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My Story with Panic Attacks

At the age of 6 I remember my father taking  my brother and I, Owen, to the movies.  We were in the car and got about halfway there before I started to feel sick and got my father to pull over.  As the car came to a halt, I thought I was going to vomit but nothing happened.  I started to panic and my father ended up turning the car around and headed home. Once got home I was fine.  Not realizing what is was, my parents were in dismay of my behavior.

Over the years I had encountered several more of these weird occurrences.  At the age of 9 my parents eventually took me to a children’s psychiatrist, subsequently I was diagnosed with Agoraphobia.  We had tried everything from hypnotherapy to medication, both medical and natural, one particular herbal anxiety remedy I had been taking was St. John’s Wort.  It seemed to have been effective for me for a little amount of time, but like most instances of taking medication, I surpassed the point of which the medication was effective and relapsed into a state which was worse than before.  My relapse caused an increase of panic attacks, which consequently took me a couple of months to get back to a more stable path.  My parents had put me back in to anxiety support groups and psychiatrists to get me back on track, which cost them hundreds of dollars.

During my teenage years I had a very rough time with my anxiety attacks, which caused me to miss a lot of school; in fact, I missed out on half a year of grade 8 and grade 9.  These two years of schooling were also interrupted by my parents’ change of work and having to relocate house, which eventuated in the changing of schools 3 different times.  So it made my transitions difficult especially with my peers not understanding my condition.   By grade 10 I had started at a new school which I was able to finish a whole year at without any major distracting incidents.  However, due to our family relocating yet again, I moved schools again for my senior years and finally graduated.  After graduating I met this girl, Louise (now my wife), who turned my world upside down – in a good way!  After a few months of dating I had finally told her about my anxiety disorder, which initially she was a bit weirded out by, but made an effort to understand.  A year ago Louise and I were on holidays, and in our hotel whilst eating dinner all of a sudden a panic attack occurred; it was the worst one I had ever faced.  My wife, whom has dealt with my panic attacks over the past 7 years, was very concerned about this attack in particular.

Anxiety Support Groups, I have found, provide help with anxiety but are not a permanent treatment.  But the best support I have found over the past seven glorious years has been my wife, and without her understanding and support I doubt I’d have a better control over my panic attacks as I do now.  I still experience attacks on most days, the level of severity differing, however I am coping with anxiety and panic attacks a hell of a lot better these days!  But when I do get the occasional severe panic attack, it literally cripples me.

Even though I have more control over my anxiety attacks these days, I still just want to be rid of them.  I am currently trialling this program that claims to naturally cure panic attacks and anxiety attacks.  I will let you know my thoughts in my next post.

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Matthew
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