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I suffered panic attacks 25 years ago and didnt go out of my house for three years in December this year i was suspended from work for putting something on facebook what was true no names mentioned but got suspended from the school i worked at , Then my mum had a fall she is 91 and broke her hip so it was going up and down the hospitail every day while my younger son was getting into a lot of trouble as well
all of a sudden i find myself back with panic attacks and depression
i went to my drs who tried to up my paroxetine to 40mg and to use dizapam more often i had been very steady on 20mg of paroxetine and 2mg of dizapam for 20 years , And i just couldnt handle the 40mg i was then sent to a physiatrist who just kept swapping my tablets for sick months it felt like i was going through hell i stopped going out didnt like no one coming round my house wont go in shops and have panic attacks all the time we had a holiday and we had to come back as i felt so bad i then went back to my own drs and they have now put me back on the tablets i started on but i am still suffering with the feeling of scarred to go out tingling in my face and my head is full of cotton wool and i still cry but not so much i have been back on the tablets two weeks do you think i will get back to were i was before or i have to keep going like this forever someone please help me understand i am taking my little girl away the 21st of this month and i dont no how the hell i am going to do it will these tablets work for me again if so how long will it take before i will be back to normal i think it all boils down to the fact i had to hand my notice in at my job and so i didnt have to go out every day and i have slowley slipped back
all of a sudden i find myself back with panic attacks and depression
i went to my drs who tried to up my paroxetine to 40mg and to use dizapam more often i had been very steady on 20mg of paroxetine and 2mg of dizapam for 20 years , And i just couldnt handle the 40mg i was then sent to a physiatrist who just kept swapping my tablets for sick months it felt like i was going through hell i stopped going out didnt like no one coming round my house wont go in shops and have panic attacks all the time we had a holiday and we had to come back as i felt so bad i then went back to my own drs and they have now put me back on the tablets i started on but i am still suffering with the feeling of scarred to go out tingling in my face and my head is full of cotton wool and i still cry but not so much i have been back on the tablets two weeks do you think i will get back to were i was before or i have to keep going like this forever someone please help me understand i am taking my little girl away the 21st of this month and i dont no how the hell i am going to do it will these tablets work for me again if so how long will it take before i will be back to normal i think it all boils down to the fact i had to hand my notice in at my job and so i didnt have to go out every day and i have slowley slipped back
3 Replies |Watch This Discussion | Report This| Share this:panic and anxietyI suffered panic attacks 25 years ago and didnt go out of my house for three years in December this year i was suspended from work for putting something on facebook what was true no names mentioned but got suspended from the school i worked at , Then my mum had a fall she is 91 and broke her hip so it was going up and down the hospitail every day while my younger son was getting into a lot of trouble as well <br />all of a sudden i find myself back with panic attacks and depression <br />i went to my drs who tried to up my paroxetine to 40mg and to us<i><b>e di</b>zapam more often i had been very steady on 20mg of paroxetine and 2mg of dizapam for 20 years , And i just couldnt handle the 40mg i was then sent to a physiatrist<b> who just kept swapping my tablets for sick months it felt like i was going through hell i stopped going out didnt like no one coming round my house wont go in shops and have panic attacks all the time we had a holiday and we had to come back as i felt so bad i then went back to my own drs and they have now put me back on the tablets i started on but i am still suffering with the feeling of scarred to go out tingling in my face and my head is full of cotton wool and i still cry but not so much i have been back on the tablets two weeks do you think i will get back to were i was before or i have to keep going like this forever someone please help me understand i am taking my little girl away the 21st of this month and i dont no how the hell i am going to do it will these tablets work for me again if so how long will it take before i will be back to normal i think it all boils down to the fact i had to hand my notice in at my job and so i didnt have to go out every day and i have slowley slipped back </b></i>
Patricia Farrell, PhD responded:
You have been through a lot and it seems that someone decided that medication alone would help you. I don't agree because, as you can see, the medication (no matter which they were) haven't helped to date.
Medication is used when you are unable to function, but it is only part of a treatment plan because medication cannot teach you how to change things and you can't very well do it on your own. Many people think that medication is the way to change their life around because they have a concern about therapy. Too many people don't understand that cognitive therapy is about helping you to change your thoughts and behaviors, not make you a psychiatric patient for life or delve into areas that may not be helpful.
Since you appear to be housebound, you might consider short-term disability, but you will need cognitive therapy to help with all of this.
Dr. Farrell
Medication is used when you are unable to function, but it is only part of a treatment plan because medication cannot teach you how to change things and you can't very well do it on your own. Many people think that medication is the way to change their life around because they have a concern about therapy. Too many people don't understand that cognitive therapy is about helping you to change your thoughts and behaviors, not make you a psychiatric patient for life or delve into areas that may not be helpful.
Since you appear to be housebound, you might consider short-term disability, but you will need cognitive therapy to help with all of this.
Dr. Farrell
Report This| Share this:panic and anxietyYou have been through a lot and it seems that someone decided that medication alone would help you. I don't agree because, as you can see, the medication (no matter which they were) haven't helped to date. <br /><br />Medication is used when you are unable to function, but it is only part of a treatment plan because medication cannot teach you how to change things and you can't very well do it on your own. Many people think that medication is the way to change their life around because they have a concern about therapy. Too many people don't understand that cognitive therapy is about helping you to change your thoughts and behaviors, not make you a psychiatric patient for life or delve into areas that may not be helpful. <br /><br />Since you appear to be housebound, you might consider short-term disability, but you will need cognitive therapy to help with all of this. <br /><br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.drfarrell.net">Dr. Farrell</a>
colleenhart replied to Patricia Farrell, PhD's response:
Thank you for getting back to me i have asked for cognitive therapy but the physiatrist i was seeing said i could not see one till i got up to a certain amount of tablets what i think this is really wrong and to have spent my last six months on and off diffrent tables she gave me and to end up on the same ones that i was on six months ago so i have missed out of six months of my life through tablet changing now i can think i bit better also i missed out on the firt three months of my granddaughters life i am feeling quite well today just hope i am coming to a light but i do still need help with my panic attacks how can i get that please ??
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Report This| Share this:panic and anxietyThank you for getting back to me i have asked for cognitive therapy but the <i>physiatrist i was seeing said i could not see one till i got up to a certain amount of tablets what i think this is really wrong and to have spent my last six months on and off diffrent tables she gave me and to end up on the same ones that i was on six months ago so i have missed out of six months of my life through tablet changing now i can think i bit better also i missed out on the firt three months of my granddaughters life i am feeling quite well today just hope i am coming to a light but i do still need help with my panic attacks how can i get that please ??</i><br /><i>colleen</i>
I don't understand your psychiatrist's reasoning about not seeing a cognitive therapist. Perhaps she meant that you need her care until you could see a therapist. Usually, you would see both at the same time if medication management was needed, too.
Report This| Share this:panic and anxietyI don't understand your psychiatrist's reasoning about not seeing a cognitive therapist. Perhaps she meant that you need her care until you could see a therapist. Usually, you would see both at the same time if medication management was needed, too.
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