anleja

Everyone here is so awesome.

I am certainly not expecting the meds to be a cure-all, but I am hoping it will at least give me a new perspective about why I feel as I do when I am panicked.

Maybe I am a bit of a pessimist, but I am going to certainly keep with counseling due to the off-chance that I may be forced to cope WITHOUT the pills (for any reason from the med companies going out of business to me being kidnapped and dropped from a plane onto a deserted island, sans meds. Well, not really those examples, but I do see it as a tool to get better... not the entire solution).

JumpinJesus (haha, it is kinda strange to call someone by what is definitely not their birth name), your examples are pretty much things I am dealing with, it is good to hear that it is possible to get past these problems. I think I am getting to the point where the things I feel I must do to avoid anxiety are affecting how I relate with people and get through life. For example, right now I do anything I can do to avoid being in the passenger seat of a vehicle, as opposed to driving... the feeling of no control drives me crazy... it is so bad I sometimes bribe the driver with money or cigarettes to let ME drive (this is made worse by the fact that a just a few years ago I could comfortably ride as passenger in a car from West Michigan to Chicago, a 3.5 hour drive). This is only one thing on a long list of issues, but really... it is good that you and others here have been able to cope with this disorder.