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Hi. I have been reading these posts for about 2 months now and I decided to write. I was diagnosed with panic disorder in February. I started off on 50mg of Zoloft and a couple weeks ago, was switched to Serzone which I like a lot better. I don’t have a whole lot of panic attacks, mostly just difficulty breathing. I went to the doctor and had a physical and everything checked out good. I like this group. There is a lot of information which is very helpful to me. Its good to know that a whole lot of other people have this condition. Usually I feel like I’m the only one who feels the way I do.
Hi Searcher, Welcome to ASAP!! I am glad you have decided to un-lurk, hope you enjoy it here. care. Jackie "Dreams are the touchstones of our character."
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Welcome to ASAP, nice to see you posting. This group is helpful in letting you know that you’re not alone in the way you feel. I hope the Serzone works for you, keep posting. Ray Searcher wrote – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Hi. I have been reading these posts for about 2 months now and I decided to write. I was diagnosed with panic disorder in February. I started off on 50mg of Zoloft and a couple weeks ago, was switched to Serzone which I like a lot better. I don’t have a whole lot of panic attacks, mostly just difficulty breathing. I went to the doctor and had a physical and everything checked out good. I like this group. There is a lot of information which is very helpful to me. Its good to know that a whole lot of other people have this condition. Usually I feel like I’m the only one who feels the way I do. ***** Regards,
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Hi Searcher, Welcome to ASAP!! I am glad you have decided to un-lurk, hope you enjoy it here.
Thanks… Odd how I got here. My wife just suffered her first set of attacks over Valentines day while I have had them under control "more or less" since 1971. And you are not the only one with this condition……there are many. Take care.
*chuckle* I know, I live with one 
I have a throw out query… I am on welbutrin and valium while she is on zoloft and xanax. Why so many combinations and hardly anyone on valium and say zoloft? Thanks, Searcher
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Thanks… Odd how I got here. My wife just suffered her first set of attacks over Valentines day while I have had them under control "more or less" since 1971.
Hi Searcher, I am sorry to hear about your wife. How is it with two people that suffer with PA`s living together, I can imagine that you support and understand each other alot? I know this may sound cruel, but I wish my husband could have a few PA`s, he just has no idea the hell I have been through…… I have a throw out query… I am on welbutrin and valium while she is on zoloft and xanax. Why so many combinations and hardly anyone on valium and say zoloft?
Mmm…….good question. Valium doesn`t seem to be prescibed as much as you think it would be. It is a good benzo, and in a book I read "Panic disorder" by William D. Kernodle, he feels the stigma that Valium had attached to it in the 70`s, when it was casually used and abused, has alot to do with it not being prescribed alot these days. Xanax and Klonopin seem to be the most prescibed benzo`s. There are many med combo`s, and alot has to do with the patient, and the doctor. I am sure doctors have certain preferences when it comes to meds. I am curious as to why you are on Wellbutrin, it is not a good AD for Panic disorder. Take care… Jackie *Each of us wages a private battle each day between the grand fantasies we have for ourselves and what actually happens.
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Welcome to ASAP, nice to see you posting. This group is helpful in letting you know that you’re not alone in the way you feel. I hope the Serzone works for you, keep posting. Ray
Hi ray, That was not my post. This was my post and what I was replying to Hi Searcher, Welcome to ASAP!! I am glad you have decided to un-lurk, hope you enjoy it here.
Thanks… Odd how I got here. My wife just suffered her first set of attacks over Valentines day while I have had them under control "more or less" since 1971. And you are not the only one with this condition……there are many. Take care.
*chuckle* I know, I live with one I have a throw out query… I am on welbutrin and valium while she is on zoloft and xanax. Why so many combinations and hardly anyone on valium and say zoloft? Thanks, Searcher
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I am sorry to hear about your wife. How is it with two people that suffer with PA`s living together, I can imagine that you support and understand each other alot? I know this may sound cruel, but I wish my husband could have a few PA`s, he just has no idea the hell I have been through……
Hi Jackie! I’m Searcher’s wife and thought I’d respond. It’s nice having someone else to truly understand what one is going through. I was just recently diagnosed, but he knew what I had before we went to the ER….LOL. He actually told the doctor, cause they had no clue what might be wrong with me, even with all the symptoms. It IS hard for other people to understand. I’m finding this at work with the administration of my school. They have no idea what I went through and am going through on a daily basis. Best of luck to you! b
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Hi Jackie! I’m Searcher’s wife and thought I’d respond. It’s nice having someone else to truly understand what one is going through.
Hi b! Thanks for responding, I appreciate it. I can`t imagine what it is like to have the most important person in your life, know what you are going through. It has to be so reassuring and comforting…… I was just recently diagnosed, but he knew what I had before we went to the ER….LOL. He actually told the doctor, cause they had no clue what might be wrong with me, even with all the symptoms.
Thank god for your husband, otherwise you could have gone months without being diagnosed properly. It IS hard for other people to understand. I’m finding this at work with the administration of my school. They have no idea what I went through and am going through on a daily basis. Best of luck to you!
It is hard for people to understand, they can`t see it. And being they can`t see it, they have a hard time believing it can be as devastating as it is…… very fustrating. Best of luck to both of you, and cherish that you have each other. Jackie ~~"Love can not be stopped by time, for it is the one true thing that time has no power to hold"~~
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I wrote a message the other day and now its gone. I don’t know what I did wrong. Do I need a special password or something to post messages on this board?
Hi Kath, Most all news readers have confusing options and the most confusing is what to do with "old" messsages. Yours is set to not show you messages that are either "read" "over a certain age" "over a certain amount of shown posts to you" OR "what your ISP uses as retain days or amount of messages" AOL is infamous for messing up news groups BTW. Your post is there with 3 replies but you can’t see it for whatever reason. ***** Hi. I have been reading these posts for about 2 months now and I decided to write. I was diagnosed with panic disorder in February. I started off on 50mg of Zoloft and a couple weeks ago, was switched to Serzone which I like a lot better. I don’t have a whole lot of panic attacks, mostly just difficulty breathing. I went to the doctor and had a physical and everything checked out good. I like this group. There is a lot of information which is very helpful to me. Its good to know that a whole lot of other people have this condition. Usually I feel like I’m the only one who feels the way I do. ***** Regards,
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I wrote a message the other day and now its gone. I don’t know what I did wrong. Do I need a special password or something to post messages on this board? Thanks Kath
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I wrote a message the other day and now its gone. I don’t know what I did wrong. Do I need a special password or something to post messages on this board? Thanks Kath
Hi Kath, You need no password to post a message here. One of two things happened: one, your message never showed up at the newsgroup. I am on AOL too, and occasionally, posts get lost, or show up days late. Nothing you can do about that. If you saw the message at the newsgroup, and then it disappeared, you didn`t click on "mark unread". After reading a post, especially if it is the first post in a thread, when your click out of the post, you have the choice of marking the post "mark read" which will delete the post, or you chose "mark unread", which will save the post and the whole thread. If you continue to have problems, let me know and I will try to figure out what is wrong. You can also go to deja news, if you accidently delete a post. All ASAP posts are archived there. Take Care!! Jackie To err is human–and to blame it on a computer is even more so.
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On 10-Apr-98 02:34:51, anne mcdonough wrote : if you do not like your phrink and trust that person. get a new one. now if you have trusting issus with everyone then that a different story. you are the boss , you hire and fire and pay for the professional unless it is a system in which you dont pay. i still hope that you could ask for a new one and explain your consern.in i statements . im on klonopin. it has helped anne.
I believe that I am social phobic (self-diagnosed). I take 20 Mg of Paxil daily. It has made me feel much better. I was on Librium (Benzo) and Lofepramine (TCA) with *limited* success. I hope that you get a good doctor. Regards. Sylvain Van der Walde. (Male resident of London, England, UK).
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On 10-Apr-98 03:35:57, anne mcdonough wrote : i was resonding to someone , i dont know where the post went anne
I "piggybacked" on one of yours, Anne. So if you only sent one (you said that you take Klonopin), it got through. Regards. Sylvain Van der Walde. (Male resident of London, England, UK).
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: i was resonding to someone , i dont know where the post went anne Anne, Ya might want to talk to Gwen, Kathleen or Lee about that..they are always taking people’s posts. :) Just kiddin.
Ha! We found those posts when we were going through *your* pockets. I see your other post. Sometimes they might not show up right away, well… sometimes they don’t show up at all. Scott H.
I’m always missing newsgroup mail, it seems. I try to fill in the gaps as best I can on Dejanews when there’s time/ — Kathleen — "Hope is the thing with feathers" — Emily Dickinson Delete * in address to reply by e-mail
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Ya might want to talk to Gwen, Kathleen or Lee about that..they are always taking people’s posts. :) Just kiddin. Ha! We found those posts when we were going through *your* pockets.
We did? You holding out on me? I see your other post. Sometimes they might not show up right away, well… sometimes they don’t show up at all. I’m always missing newsgroup mail, it seems
::chants:: AT&T AT&T AT&T Gwen
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Ha! We found those posts when we were going through *your* pockets. We did? You holding out on me?
Course not! <hides crumpled papers behind back I see your other post. Sometimes they might not show up right away, well… sometimes they don’t show up at all. I’m always missing newsgroup mail, it seems ::chants:: AT&T AT&T AT&T
Wait . . . I think . . . I ‘m beginning to have . . . an IDEA!! <shrug Nah — can’t be. What are the odds?? hehe — Kathleen, who spent the morning gardening and the afternoon alternately dozing and reading Proust, and who hasn’t had a single thought all day long! — "Hope is the thing with feathers" — Emily Dickinson Delete * in address to reply by e-mail
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Kathleen Dickason schreef: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Ha! We found those posts when we were going through *your* pockets. We did? You holding out on me? Course not! <hides crumpled papers behind back I see your other post. Sometimes they might not show up right away, well… sometimes they don’t show up at all. I’m always missing newsgroup mail, it seems ::chants:: AT&T AT&T AT&T Wait . . . I think . . . I ‘m beginning to have . . . an IDEA!! <shrug Nah — can’t be. What are the odds?? hehe — Kathleen, who spent the morning gardening and the afternoon alternately dozing and reading Proust, and who hasn’t had a single thought all day long! —
When reading Proust you don’t have to have a single thought, I feel. It’s about the best I’ve read and my thoughts are not so important then anymore… Philip – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – "Hope is the thing with feathers" — Emily Dickinson Delete * in address to reply by e-mail
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Ha! We found those posts when we were going through *your* pockets. We did? You holding out on me? Course not! <hides crumpled papers behind back
Then whatcha got back there? ::tried to grab Kathys hands:: I’m always missing newsgroup mail, it seems ::chants:: AT&T AT&T AT&T Wait . . . I think . . . I ‘m beginning to have . . . an IDEA!!
*thud* You? Really? Nah…can’t be! Ooops…..I think I need to smack da monkey – taking this out on the wrong people! <shrug
Exercise for the day? hehe Nah — can’t be. What are the odds?? hehe
That’s what *I* said…..glad you agree. :) — Kathleen, who spent the morning gardening and the afternoon alternately dozing and reading Proust, and who hasn’t had a single thought all day
long! Dozing and Proust? You were SUPPOSED to be studying the rule book…bad bad Kathy! ::snatches her pillow and runs off with it:: Gwen
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Hello all. Please read my message and reply with whatever you can that you feel will help me. I need it now badly! My story: I’m 20 years old and I’ve had an anxiety, social phobia problem for about 6-9 months now. I was placed on Risperdal (an antipsychotic SSRI), quit taking that because of side-effects, took Zoloft for 2 1/2 weeks up until two days ago (it seemed to make me worse off), and take 1 mg or so of Ativan daily, but didn’t today. My situation is so desperate because I am trying to get my life in order, I’m sick of missing class and having to walk out/leave early because of attacks and I’ve finally gained the courage to start working. I got a job and today was my second day. Suddenly I had one of my worsts, I felt and still feel 2 hours later burning in my head, feel flush, sweating profusely strictly from my armpits (and I use drysol and anti-perspirant to combat that). I was forced to drink 5 cups of water in a row. Finally I gave up and asked to leave early. I ask for your help because my life is being terrorized and will only get worse if I’m unable to handle this job. I can’t do this everyday or I will get fired. I can’t leave class everyday or I will fail. My life is in serious jeopardy here, I’m very concerned. I also have a speech tomorrow. What’s next for me? if you say beta-blocker (and don’t let this be an invitation to I have 50mg tabs of metoprolol which my father was prescribed when he had severe anxiety which was a result of an overactive thyroid. would it be safe for me to take it? Once again, I plead for replies with help. My psych is a complete asshole, with little concern for me. I’m counting on you. I trust you all who know what I’m going through more than anyone else in the world. Thank you, Nick
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if you do not like your phrink and trust that person. get a new one. now if you have trusting issus with everyone then that a different story. you are the boss , you hire and fire and pay for the professional unless it is a system in which you dont pay. i still hope that you could ask for a new one and explain your consern.in i statements . im on klonopin. it has helped anne.
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i was resonding to someone , i dont know where the post went anne
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: i was resonding to someone , i dont know where the post went anne Anne, Ya might want to talk to Gwen, Kathleen or Lee about that..they are always taking people’s posts. :) Just kiddin. I see your other post. Sometimes they might not show up right away, well… sometimes they don’t show up at all. Scott H.
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My story: I’m 20 years old and I’ve had an anxiety, social phobia problem for about 6-9 months now. I was placed on Risperdal (an antipsychotic SSRI), quit taking that because of side-effects, took Zoloft for 2 1/2 weeks up until two days ago (it seemed to make me worse off), and take 1 mg or so of Ativan daily, but didn’t today.
<snipped for space What’s next for me? if you say beta-blocker (and don’t let this be an invitation to I have 50mg tabs of metoprolol which my father was prescribed when he had severe anxiety which was a result of an overactive thyroid. would it be safe for me to take it? Once again, I plead for replies with help. My psych is a complete asshole, with little concern for me. I’m counting on you. I trust you all who know what I’m going through more than anyone else in the world.
It would be very unwise to take someone else’s medications, Nick – and I’m sure you realise that. Probably your best bet would be to find another pshrink and do so as fast as you can. There are plenty of treatment options and, really, 1Mg of Ativan is neither here nor there in a serious case, not IMO at any rate. Really, in a situation like this, professional help from someone skilled is the best answer, I believe. Hope that’s some help. — Gary Cooper
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My psych is a complete asshole, with little concern for me.
Find a new psych — now. I know this is sometimes easier to say than do (especially with "managed care" plans), but it’s essential. You’ve got to have someone you can work with, and you’re paying good money for both expertise AND concern. I went through four practitioners before I finally found someone I trust and who was willing to work with me on my terms. It was a meat grinder, but I’m better off now. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hello all. Please read my message and reply with whatever you can that you feel will help me. I need it now badly! My story: I’m 20 years old and I’ve had an anxiety, social phobia problem for about 6-9 months now. I was placed on Risperdal (an antipsychotic SSRI), quit taking that because of side-effects, took Zoloft for 2 1/2 weeks up until two days ago (it seemed to make me worse off), and take 1 mg or so of Ativan daily, but didn’t today. My situation is so desperate because I am trying to get my life in order, I’m sick of missing class and having to walk out/leave early because of attacks and I’ve finally gained the courage to start working. I got a job and today was my second day. Suddenly I had one of my worsts, I felt and still feel 2 hours later burning in my head, feel flush, sweating profusely strictly from my armpits (and I use drysol and anti-perspirant to combat that). I was forced to drink 5 cups of water in a row. Finally I gave up and asked to leave early. I ask for your help because my life is being terrorized and will only get worse if I’m unable to handle this job. I can’t do this everyday or I will get fired. I can’t leave class everyday or I will fail. My life is in serious jeopardy here, I’m very concerned. I also have a speech tomorrow. What’s next for me? if you say beta-blocker (and don’t let this be an invitation to I have 50mg tabs of metoprolol which my father was prescribed when he had severe anxiety which was a result of an overactive thyroid. would it be safe for me to take it? Once again, I plead for replies with help. My psych is a complete asshole, with little concern for me. I’m counting on you. I trust you all who know what I’m going through more than anyone else in the world. Thank you, Nick
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My situation is so desperate because I am trying to get my life in order, I’m sick of missing class and having to walk out/leave early because of attacks and I’ve finally gained the courage to start working. I got a job and today was my second day.
<little snippin’ Nick- When all of this started for me three years ago I was in my second to last semester of grad school and working full time. I am still trying to finish school. I kept pushing and pushing thinking I was weak, etc. if I didn’t. Instead of completing anything I have numerous incompletes that turned to failures, repeated classes, mounting debt blah blah blah. I simply could not do it all. For me, I needed to work so cutting out work was not the answer so I finally decided to take a break from school. You may want to think about it. I don’t say this lightly. I know how hard it is to do. I wish I had done it earlier. I ask for your help because my life is being terrorized and will only get worse if I’m unable to handle this job. I can’t do this everyday or I will get fired. I can’t leave class everyday or I will fail. My life is in serious jeopardy here, I’m very concerned. I also have a speech tomorrow.
<more snippin’ – don’t know anything about beta blockers Once again, I plead for replies with help. My psych is a complete asshole, with little concern for me. I’m counting on you. I trust you all who know what I’m going through more than anyone else in the world. Thank you, Nick
Get a new doctor. I am fortunate that the first shrink I ever saw was and still is, wonderful. It makes all the difference in the world. I don’t know if your school is has a med program or is affiliated with a local hospital but if so, it might be a place to start. All the best- Lisa remove *stop* when replying by e-mail
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This is how i see it. I
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