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I agree, well said.

Yeah Lilith, it's definitely not an unusual condition - my main one is vomiting in public too ... I struggle in meetings at work, and situations with people i don't know, and all sorts of social...

Bryan, when I was off for 5 weeks, I just told co-workers that I had an adverse reaction to some tablets I'd had to start taking. Try that one.
There's no need to offer out information about...

Soooo .... it seems I'm going through another bout of panic/anxiety - even though I know it'll finally drift away towards the end of the week, its no help right now.
I've found that after an entire...

Yeah i feel for you mrslizzyg - the last thing you need is relationship hassle as well as everything else. I hope it all works out for the best ok.

Hey Heather, I sympathize completely and can only tell you that you are not alone in how you feel. The only thing that seems to differ between us all on this site, is the 'trigger thought' or the...

I was on Propanolol & some other Blood Pressure tablets for around 10 yrs and I definitely gained weight.
Stopped taking them both a couple of years ago, and now all my jeans are too big!

You're definitely not alone, as you'll see from browsing the forum. I'm new to this site too, but have suffered from panic attacks & social disorder for 30 yrs now.
Its hard to say what may or may...

Not familiar with Lexapro, but i remember when i first started on meds myself & I felt worse for a few weeks before I started to feel better, so hang in there.

Isn't it weird when you think back to the days before you ever had anxiety, that the sort of things you worry about now would never ever of entered your mind back then. I think we all long for those...

Yeah its amazing how the anxiety can give power to a thought that would normally be easily dismissed. The anxiety actually breathes life into these thoughts and makes them seem like they are ours,...

Games - any game that absorbs your attention so much that you haven't got time to think about anything else - driving/racing games used to work for me.

Hi Mariyy, from my own perspective its down to a need to over analyse everything. I go through similar thought patterns sometimes, but i've noticed than when I'm in a relaxed state I can go through...

I know exactly what you mean by the impulsive thoughts thing, and especially the urge to jump. When I was younger I couldn't go anywhere near a high place purely because of the overwhelming urge to...

Yes I've been down the Cognitive Behavioural route before and haven't found it that helpful personally.
My problem seems to stem with the fact that my mind is way more powerful than my body, and...

Hi guys.
So a little about me - now in my early 40's, have been suffering from Panic Disorder and all manner of associated symptoms since I was 11.
I was always an incredibly shy child and found...