News of Panic Disorder

I don't usually get anxiety attacks, but when they happen, they happen for no reason! :o No reason that I know of. Suddenly, I'll just get the feeling like I'm not breathing right. Then panic sets in and I'll be sitting there trying to keep it together. The first time I had one was two years ago. I was so convinced something was wrong with me that ...

I am new to this forum and was going through the threads.
I am suffering from chronic anxiety and panic disorder.
Please help me understand my increased BP is due to anxiety when I am tensed.?
BP is always normal when I am not stressed.

Recently, I have been having panic attacks often. I started when some workers started renovating my family's kitchen and pipes, which caused me a lot of stress. Additionally, they replaced my shower head and faucet, and I simply don't adjust to change well. One day, I got in the shower and started having a panic attack, which made me so dizzy I felt like I was going to fall and immediately ran out hyperventilating. Now ...

I feel like Ativan as stopped working for me. I am very worried because I am on a huge dosage 4mg a day while at the same time getting no benefit for it. I have been on this dosage for a long time so I am addicted and therefore it will be hard to get off the meds meanwhile increasing the dosage is dangerous while at the same time I am having increasing panic and ...

Does anyone else have trouble rembembering with the most important things that cause a lot of anxiety?
Whenever I have important assignments to do, like finals and big school projects that count for a large part of my grade, I just forget.
I notice I remember the lower stress activities with no problem. Does anyone else experience that?

I've been diagnosed with an atypical panic disorder. I have no history of panic attacks, no history of anxiety or depression, and generally experience low levels of stress; I am a calm under pressure sort. About 6 months ago, I woke up with a strange tingling sensation that ran across my entire chest, and a tightness in my chest. After hours of trying to ignore it and go back to sleep, I started having intermittent ...

Hi everybody.

As many of you i sometimes have thh strangest fears and thaughts.
From time to time a new fear or set of anxious thaughts invade my life.

This time is the fear of not being able to have fun. It started a while ago when I suddenly felt like I was about to cry (but I could not really cry) , just a feeling of sadness. Then I got really scared I was ...

has anyone ever felt physically ill from medication, it’s like the worst hangover that lasts for days,the feeling does subside, but always returns. When it does come I get the most hopeless feelings of despair and depression. Nothing makes me even remotely happy.

I’m currently on 200 mg Luvox,600 mg gabapentin and vistaril prn. But I take 100 mg a day. I’ve been on so many different meds in the past 3 years, and my ...

I'm experiencing insomnia and that has lead to feelings of vulnerability, fear and terror at times. This has been one of the most beneficial experiences I've had in a while. I'm face to face with raw emotions that have been buried for so long. I'm journaling like crazy and learning so much from this. For anyone else who has gone through something similar how did you use the experience to gain insight?

To go into ...

Hello, I'm here today because my fiance is suffering from something akin to severe panic disorder but myself, her family, and professionals are completely at a loss. For some background...my fiance is a recovering heroin addict who's been clean for about a year. Recently she has developed severe panic attacks that start at random without any sort of trigger and will leave her screaming, crying, pacing, thoughts of hurting herself. She has been to the ...