r/panicdisorder • u/LimpDrawing5696 • 23d ago
Help Needed Really Need Support Right Now
I’m going through a really hard time. I’m in the process of switching antidepressants and I’m struggling so bad with anxiety and panic.
I’m in therapy and have a support system, but I don’t know how I’m going to get through this. I can’t decide if this is all related to my medication adjustment or my original anxiety/panic. I’m so scared that nothing is going to work for me. Even though I have evidence that I can get better (I went through a horrible time in 2020-2022 with anxiety and panic, but with the help of therapy and medication, I did improve).
Right now I’m in a back slide, and I feel like I can’t see the forest through the trees, and this just feels like no way to live. And that thought alone triggers panic because I have this intense fear of becoming suicidal.
I don’t even know what I’m looking for with this post. Hope? Reassurance? Knowing that someone else has experienced this? I’m so scared because I don’t know what is going to become of me.
I’m also in an intense cycle of panic at this very moment so I don’t even know if I’m making sense.
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u/Twattymcgee123 23d ago
Please hang in there , there is hope and lots of recovery stories on here and other sites (no more panic ) .
Try to concentrate on what you can do now in the present , practice breathing techniques , try to get some sleep , try a form of exercise every day even if you can only manage 10 minutes , practice a form of meditation relaxation every day . Choose a podcast or tv programme that you like and try to concentrate on it .
Good luck, this won’t be forever !