Hello rae...

I'm no professional but I do have some personal experience with anxietyGeneralized anxiety disorder
Separation anxiety
Stress and anxiety and panicPanic disorder
Panic disorder with agoraphobia.  This past year, I was under a lot of stressArds (acute respiratory distress syndrome)
Broken bone
Exercise stress test
Fetal heart monitoring
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Respiratory distress syndrome (rds) in infants
Stress and anxiety
Stress echocardiography
Stress formula with iron
Stress gastritis
Stress incontinence and started to have panicPanic disorder
Panic disorder with agoraphobia attacks.  I didn't know what was happening to me.  The attacks were as bad (or worse) than the other stresses in my life.  Before I finally realized that I was having panicPanic disorder
Panic disorder with agoraphobia attacks, I thought I had some disease!  At firstFirst progesterone mc10
First progesterone mc5
First-progesterone vgs 200
First-progesterone vgs 400, I just experienced shortness of breathBreath alcohol test
Breath holding spell
Breath odor sometimes. Then, that turned into EXTREME shortness of breathBreath alcohol test
Breath holding spell
Breath odor to the point where I was gasping for air.  Of course, that would upset me and cause my heartCongenital heart disease
Cor pulmonale
Coronary heart disease
Cyanotic heart disease
Depression and heart disease
Heart attack
Heart attack first aid
Heart attack symptoms
Heart bypass surgery
Heart bypass surgery - series
Heart disease rate to increase until I thought it was going to pound its way out of me!  I couldn't focus my mind on anything or calm myself down when this was happening.  It was/is a terrifying experience.  



I talked to my dr about it and she prescribed very low dosages of XanaxXanax
Xanax xr as needed (when I felt an attack coming).  She also suggested that I start taking an anti-depresant.  I opted to skip the anti-depresant for personal reasons... I know they are wonderful for certain people - for me, in this case, they weren't necessary as it was outside influences which were the cause of original stressArds (acute respiratory distress syndrome)
Broken bone
Exercise stress test
Fetal heart monitoring
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Respiratory distress syndrome (rds) in infants
Stress and anxiety
Stress echocardiography
Stress formula with iron
Stress gastritis
Stress incontinence and anxietyGeneralized anxiety disorder
Separation anxiety
Stress and anxiety and not a chemical imbalance w/in me.  



I also took a very proactive approach to treating the WHOLE problem.  I forced myself to allocate some time each day for ME;  time to relax, focus, and clearClear by design
Clear eyes
Clear eyes acr
Clear eyes clr my mind (I guess you could call that meditation).  I also started doing a yoga workout tape at home.  I carefully watched what I ate forcing myself to eat *healthy* food at regular intervals.  I tried to cutCuts and puncture wounds down on caffeineCaffeine
Caffeine-ergotamine.  I take a day off work each month and do something nice for myself -- whatever I feel I need at the time (lunch with a friend, a massage, a walk in the park, running errands, etc).  And, I found a group of supportive people who I knew I could count on.  In my case, this is AlAls - resources
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Animal bites
Bell's palsy
Cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy - resources
Genital sores - female
Genital sores - male
Indigestion
Marine animal stings or bites
Parkinson’s disease-Anon... it could be different for you.  I didn't go to a professional psychiatrist or counselor, but that may be very beneficial to some.  



Slowly, very slowly, I started to feel better.  I still have my moments of panicPanic disorder
Panic disorder with agoraphobia.  When that happens, I try to focus on the fact that I know the feeling will pass.  I know won't really die from lack of oxygen or my heartCongenital heart disease
Cor pulmonale
Coronary heart disease
Cyanotic heart disease
Depression and heart disease
Heart attack
Heart attack first aid
Heart attack symptoms
Heart bypass surgery
Heart bypass surgery - series
Heart disease jumping from my body although I feel like that at the moment.  



Hang in there... you're definately not alone.  Many, many other people feel the way you do..

THANKS

Be aware that XanaxXanax
Xanax xr is a highly addictive drugChemical dependence - resources
Chemotherapy
Drug abuse
Drug abuse and dependence
Drug abuse first aid
Drug allergies
Drug induced hypertension
Drug rash on the back
Drug rash, tegretol
Drug signs and teenagers
Drug-induced hypertension even when taken in therapeuticAbortion - elective or therapeutic doses for short periods of time.  Withdrawl is extremely difficult - you must be tapered from the drugChemical dependence - resources
Chemotherapy
Drug abuse
Drug abuse and dependence
Drug abuse first aid
Drug allergies
Drug induced hypertension
Drug rash on the back
Drug rash, tegretol
Drug signs and teenagers
Drug-induced hypertension often by substituting a longer acting benzodizapine such as valium or klonopinKlonopin
Klonopin wafer over a period of weeks to months.  This is to prevent the possibility of seizuresEclampsia
Epilepsy
Febrile seizures
Generalized tonic-clonic seizure
Grand mal seizure
Partial (focal) seizure
Petit mal seizure
Seizures
Temporal lobe seizure which can occur during withdrawl. There is also a rebound effect in which the underlying condition for which the drugChemical dependence - resources
Chemotherapy
Drug abuse
Drug abuse and dependence
Drug abuse first aid
Drug allergies
Drug induced hypertension
Drug rash on the back
Drug rash, tegretol
Drug signs and teenagers
Drug-induced hypertension was prescribed returns in much greater intensity.  There is growing consensus in the medical community that XanaxXanax
Xanax xr may be a drugChemical dependence - resources
Chemotherapy
Drug abuse
Drug abuse and dependence
Drug abuse first aid
Drug allergies
Drug induced hypertension
Drug rash on the back
Drug rash, tegretol
Drug signs and teenagers
Drug-induced hypertension whose shortcomings far outweigh its dubious therpeutic value.  A little research will show that what I am saying is true. Your doctor may not be aware of this latest information.  Most doctors rely on pharmaceutical salespeople for their information which is not what I would consider entirely objective.  I have been addicted to xanaxXanax
Xanax xr through a prescription and I can tell you from experience, if I were you I would flush it down the toilet right now. I am not an alarmist.  Visit any benzo addictionDrug abuse and dependence board and you will see hundreds of people like me.

My mom went through this years ago after quitting smokingQuitting smoking
Smoking - tips on how to quit
Smoking and copd (chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder)
Smoking and smokeless tobacco
Smoking hazards.  She swears by Tranzine, but only takes it occassionally when needed.  It's addictive, but much less so than xanaxXanax
Xanax xr or valium.

I've seen commericals about anxietyGeneralized anxiety disorder
Separation anxiety
Stress and anxiety disordersAdjustment disorder
Anorexia nervosa
Asperger syndrome
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd)
Autism
Autoimmune disorders
Bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder
Bleeding disorders
Borderline personality disorder
Bulimia, and they advertize PaxilPaxil
Paxil cr I think or one of those medicationsAllergic reactions to medication
Drug allergies
Drug-induced hypertension
Getting a prescription filled
Home pharmacy
Inhaler medication administration that they say works.  Be very careful about xanaxXanax
Xanax xr, it's highly addictive.  My little sis is stuck on those, a small dose, but she takes it everyday which concerns me.

Good luck!

Lv Jenny

You've already gotten great advice, especially about XanaxXanax
Xanax xr. Personally, I wouldn't touch XanaxXanax
Xanax xr with a ten-footAthlete's foot
Athlete's foot, tinea pedis
Clubfoot
Clubfoot deformity
Clubfoot repair
Clubfoot repair - series
Diabetes foot care
Diabetic blood circulation in foot
Diabetic foot care
Erythema toxicum on the foot
Foot pain pole.



I've been in the same boat as you. There was some situational traffic that was very intense and my shrink gave me klonopinKlonopin
Klonopin wafer. Now, that's dangerous too. Ask Stevie Nicks. It screwed her life up for ten solid years. She was abusing it, of course, along with coke.



Anyway, I took two mg klonopinKlonopin
Klonopin wafer twiceTwice-a-day a day for about a month. It worked wonderfully. Then I cutCuts and puncture wounds it backBack pain - low
Back strain treatment to one mg. From there, I went to 2 mg Valium twiceTwice-a-day a day; then one mg twiceTwice-a-day a day. And now I'm on 1/2 mg twiceTwice-a-day a day. I will next go to 1/4 mg Valium twiceTwice-a-day a day and then off. The whole thing has taken me from September until today at 1/2 mg Valium twiceTwice-a-day a day. That should impress you of the potential danger of benzodiazepines. Treat with incredible caution.



Francois

PanicPanic disorder
Panic disorder with agoraphobia disorderAdjustment disorder
Anorexia nervosa
Asperger syndrome
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd)
Autism
Autoimmune disorders
Bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder
Bleeding disorders
Borderline personality disorder
Bulimia....the dreaded panicPanic disorder
Panic disorder with agoraphobia attacts....what a horrible thing to go thru...I never understood how severe this can be until I started experiencing them a few years ago. I though I was going to die of a heartCongenital heart disease
Cor pulmonale
Coronary heart disease
Cyanotic heart disease
Depression and heart disease
Heart attack
Heart attack first aid
Heart attack symptoms
Heart bypass surgery
Heart bypass surgery - series
Heart disease attack or seizureEclampsia
Epilepsy
Febrile seizures
Generalized tonic-clonic seizure
Grand mal seizure
Partial (focal) seizure
Petit mal seizure
Seizures
Temporal lobe seizure.



DRUGSChemical dependence - resources
Chemotherapy
Drug abuse
Drug abuse and dependence
Drug abuse first aid
Drug allergies
Drug induced hypertension
Drug rash on the back
Drug rash, tegretol
Drug signs and teenagers
Drug-induced hypertension; How those MDs love to give us all sorts of drugsChemical dependence - resources
Chemotherapy
Drug abuse
Drug abuse and dependence
Drug abuse first aid
Drug allergies
Drug induced hypertension
Drug rash on the back
Drug rash, tegretol
Drug signs and teenagers
Drug-induced hypertension to lessen the attacks, and get us dependent on them to the point of addictionDrug abuse and dependence.



There is another method to stop panicPanic disorder
Panic disorder with agoraphobia attacts....and on myself, it was the only real thing that stopped them cold...even though I was taking (am still taking) valium.



I got into CognitiveMental status tests Behavioral Therapy . It WORKED! Ask your MD's or you shrinks about this and if they can get you into a group. It was the only way I was able to get my panicPanic disorder
Panic disorder with agoraphobia backBack pain - low
Back strain treatment in check.

PanicPanic disorder
Panic disorder with agoraphobia attacks can be really scary but you have to figure out where they come from. If you are feeling anxious and sickSick sinus syndrome to your stomachAbdominal pain
Abdominal pain diagnosis
Esophagus and stomach anatomy
Feeding tube insertion - gastrostomy
Gastric cancer
Gastric suction
Gastric ulcer
Ileus - x-ray of distended bowel and stomach
Nausea and vomiting
Roux-en-y stomach surgery for weight loss
Stomach from the moment you wake up I would think there might be something else your Dr should look into before you go into the benzo mode. I suffer panicPanic disorder
Panic disorder with agoraphobia, majorMajor tears
Major-con when withdrawing and detoxing from narcoticsDrug abuse. I have been clean for almost 4 months now and am suffering the same kind of panicPanic disorder
Panic disorder with agoraphobia now from another source. A bad situation in a relationship. So I'm backBack pain - low
Back strain treatment on the valium van, but I only take one 5mg twiceTwice-a-day a day. Me being the addict that I am for some strange reason has never been addicted to the diazampan benzo familyBirth control and family planning
Choosing a primary care provider
Ewing’s sarcoma
Family troubles - resources. I don't know why I sure did everything else. If taken in small doses they can help. But if your feeling that way from an inviormental source (home, familyBirth control and family planning
Choosing a primary care provider
Ewing’s sarcoma
Family troubles - resources, relationship, etc.) try removing yourself from what it is that might be setting you off. Ha listen to me,,,MS co-dependent expert. Really look to all other methods befor going into the drugChemical dependence - resources
Chemotherapy
Drug abuse
Drug abuse and dependence
Drug abuse first aid
Drug allergies
Drug induced hypertension
Drug rash on the back
Drug rash, tegretol
Drug signs and teenagers
Drug-induced hypertension store! Peace, Annie

Jen, you probably know this but just in case  you don't Tranzine is a Benzo too. I agree with the xanex being bad. I was on 1 mg five times a day per VA Clinic doctor for anxietyGeneralized anxiety disorder
Separation anxiety
Stress and anxiety. Instead of working as a tranqualizer, it made me angry. I changed doctors and went on SSRI's. I still have the panicPanic disorder
Panic disorder with agoraphobia attacks to much to stay in nursing but I don't have the poroblems with the xanaxXanax
Xanax xr any longer. When I stopped taking it I stopped cold turkey. It could have been very bad for me but I dodged the bullet and my withdraw did not seem more than i would consider a bad panicPanic disorder
Panic disorder with agoraphobia attack. By the way, I live in Florida to Jen.

HI

I AM NOT CONDONING IT BUT I HAVE TAKEN TRAXENE FOR 10 YEARS.  IWAS TITRATED UP TO THE MAX DOSE 15MG 4 A DAY.  I ABUSED THEM AT FIRSTFirst progesterone mc10
First progesterone mc5
First-progesterone vgs 200
First-progesterone vgs 400 BUT AFTER I STARTED RUNNING OUT EARLY AND GETTING WD'S I TAPERED BACKBack pain - low
Back strain treatment TO 3.75 4 PER DAY.  SINCE TAKING THEM I HAVE ALSO TAKEN XANAXXanax
Xanax xr AND VALIUM TO TRY AND GET HIGH BUT THEY DO WORK LIKE THEY DID BEFORE I STARTED THE BENZO SERANADE.  



TRANXENETranxene sd
Tranxene t-tab HAS BEEN A LIFESAVER FOR ME. I USED TO HAVE PANICPanic disorder
Panic disorder with agoraphobia ATTACKS AND NIGHT TERROR AND JUST BE "ON EDGE"  NEVER FAR FROM SMACKING THE **** OUT OF ANY GUY THAT GOT OF LINE. AS FOR WOMEN...I HAVE NEVER AND WOULD NEVER STRIKE ONE.  BUT I PUNCHED PLENTY OF WALLS.  MY WIFE AND I WERE IN A CAR ARGUING ON JULY 4. 1991 I WAS CHURNING WITH RAGE.  SO, I WENT TO THE URGENT CARE CENTER AND ASKED TO BE SEEN.  WELL, I LEFT WITH A SCRIPT FOR TRANXENETranxene sd
Tranxene t-tab.



IT HAS BEEN AT LEAST 7 YEARS SINCE I HAVE ABUSED IT AND IT WORKS WONDERS ON ME.



I KNOW THEY SAY PAXILPaxil
Paxil cr AND OTHER SSRI'S ARE FOR PANICPanic disorder
Panic disorder with agoraphobia ATTACKS ETC..BUT I HATE THOSE PILLS.  THEY MESS WITH MY HEADHead and face reconstruction
Head injury
Head lice
Indications of head injury
Radial head injury TOO MUCH.

AM I HOOKED ON TRANXENETranxene sd
Tranxene t-tab???? I AM DEPENDENT BUT I DO IN NO WAY LOOK AT IT AS A PROBLEM (I USED TOO).  IT IS THE OPIATES I AM WAR WITH, AND WHAT ABATTLE IT IS.  HOWEVER, I AM STILL ON TRACK FOR A RAPIDRapid shallow breathing DETOX AND HAVE TAPERED MY DOSEAGE AGAIN THEN WEEK.

GOOD BLESS