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Ask your doctor about klonopin, I think you'll find it works better and has less side effects than Xanax. I've been on Zoloft, Paxil, Remeron, Lexapro and a few others and none of them do the trick like Klonopin. Of course people are different and results may vary but it's worth a try. Xanax and Klonopin are in the same family BTW, both are benzodiapamines. (SP?)
It's great that you are facing you're known fears, just take it slow and conquer one at a time. As for an easy life, that could actually be part of the problem. People (like me) who grow up with relatively little hardship or trouble aren't as protected or hardened as those who faced great adversity. These days I create my stress, by working hard and setting high goals and standards for myself. I do this so that if things get bad I can back off a little and reduce a bunch of stress but also to harden myself to stress. Believe it or not I took up drag racing a few years after I was diagnosed as a way of facing stress head on. I gained a lot from that experience, maybe tracking your 911 will do the same? These days I'm an old hand at dealing with anxiety, I can mediate while doing other things (like work) change my breathing, self massage my neck and shoulders and if it still hasn't gone away I can take an extra pill.
If there anything good to say about having panic disorder it's that it has changed my life for the better, I am a more focused, responsible, creative and courageous than I have ever been in my life. Two years ago without thinking I even (on instinct) ran into a burning house across the street to make sure everyone was out, I escaped the collapse by about half a minute. Stupid? Maybe, but 12 years ago I would have frozen in place and somebody might have died. As it turned out no one was home but I still feel like a hero both for conquering fear when it counted and for at least trying to save someone's life. I guess what I'm saying is take this illness and make it a positive in your life, everything will get easier after that.
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