Thank You!

Fisherman · Post by **Fisherman** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:21 am

I've been dealing with panic attacks and axiety since I was was 20 years old. Now I'm 27 and until recently thought I had a pretty good handle on my axiety/panic attack problems. I finally got myself to the point where I knew panic attacks couldn't hurt me, and I wasn't going to die from one. It even got the the point where after panic attacks I almost got a natural high after the panic settled.

Well recently I got thrown a curve ball...I got two migraines in the past 6 months or so that sent my panic reaction into overdrive. The first migraine panic attack combo was far worse than anything I've ever expierenced. The second wasn't quite so bad, but both times I was left feeling cloudy and confused for a week or so afterwards.

A couple weeks ago I got the disoriented kind of detached cloudy confused feeling again, and it hasn't went away completely yet. I was so close to thinking I was going crazy. Last week alone I went to the doc twice, and the ER once. Each time they said it was Anxiety, but for some reason I wasn't satisfied with that diagnose(Having OCD I really wish this forum had spell check...HAHA). I was on my way to the ER just two days after being there when I decided to stop by Barnes and Noble to read a book the ER doc recommended to me. The title of the book was The Emotional Brain. I looked and looked, but couldn't find the book anywhere...Out of the corner of my eye I noticed a book titled from Panic To Power. As I started reading the book it was hard not to tear up not only because I realized I wasn't going crazy, but also because I wasn't alone in the feelings I had. Just reading three quarters of that book gave me something that I really needed which is hope! After I got home I decided to google Lucinda Bassett which lead me here!

Just want to say thanks in advance for any help I recieve on this forum. I'm truly excited to find a place to share some of my issues with anxiety, ocd, and panic attacks...Even better a place where I can maybe help someone else that is going through something similar to what I went through.

Again Thank you!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:28 pm

Good luck in your journey. I started the program 7 weeks ago after my first migrane and generalized anxiety. I am doing so much better, and pray the same will be for you.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 1:50 am

fisherman, good luck to you!

I started the program 4 weeks ago after I realized (and docs told me) that I had a problem with anxiety and panic attacks. Before I started the program, in the space of three weeks, I visted the doc 3 times and went to the ER three times.

I am feeling much better now, am working to confront my limitations, and striving to complete the program. I have not had a panic attack since lesson 2 and I am so happy that fear of panic doesn't follow me around everyday now. I hope the program will work wonders for you!