I am so very thankful that I found this group! I am a new sufferer, it is just so darn depressing. I started coming down with panic attacks a year ago and have been desperately trying to beat them. Much to my disappointment, they still plague me. The attacks themselves are full of fun, exciting symptoms like passing out ( only twice so far), throwing up (a lot), needing to immediately go to the bathroom (technical phrase I have researched to be called "rapid gastric emptying"!), extreme desire to flee the situation, and hot flashes (I am only 26). Needless to say, this puts quite the damper on wanting to go out to bars and such with friends because the fear is always there that I will have a panic attack. Introducing agoraphobia, which by the way, I had no idea what that meant until a year ago. Completely bizarre new concept for me because I was the d*mn social chair for a sorority...I mean really, what goes on here? So, I have officially lost my mind. I am still fighting, daily it seems, with making myself leave my condo. However, it is truly comforting to read others' stories about their experiences. It makes me feel not quite as alone as I have recently. If anyone has a magic wand to beat this, please share. Any other tips would also be much appreciated. Sincerely, crazy in Atlanta. Young and homebound. So sad.
