that? Is buspirone the first medication you have tried or have you previously tried SSRI's etc?

[alankay]

Yeah ask about zoloft. I'd see how that helps and go from there and you should be seeing a pdoc not a GP for this. Alankay

[Gingernamedalicia]

I have already been on Zoloft and Effexor

[Gingernamedalicia]

Thank you both I just feel like its getting worse everyday. I feel like its never going to go away.

[daisydoo17]

I know the feeling Gingernamedalicia. I feel like I am never going to be able to have a "normal" life and am always going to be plagued by this. I have been trying essential oils and different types of pranyama (breathing exercises) but that doesnt always help when you are already in the middle of an attack.

[JenXO]

I know how you are feeling it is terrible feeling when you feel like you cannot be by yourself in public without feeling a panic attack come on they are scary and crippling. I have experienced several panic attacks. Try exercise and breathing exercises. I never was on a pill for my constant worrying for years I felt the pill(s) I had been taking was making me feel more over the edge.Have you looked into therapy?

[Gingernamedalicia]

Breathing exercises never work for me and I guess I'll have to get therapy. I'm sorry anyone has to go through this, wish we could all wake up tomorrow and it would be gone.