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Has anyone ever been completely cured of Panic disorder, or anxiety? Is has been 17 years and still having at least 3 or 4 Panic attacks per week

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Thanks for your advice, it's nice to talk to someone who knows how I feel. I think I have decided to keep a journal of the attacks. I don't know why, maybe it will help me get through them.
Somehow I will just have to live with this....

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Please go to itunes and download claire weeks book passing through fear and panic.  I will be honest you having this for 17 years you have set patterns of behaviors and thinking.  You need a support system and some professional help to wiggle through the maze of your mind.  This book really helped me.  I was not healed instantly and it did take months to get it under control.  Time and knowledge of what was going on helped me intensly.  I also see a therapist to keep in check.

Ask God to touch you and lead you to the right whos and places to helpI promise he will. He hers our crys....
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18 years and counting for me with no relief. In fact it has only gotten worse.

Wish I could say I was cured, but as far as I know, there is no cure. God knows I have tried everything and no luck.
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I have tried therapy in the past I am really seriously considering it again, I am really feeling so desperate....so tired of feeling this way. Don't get me wrong, as I read that is sounds scary...but I don't want to do anything stupid...just make it go away. I will try anything.
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Thank you so much for your kind words. It is so hard, I want to get up and walk I want to do a yoga class, but I can't seem to get myself up and out of here. I feel so alone with my panic and anxiety, it is so embarrassing to even talk to my husband about. I have cut myself off from friends and family, that just don't understand. It is a terrible problem, and it feels like your just "alone" to deal with. I am scared and in a panic all the time. Today is a good example, I treated myself to a deep tissue message and facial this morning, knowing full well that I would be sore tonight. Sure enough I started feeling aches and pains from the  message, immediately I was thrown into panic and fear of doom. You see, all it takes is a small little pain or discomfort and it triggers a thought of my death or doom. I try and calm myself, say out loud...."it's ok L, you know it's just from the message, but at the same time there is a feeling that overwhelms me telling me that it's something serious, I need to go to the emergency room, blood clot, stroke, heart attack, then I get on the internet and google the symtoms to see what it could be....I tried to explain to my husband, it's like the villian from **** Tracy....Two Face....One side of your brain is telling you it's ok,the other is lying to you. The struggle of good or evil....I usally call someone on the phone that I haven't talked to in a long time so there will be enough conversation to distract my brain, until the xanax kicks in.
I have tried medications, paxil, zoloft, they just make me feel like I am in a dream and I can't work....Typing this long message has gotten me through the one I have been having for the last 2 hours. I am beginning to wonder if I will ever be normal again. I feel very sad and confused as to why this is happening to me.....I am exhausted mentally....
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I'm not going to tell you therapy cures very many people, but it is the only cure out there.  Meds help with symptoms, but don't cure.  Often, though, they're the best we can do if therapy doesn't work.
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I was on Lexapro for  a year and recently came off of it...with somewhat bad results.  I'm starting to take it again and to be honest, i can't wait for it to kick in.   I'm fairly young but have always been a nervous ball of anxiety, so my doctor decided that Lexapro would be a good fit for me.  I've only had maybe two or three panic attacks and they were enough to scare me to death.  So I started taking 10 mg and i also started to eat better, take nightly walks when the weather was good, and go to a Yoga class once a week (which is also a life saver).

I would suggest talking to your doctor and telling him/her everything that you've been feeling.  Write it all down before you go.  Make a list, even.  Having three to four panic attacks a weeks cannot be good for your health.  You PCP should be able to give you options on which meds are better and more suited to your lifestyle.  

But its a long road to recovery.  The meds help get everything under control and calm you down enough to help you sort through your fears rationally. When i was on Lexapro, i noticed that i was much calmer, much happier and laid back, and if i had a little bit of anxiety i could deal with it easier and more quickly.

I hope this helps.
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ive only been dealing with it for a few years. i got my onset of panic attacks quite suddenly about 3 years or so ago. i thought i was dying, i had never had a panic attack before, things were terrible for a long time anxiety wise after that. i started on lexapro and boom no anxiety for a year or so. 6 weeks post pardum after having my son i started with it all again, im back on lexapro now but things are slow going this time, as pregnancy changes so much. i wish you the best of luck, keep trying. panic disorder is very hard to fix, especially overnight. it may be that they just have not found the right treatment for you. it can be fixed. hope that helps. good luck.
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