I just wanted to say hello to everyone. I'm new here but I'm not new to panic attacks. I've been under treatment for about 12 years and have used many different medications.
I learned last week that I have a small brain tumor and my anxiety has been sky high since. I'm having panic attacks daily. Sometimes I take extra xanax to calm down. I've worked real hard to reduce my dependence on xanax for the past 8 years and got down to .75mg per day but now I need 1-1.25 mg on top of 25mg of Paxil. (at one time I was on 12 mg/day of xanax)
My Dr. doesn't yet know if my tumor is going to cause problems or not. He said if it doesn't grow any then I should be OK but if it does grow then they will have to remove it. I have to have MRIs every 6 months to watch it for growth. I think if I knew more about this tumor I might be able to calm down. My endocrinologist that found the tumor wasn't very good at explaining what was going on.
From my experience panic attacks need treatment from specialists. General practitioners tend to have little understanding of panic and don;t know the available medication as well as specialists. I saw a general practitioner for a while when I didn't have insurance and I basically went in to his office and told him what to prescribe for me.
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