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15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1288

darkblue, 30%-10% is an estimate. Some individuals with PD don't seek treatment and therefore do not get better. Like DazedMommy stated, there are also individuals that do not follow treatment instructions. Sylvie, Bilingual Health Educator

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 150

Dazed,

Beautifully said.

I think this is what we all know deep inside - that although it feels like it, we are not going to have panic attacks all our lives. We are not going to have crippling anxiety all our lives. And we control our own destiny and future.

What you said reminds me very much of a Jean-Paul Satre quote:

"Man is nothing other than what he makes himself"

(I'm not sure if anyone will mind me quoting existentialism!)

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 313

Hi Everyone...

Here to share my two bits as usual.. lol..

Darkblue.. as for the 30-10% you refer to. I personally believe these are people who never follow through on treatment..
I also think this percentage would represent people who drop out of the "counselling" world and cope on their own. It doesn't mean they don't get better but it means no one is "tracking" them... This at least ups the numbers in my mind :)

As for when it all started.. I was 19 .. maybe 20 when the first attack hit. It actually happened at an outdoor concert and I decided to experiment with a "love drug"...( yeah right - that wasn't the love I was looking for .. ha ha!)... My one and only time and I was in a giant panic attack for 3 days.. and had no idea what was happening.. terrifying really. Although this was my first attack.. if I look back on my life I've always been the typical type "A" personality.. a real worrier inside..and I had a lot of "quirks" that calmed them down.. mainly having things "neat"... obsessively.. later known as OCD behaviours.. lol.

I think you either have it or you don't and eventually life catches up to you and it just trips the wire... Many people experience even more stressors but will never have a panic attack.. Their bodies and minds are wired differently. I've come to accept that this is the way I roll.. and I just have to make adjustments at times. Truly though, I could have something far worse with much dire consequences. This may not always be easy but at least I'm waking up each day.. with the privilege of having another day here...and I'm always (well almost always

) willing to give it another go with a positive attitude...

With all that being said.. my greatest fear is that when I am feeling my worst.. that this is "it".. the be all end all of my life... and then I have to kick myself and say I am whatever I imagine myself to be... and if that's the picture I paint.. it will be my lifes canvass.. We have the ultimate say... Although we don't control all the circumstances..what we choose to do with them is completely in our control.. Whether its medication, therapy, diet.. whatever.. It all falls to us...

We can all be successful.. especially with eachother!! You have all been a huge support to me.. and I'm so grateful to you all.

Thanks for listening.

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 101

darkblue-

Being in panic mode forever does sound awful! I think it is hard for some people to change their mind set about somethings. I can understand why some people read that you have to confront your fears and are just not ready to do that. But I'm seeing here how many people are and are getting great results. I think that's much hope for all who seek help!!!!

Birdie

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 150

I've always found this interesting, in particular the statstic that suggests up to 70%-90% of people can be treated successfully.

What about the 30%-10%? Do they just never get better or do they just not know how? Lack of trying?

My main fear is that I will be like this forever. Especially when I'm feeling better like today and still have terrible chest pains.

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 138

I link the worst of my symptoms to a major physical injury that left me with less confidence, attempting a career change where I set enormous expectations on myself and some unrealistic expectations about how other people "should" behave.

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 477

Simply put, it is when reality hits and we are on our own!!

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 8760

Birdie,

Yes, that is one theory. Also take into consideration the stressors you began encountering in your 20's such as financial difficulties, post-secondary education, your first real job and the rest that follows.

Danielle, Bilingual Health Educator

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 101

I'm curious why we get it in our 20's...That is when I first noticed my symptoms. I'm guessing that is when all the major changes typically happen in life. Career, marriage, children. That is what triggered mine. Brain overload!

Birdie

15 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1153

In the U.S., 1.6% of adults (3 million) will have Panic Disorder in their lifetime.
30% of people with PD abuse alcohol.
Twice as many woman as men have PD.
Most panic attacks start in the mid 20’s.
Proper treatment reduces or prevents panic attacks in 70-90% of cases.
29-44% of those with PD also have Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
43% of ER patients with chest pain actually have PD.
Panic patients may see an average of 10 doctors before a correct diagnosis is made.
50% of those with PD will have clinical depression during their lifetime.
PD is abnormal activation of the part of the brain called the amygdale.

Brenna, Bilingual Health Educator

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