Hi,
I've had panic attacks/anxiety and agoraphobia for over 16 years. I seemed to do okay for a while and then my father died and everything went downhill. I became completely agoraphobic and didn't leave my house for 2 years. After alot of therapy with someone who came to my house and took me out, and alot of really hard days, I was back to fairly normal. It took me about 6 years, but I finally was able to go out whenever I wanted, as long as I was with someone and we even took our first family vacation for 9 days, although I never went back to driving. Over the last 6 months, I have been dealing with alot of stress with my husband and I feel like I'm falling apart again. I've begun to avoid places and situations and have been experiencing anxiety almost all day with panic attacks occassionally. It's so hard to deal with this after being so good for so long, I am scared, angry and ashamed that this is happening again. I did start the program here, and have picked up all of my old books too. I'm so glad that I found this site and am starting to meet the wonderful people here.
Jacquie
