Mija
I too suffer from panic/anxiety disorder, have been living with it for like 8yrs now..at first was getting no help..didnt understand what was going on with me, doctors said i was fine another said and I quote, "its all in your head"..was totally freaked out till I met some other doctors that diagnosed my problem and ya took Buspar it helped made my head a bit foggy but it did lessen the attacks I seemed to suffer severly..worst attack..I would get dizzy, felt like I would pass out, as if my heart would burst threw my chest and I wanted to throw up...couldnt breath lips and fingertips turned blue..wanted to die..but now im taking meds and getting better..i devoloped agorophobia while sick but now Im getting out more..not soo depressed or frightened..soo I agree, if taking meds for the rest of my life keeps those attacks away then I will do it..to me it was the most awfull feeling in the world..would do anything not to ever feel them again...good to know Im not the only one and someone out there understands my illness, not many people do..and they can be cruel..but it is an illness and if u suffer from it..dont give up...there is help..and lifes too precious to give it up.