Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 8:27 am
Hello everyone. My name is Sarah and I am 29 years old. I have wasted 2 years of my life on panic attacks and anxiety and I am ready for a change. When I was 23 years old my husband had a 4 wheeler accident and passed away. I was 5 months pregnant at the time. I experienced a few epidsodes that looking back now, i recognize as panic attacks. Once my daughter was born, i was so distracted by taking care of her that they seemed to go away, that is until a couple of years ago. I was involved in a bad car accident and that is when my life seemed to go downhill. I started having severe panic attacks, I couldnt ride in a car at all. they started getting worse to the point that i couldn't leave the house or even drive down to the stopsign to pick my daughter up off the schoolbus. I went on lexapro, which seemed to help for a little while, then I got pregant, had a miscarriage, my dad had a stroke, and my cousin died 3 days after having her baby from a bloodclot, all within a couple months of each other. That is when i feel like i hit rock bottom. My mom bought this program for me and I am going to try to give it all I have got. I am tired of living like this, I hate the way i feel constantly. I cant go anywhere by myself, i cant be alone. I dont like my 7 year old daughter watching me have panic attacks for the fear that she will start having them also. I am trying to come off of my lexapro now, it doesn't seem like it is working for me anymore. I have had a rough couple of days with anxiety and panic, but I am hoping that this program will work for me.