Hi,
I am looking forward to sharing my experiences with everyone and just being able to talk with people who are going through what I am. My husband is amazing and very supportive. I have been dealing with panic attacks since December 2006. I've been seeing a therapist (although I don't think she's helping much) and I'm also on 150mg of Wellbutrin and 37mg of Effexor. I am weaning myself off the effexor because it isn't helping so I figure why take something if it's not helping any. The effexor seems to be giving me physical symptoms that are making the anxiety/panic worse. I feel sometimes like I have Parkinson's or something because of the internal tremors.
My panic attacks started out of nowhere. I had gone through about 6 months of panic about 8 years ago, but never this bad. My first one in December 06, I thought I was having a heart attack. I've been dealing with vertigo/dizziness/balance issues since December 06 as well and have been to a cardiologist, a neurologist and 3 ENT's. I've had 2 MRI's, a holter monitor for heart palpitations and an ECG. Everything is normal. There is no explanation for the vertigo and that is a huge reason for my current panic disorder. Whenever I think about my health, it (and I worrying that since it can't be diagnosed it must be life threatening) throws me into a panic attack. They seem to be changing though. They used to happen most frequently in the morning and now they're happening in the middle of the night.
