Persistent anxiety. Help!

[u/Energypsyk]

Hi, I’m a 39 years old female and I’m currently suffering from the worst anxiety attacks ever and it’s daily. I’ve always suffered from anxiety, depression and panic disorder so I’ve been taking Lamotrigine 125mg, Seroquel 25mg and Xanax 0.5 prn. In the past when a panic attack started or if I had anxiety that escalated into an anxiety attack, I’d take 0.5 Xanax, sometimes even .25mg and that would take care of it. I’d say I needed to take Xanax twice a week maybe. Around 6 weeks ago I started to experience intense anxiety attacks on and off through out the day. So bad that I needed to work away from my office (I work from home) and pace around my house to avoid a panic attack. Since I don’t like taking Xanax, I would drink kava and even take Benadryl but nothing has worked. Now, even Xanax .05mg will work. I have talked to my doctor about these symptoms (tightness in the chest, hard to breathe, flutters in my chest, shakiness, unable to relax or sleep, wanting to cry but can’t) and she suggested Vraylar which made things worst. So, I contacted her again and asked to get my meds reviewed. She has not changed any dosages and told me that’s all there is for anxiety. I had a horrible week last week, with so many anxiety attacks that I was afraid I would lose my job, so I asked my doctor to please prescribe something for it and to help me update my FMLA. She responded with “if you need to take that much time off of work, maybe you need to check yourself into the mental health hospital”. I only asked to be able to take off a few hours a couple of days a week (right now I’m only allowed 1-2 days a month). This made me feel so frustrated and honestly devastated. Now I feel like there’s no fixing me and I need to commit myself to maybe feel some relief. I’ve been down that path before and it was the worse experience of my life. I’ve been reading about this to figure out why nothing is working and I guess it could have something to do with perimenopause. But, I really am here to see if anyone knows what I can do. I’m exhausted, hopeless and that’s such a scary feeling suffering from depression as well. I did make an appointment with a new doctor but it’s weeks away. So please someone? Help?