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Panic Attack Excessively Gone too far
Mental Health | Last Active: Feb 22, 2021 | Replies (27)Comment receiving replies
It is so strange, I am a lot older than you (43) but have many similar issues...the low potassium, the ear infections, and the panic attacks of which no one can understand how crazy they can make you. I haven't felt like myself for a really long time and I know most people think I am a hypochondriac because I always go to the doctor complaining about the same thing. I know what you are going through is REAL and it's scary. I've tried all sorts of anti-depressants. I know this question was posted a while ago and I do hope you are doing much better and have been able to find a solution of which I have not. I just have to live every day knowing that I can have a panic attack at any moment and that no one believes that it has to do with my potassium level. I would appreciate an update on your current status. Thanks!
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@bibinance I'd like to extend my welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect.
You said that people think you are a, "hypochondriac because I always go to the doctor complaining about the same thing."
It's important that we visit medical providers but since they have not been able to offer solutions for your symptoms, perhaps it's time to seek another kind of care.
Anti-depressants can be an important tool for anxiety but best practice would be to attend therapy concurrently. May I ask if you are seeing a therapist?
May I also inquire if you have any pain because I'm wondering if a pain clinic based in psychotherapy might be helpful in reducing symptoms?
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@bibinance, Good evening, I have just come upon your first post, and here is a gigantic welcome to Connect. We are a group of patients, caregivers, and providers who cannot diagnose or prescribe. What we can do is share our own experiences and in so doing let you know that we have been there. We get it.
Actually, I had my first panic attack ever this year and I don't want to have another one. You obviously know much more than I do. So....have a bit of patience and you will receive an appropriate welcome. I will start my way back to Neuropathy where I belong.
May you be free of suffering and the causes of suffering.
Chris