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Calypso said:
Hi Victoria -
Sometimes drugs can’t fix anxiety/panic disorders all on their own. Have you tried working with a therapist? Usually a combination of medication and therapy work best. Many times the therapist will co-manage the patient’s care with a psychiatrist (an M.D.) so that both needs are met. The M.D. can prescribe the medications and you and your therapist can work on getting you desensitized to whatever it is that triggers your anxiety and panic attacks.
One word of caution – some people rely on a class of drugs called benzodiazepines to deal with anxiety and panic attacks. Stay away from these – they are highly addictive and they do not actually treat the problems. They simply mask the feelings of anxiety and panic. They also have some heavy side-effects. Some common examples of benzos would be Valium, Xanax or Ativan.
I hope that this information was helpful to you and I really do wish you all the best. I have a lot of personal as well as professional experience in this area (have a family member who has the same disorder) and I know how debilitating the constant anxiety and panic can be.
Feel free to click on my profile and then chose the email link if you want to correspond privately outside of this board. I would be more than happy to talk with you. Hang in there!
Doc Calypso
# 4 June 2010 at 4:26 pm

Yoda said:
Listen, I will suggest a medication, but I have a couple of things to say that WILL help you ALOT. Because medication is not always the answer.
You may need to take a medication for social anxiety but by all means, do not take short acting medications like klonopin,xanax , or adivan. You will become reliant on these meds. If you must take a medication try Seroquel XR(extended release, to mellow you out throughout the day) It will knock you out each time you take them for the first week or so, but after that it helps alot. Stick to a medium dose- you don’t want to end up a zombie.
Some tips:
-The more you expose yourself to social situations, the easier they become to deal with. You will be a little less anxious each time.
-Do not bail out, quit, or stay at home because that will only make the problem worse. [the opposite of the therapeutic effects of exposure.]
Finally- emotions come in waves. You need to jump in, stop thinking so much, and wait for the wave to pass. They always do. Good luck. You have one life to live.
# 8 June 2010 at 3:17 am

Eric Hill said:
I wouldn’t take drugs if i was you. They are only for extreme situations like if you’ve been hospitalized for a nervous break down. You should know this by now if you’ve been taking them for a year with no affect. Try something else like yoga, meditation or natural medications
# 9 June 2010 at 3:28 am

Tyler said:
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# 9 June 2010 at 1:13 pm

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