re: #822 Afrocity

Thank you Ploome. You are right about exercise it does help and I needed Xanax less when I did. I blew out my knee last summer on the Nordic Track and have not exercised much since, got busy with the election and holiday season. Spring is alway an incentive but with the dog dying and the cold I had plus the surgery just now the doc thinks I should wait till mid April before I hit the gym again. March has been an awful month for me and of course that brings on more stress which means more attacks.

I should up my prozac but I am in denial and staying at 30MG. I think I will go up to 40 and that will decrease need for xanax.

Ah, stay with 30 mg of Prozac, IMHO….although I took Prozac years ago and had good luck with it, so I’m not one of those anti-SSRI nuts. If the Xanax is just an occasional requirement, taking it as needed probably is not any kind of addiction risk.

No, I’m not a doctor, but I’ve read a lot about these meds over the years.

Oh, and I took Ambien for a week or two a while back. It’s really, really effective. I may get a week’s worth once my husband is back from his year deployment to reset my sleep cycle. If the attacks happen only at night/bedtime, it’s worth a try.

The jury is really out on whether Prozac is effective for panic disorder….