Hi, i'm new here and new to anxiety attacks too.

I've been having anxiety/panic attacks over the past 3 months. I had a bought of anxiety related symptoms for about a week or so back in february then it went away. I didn't think too much of it, thought it was some wierd bug to tell you the truth. Then one day in march I had a full blown panic attack (2 actually), then for about 2 weeks I had a few panic attacks and anxiety attacks quite frequently. I was seeing a therapist and it really seemed that I got a handle on it. There were several things that were going on at that time which kind of made it make sence that I was experiencing so much anxiety. But as I said, I got a handle on it and things calmed down. I thought it was probably a one time thing brought on by so much stress.

Then last week, out of the blue, bang! They started again. It has been a week and a half of this again now.

Over the last day or so I can sort of feel it easing off again, so hopefully it is subsiding again. But for how long?

It is truely the most terrible feeling. I just feel like I am losing complete control of my mind. I'm scared of being like this forever.

I have an appointment with my theropist tomorrow morning. So I guess I will be talking to her about this some more, but I really wanted to find some support where I can talk about this and maybe even find some answers.

One thing my family doctor talked to me about was medication. She gave me a months supply of celexa to try. I haven't decided if I want to do that or not. I was wondering if any of you have any experience with this drug that could help me decide if I should start it or not.

Anything you could tell me in regards to how to manage this would really be appreciated.

Thanks.