Stress Center Peer Support

I'm not diagnosed as OCD, but I think this might be OCD? Since my first out of the blue panic attack three months ago, the fear of dropping dead has become more and more intense for me. Now it consumes my entire life. Nothing I do can get the thought out of my head. I can invision it - I can literal...

So, my panic attacks kept getting worse and worse and my obsession with dropping dead became so intense that my new psych put me on Paxil last week. I'm already on Trileptal an Seroquel for Bipolar. Anyway, I felt like hell and had tons of side effects, so I stopped taking it after 5 days (2 days ag...

I've always had a prescription for Klonopin (well... not ALWAYS, but for over 5 years or so), but I only ever took one if I knew I was going to be doing something really stressful. After the severe panic attacks started 3 months ago, my doctor eventually got me up to taking 3 MG a day. After reading...

Thanks! I have actually been using the "Thoughts, only thoughts" phrase when I'm feeling panicky. It hasn't sunk in completely yet, but I keep saying it. I still struggle with the idea that anxiety and negative thoughts can do all of these awful things to me.

When I got to the third lesson, as I listened to the CD, I cried the entire time. I have ALWAYS been very negative about myself. My inner thoughts have always been negative for as long as I can remember.... I always beat myself up. I don't even think I know how to be positive. I find myself apologiz...

Hey everyone. First post here. I'm Ali and I'm 26. In February I was in the car with my Mom and the next thing I knew, my entire left side went numb and I immediately panicked and called 911. I thought I was dying and was telling my Mom I loved her and my goodbyes. After a CT scan, EKG, chest x-Ray,...