emma18
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- 2y
Panic Disorder
Anyone with panic disorder ever have it go away and then come back? I feel in the same hopeless place I was many years ago when I first started experiencing it.
Phillip91Phillip91
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- Date posted
- 2y
I had the same thing happen. I recovered from Panic Disorder 7 years ago and then it reared it's head again during an extremely stressful time this year. It's actually what led me to learn that I have OCD. I have some existential and somatic themes and they all blend together to bring out the panic attacks. Zoloft completely cured the panic attacks, now I'm working on the intrusive thoughts and mental compulsions through ERP.
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 2y
@Phillip91 Same I haven’t had a panic attack since I started Zoloft which I’m thankful for, it just doesn’t really do much for the ocd thoughts which I guess is what erp is for
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AnonymousAnonymous
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@Anonymous Mine too!! Like I don’t even realize how stressed and anxious I am until my body physically goes into panic mode and it sucks
emma18emma18
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- 2y
Wow I was not expecting to see so many responses to this post. Thank you to everyone who shared their experiences, it really made me feel less alone. I started experiencing it 5 years ago and it took me a long time and a lot of medication to overcome it. I’ve always managed ok since then but always felt my life was limited by it in some way. But lately it’s come back and I hate leaving my apartment at all. The whole world feels too overwhelming and scary. I know recovery is possible because I’ve already done it, but it’s hard not to fall back into the avoidant routines I used to have. Plus my OCD really feeds it and vice versa. Just trying to get my medication situation figured out because I’ve been on medicine that’s been working but now doesn’t seem to be and not sure what will help. Again thank you to everyone who commented! Wishing you all the best.
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- Date posted
- 2y
Happened to me. But thats what panic disorder does goes away and then randomly shows up. I was asleep, and randomly woke up bc i had a full blown panic attack. Have been triggered with them since. Its exhausting!! Bc they feel like im back at square one. They actually triggered my intrusive thoughts. So now the panic is gone but the intrusive thoughts are still there.
Stay strong 🙌🏻💪🏻Stay strong 🙌🏻💪🏻
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Yess stress is actually a big trigger, but like you i didnt even think i was stressed till they started!
AnonymousAnonymous
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@Stay strong 🙌🏻💪🏻 Yup lol everyone around me was asking me what caused it etc which is kind of triggering for me cuz I don’t even know myself lol but also you don’t always need an exact reason and I think that’s what’s hard when it comes to people without these mental disorders like they don’t get it
Stay strong 🙌🏻💪🏻Stay strong 🙌🏻💪🏻
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- 2y
@Anonymous Yesss, its tough. I kept finding myself wondering why im feeling like this. But now that i started Lexapro its pretty much taking it away. But im having to deal with the socd and hocd...
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 2y
I haven’t been diagnosed with it in particular, but I related to what you said. Would you mind telling me what that experience is like for you?
AnonymousAnonymous
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- 2y
That it totally normal
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