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- emma18
- Date posted
- 2y ago
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.
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- Phillip91Phillip91
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y ago
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.
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- AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 2y ago
@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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- emma18emma18
- Date posted
- 2y ago
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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- Stay strong 🙌🏻💪🏻Stay strong 🙌🏻💪🏻
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y ago
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.
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- Stay strong 🙌🏻💪🏻Stay strong 🙌🏻💪🏻
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y ago
Yess stress is actually a big trigger, but like you i didnt even think i was stressed till they started!
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- AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 2y ago
@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
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- Stay strong 🙌🏻💪🏻Stay strong 🙌🏻💪🏻
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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 2y ago
@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...
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- AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 2y ago
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?
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- AnonymousAnonymous
- Date posted
- 2y ago
That it totally normal
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- kevin_22
- Date posted
- 6y ago
I’ve always had anxiety and ocd about throwing up but then it went into just horrible panic attacks where I needed someone close to calm me down like my mom or gf. It subsided and I was doing great for years. But it’s come back and now, I live in NYC, for the last 2 years I can’t take the subway anymore m, I can’t get on elevators or planes. It’s controlled my life. If im on there alone I get panic attacks. It happens automatically. I’m scared that the subway is going to get stuck and I can’t get off same with the elevator and plane. I’m scared of having panic attacks now and I just have a huge general sense of anxiety everywhere. I just feel off constantly now. I really want to get my life back and not care about these things. Anyone else dealing w the same?
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- Teddyboo
- Date posted
- 4y ago
It’s baaaaaack....just looking for some support. It’s been a pretty good run for the past few months, and that has been nice. It never really goes away, but it just gets to a low level and the anxiety wanes too. But, I know this disorder cycles and for me it is back. It hit last weekend, and now the anxiety has increased as have the urgency of the intrusive thoughts. I have been here many many many times before and I know it always passes, but when you feel terrible there can be this urgency to making it go away now, and to also wonder why it gets worse from time to time. I know that I just have to feel the feelings and wait for it to calm down, but as we all know it can be hard on our mind when it returns. So, just seeing if others experience these ups and downs. And, just had to write about the hard feelings. Thanks all!
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- batswithbootson
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- 47w ago
Can OCD go into remission?
Can OCD go into remission for a few years, and then come back years later? I feel like this is what happened to me. Around the ages of 14 to 16, I was fine, for the most part. Disassociated but fine, because although my dad's health has been declining slowly, I was still able to function/think clear/etc. The remission lasted until I was 21 and hit me like a train from then on. I have my good and bad days with OCD, but it's there again. Sometimes it reminds me of how it used to be, when it FIRST started; I was 11 or 12. Those REALLY bad days are few and far between. I basically describe myself as "simmering in anxiety" no matter what location I'm in or what I'm doing. The only thing that helps me is church or being around my church family as much as I can.
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