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GRR... A panic setback

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So, I was doing alright for a while but I had another panic attack. It leaves me feeling out of control of myself and the anxiety is just right there and it's just really hard to not sink down again.

I have barely been able to sleep or eat for a few days, and I can't exercise, which gets me even more down. I get so overwhelmed sometimes I just want to cry, and I worry that my anxious mind will get the best of me. But my fatigue is contributing to my anxiety, and possibly that 25 mg of zoloft isn't enough. I don't know.

Now when I thought of panic attacks I used to think of them as very brief, lasting a few minutes or so. Well I am always on the edge of panic now when I have my setbacks, and my anxiety is SO high, for pretty much the entire day.

I know I should do my best to go in a different direction and not feed my anxiety, but sometimes this gets SO difficult I can barely handle it, and my thoughts go obsessive to the max. Any suggestions/comments/anything?
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Just want to say, I feel the same. If i am not Dp'd I am anxious or having a panic attack. ITs awful.

I find myself always on edge now with this Dp/DR thing. I used to have an occasional panic attack, and anxiety usually when expected only mine was more severe. NOW I have anxiety all day everyday with bouts of my questions "what are we, why are we here, are we here, is this a dream, is it all going to just end right now, or maybe it all began just now. blah blah blah the questions go through my head to feed my panic, and when I am feeling temporalily (sp?) "better" I realixe that they are just thoughts. BUT when Im feeling out of it, its so bad, I think Ill stop breathing, or im not here anyway. ITs hard to describe what we all feel. The more I visit this board the more I see we are all so much alike, even in the sense that we try to feel like our symptoms are different from everyone else!

Anyway ive rambled, and im done now!
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Just want to say, I feel the same. If i am not Dp'd I am anxious or having a panic attack. ITs awful.

I find myself always on edge now with this Dp/DR thing. I used to have an occasional panic attack, and anxiety usually when expected only mine was more severe. NOW I have anxiety all day everyday with bouts of my questions "what are we, why are we here, are we here, is this a dream, is it all going to just end right now, or maybe it all began just now. blah blah blah the questions go through my head to feed my panic, and when I am feeling temporalily (sp?) "better" I realixe that they are just thoughts. BUT when Im feeling out of it, its so bad, I think Ill stop breathing, or im not here anyway. ITs hard to describe what we all feel. The more I visit this board the more I see we are all so much alike, even in the sense that we try to feel like our symptoms are different from everyone else!

Anyway ive rambled, and im done now!
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