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From: fulloranxiety on 18 Oct 2005 22:54 Not sure how you all post. I have panic disorder with agoraphobia. I can though, occasionly go out with a 'trusted safe person'. Seems harder and harder. and I've had this for many years. I ran out of Klonopin yesterday, and was sick, shaky you name it. I got the prescription refilled tonight. Not sure how things work here, but anyone else agoraphobic to the point that they cannot go anywhere, ever? I seem to be getting to that point. Thanks fullofanxiety
From: V~anessa on 20 Oct 2005 04:17 "fulloranxiety" <nearthesea(a)comcast.net> wrote in message news:1129690482.378440.70770(a)g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > Not sure how you all post. > I have panic disorder with agoraphobia. I can > though, occasionly go out with a 'trusted safe > person'. Seems harder and harder. and I've had > this for many years. I ran out of Klonopin > yesterday, and was sick, shaky you name it. > I got the prescription refilled tonight. > Not sure how things work here, but anyone else > agoraphobic to the point that they cannot go > anywhere, ever? I seem to be getting to that point. > Thanks > fullofanxiety hi and welcome, as Geno said not many people post here but there are many of us who have had agoraphobia and overcome it. Situations vary for each person and finding a way to control your condition will also vary. For me what helped initially was medication but in the long term what gave me back my life was cognitive behavioural therapy. It's not always easy or a quick solution but if you find a very good therapist whom you get along really well then you are likely to find it useful. I can remember a time when I was so panic stricken that I couldn't even go to the bathroom in my own home. I'm surprised you felt so shaky after only one day without Klonopin. I too take this medication and it's a long lasting benzo which usually stays in your system for days. But depending on your dose I can imagine it may have cause these side effects and as a caution you probably already know not to ever abruptly stop this med. It's great that you have a trusted safe person. It's a positive sign that you can go out even if it is with support. It is easy to give into negative thoughts and fears and consequently they end up controlling your life. Since you've been like this for years it isn't easy to change your thinking and behaviour but speaking from experience (I developed agoraphobia at 14 and am 41 now) you can learn to challenge your thinking and behaviour so that you can extend the parameters of your world. All the best and i hope I don't sound like I'm preaching to you. Just wanted to offer support and understanding and hope. I've been there and do go back to agoraphobic moments now and then but I no longer let it control me, well I try not to :) Vanessa
From: V~anessa on 21 Oct 2005 03:22 "Geno Centofanti" <heygeno(a)webtv.net> wrote in message news:23949-4357941D-213(a)storefull-3112.bay.webtv.net... > Amen, Vanessa ! hello Geno, Always great to see a post from you in here. How's the gardening going? Vanessa
From: Figaro on 21 Oct 2005 10:54 On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 17:22:24 +1000, V~anessa wrote: > "Geno Centofanti" <heygeno(a)webtv.net> wrote in message > news:23949-4357941D-213(a)storefull-3112.bay.webtv.net... >> Amen, Vanessa ! > > hello Geno, > > Always great to see a post from you in here. How's the gardening going? > > Vanessa Hi V~, Doing well? Since I don't see any of Geno's posts, it looks like you're talking to an invisible person. A new anxiety symptom? <g> Fig
From: Figaro on 21 Oct 2005 10:57
On 18 Oct 2005 19:54:42 -0700, fulloranxiety wrote: > Not sure how you all post. > I have panic disorder with agoraphobia. I can > though, occasionly go out with a 'trusted safe > person'. Seems harder and harder. and I've had > this for many years. I ran out of Klonopin > yesterday, and was sick, shaky you name it. > I got the prescription refilled tonight. > Not sure how things work here, but anyone else > agoraphobic to the point that they cannot go > anywhere, ever? I seem to be getting to that point. > Thanks > fullofanxiety Hello there. FWIW, I was once so agoraphobic I'd collapse on the floor whenever I even approached the door to the outside world. Agoraphobia is treatable, so much so that you'll one day wonder why you were housebound. Do you have a good doc and/or therapist and a treatment plan? Fig |