Hello,
I'm new here and not even sure if I'm doing this right. I was diagnosed with panic and anxiety disorder when I was 30. I am now 46. I didn't even know I was depressed. I was working two jobs and came home from work one night and bam! I started having a panic attack. They continued for weeks and I couldn't even work most of the time. I cried 24/7 and didn't even know why. Lucky for me, I knew what was happening because the exact same thing happened to my sister. I finally went and got help at the local mental health center and I was put on Paxil and Xanax. I was terrified to take the meds. I was scared of everything. But I took them a little at a time. Then one morning I woke up and it was like a miracle. The fog had lifted and the anxiety had subsided. I was on paxil for 10 yrs. I quit taking it and have been fine for years until recently. I have been under extreme stress since 2006 as my son was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder. I felt the old feelings of anxiety creeping back in so I just started the paxil again a few weeks ago. Just wanted to give everybody a little background on my condition. So hello!
