Struggling with Anxiety and Panic Disorder for year

For many years, I have struggled with Panic and Anxiety...the first time that I had a full blown panic attack back in 1992, I had never experienced it before and felt like I was dying. I ended up in the hospital that night with the doctor's doing a whole bunch of tests on me. Come to find out, that it was not physically related. Found out later that it was stress and anxiety and was put on Prozac and Centrax (at that time for the Centrax). When I had the full blown panic attack that really scared me to death, since I had never had one before. How do people deal with panic attacks, fear, anxious thoughts, and the fear of things closing in on you?

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I totally understand where you’re coming from. I’ve had anxiety since my early 20’s and am almost 55. I have also experienced the feelings and symptoms you refer to and they scared the crap out of me. I ended up in the ER a few times with every test possible. Nothing but anxiety. I have read a lot of work from Claire Weeks who was a pioneer in this field. I’m really trying to put her teachings into practice. It’s VERY hard sometimes but does work.