Brain training?

[Meekah4]

I have severe anxiety and panic disorder for nearly ten years. I'm only 27 and it feels like it controls my life. I have given up coffee, alcohol, and all caffeine. I started meditating, journaling, and doing yoga. I'm also on buispirone. I make small steps of progress, but then I back track. It's so disappointing. I also have a 5 year old daughter and I constantly feel like I'm failing as a mother. The reason for this post is that I'm finally to the point where I am willing to put myself in debt and travel to the mayo clinic. I heard they have a brain training program for anxiety disorder. Has anyone else tried brain training in their treatment? What are your thoughts?

[Ladybug102016]

Before you go as far as the Mayo Clinic have you tried regular counseling sessions? CBT is a form of brain training over a longer period of time I’ve found it very helpful.

[tppppppp in reply to Ladybug102016]

I'm trying cbt now and I look forward to seeing my therapist every week. I'm only on my third week and there has been incremental improvements.

[tppppppp]

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[ChicagoGirl1961]

Buspirone is the only med you are taking? There are much better alternatives, the buspar is generally not that effective for most people.

[Meekah4]

I have not tried cbt therapy I thought it was more trauma focused. That's my main issue with the anxiety and panic is I have not experienced any trauma. I have no reason to be experiencing what I am. Yes I inky take busbar, I tried two different anti depressants before it made things much worse.

[Ladybug102016 in reply to Meekah4]

I don’t think I’ve been through really severe trauma but CBT is still a road that has been working well for me. It gets frustrating when my negative thoughts defeat me and I fall back into old patterns but I just need to keep working at challenging thoughts, I think there might even be an app for it.

[tppppppp in reply to Ladybug102016]

How long have you been in cbt?

[Ladybug102016 in reply to tppppppp]

Over a year there has definitely been improvement over where I was but I still have my tough days.

[Meekah4 in reply to Ladybug102016]

Really? That's great to hear. Is it expensive? I will start looking into it more, thank you!

[Ladybug102016 in reply to Meekah4]

It’s through a counselor so it’s based on her rates, look for someone who specializes in CBT