Totally agree. I have a ton of pride, and took me awhile to accept that medication may help. I have taken a couple Xanax when I travel. It works. It really does. A few years ago it took me everything to get outside the city limits. Yeah, I take Xanax, but I don't take it every day. If I get a migraine I take some medicine and it helps. I know that the migraine is for stress and do work on that. So, if I have panic take something. Work on the underlying cause, but life is short. A good quote I think about. "Life begins where your comfort zone ends."

Sure do wish your observations would be in psych. dr.s mind..
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Around here meds like that are essentially outlawed and panic isn't viewed as a legit issue that needs medication.

My body is med resistant to begin with and I am only given a token amount of valium with no hope of a dose that would actually help a panic attack. I also have GAD but that is also not addressed. All the psych dr.s in my area have the same mentality.

My mp3 player is the only thing that remotely slows things down:(:(
It is better than nothing though.....

@harry3333 I would sure like it if u were a doctor,I would be ur patient..lol

listening to favourite music has been used a lot

antihistamines sedate and calm some, travel sickness pills generally contain them
some say the propaganda against valium is from the drug cos who want their expensive antidepressants to be the sole antianxiety meds prescribed

You are so right,I've thought that a long time..

My Dr. gave it to me and worked wonders for about 6 months then the panic came back and violent mood swings. They up the dose but made the panic worse. I do have an intolerant body when it comes to medications though.

again, around here, the excuse is all the abusers selling it on the streets...
patients that actually need that or another benzo are essentially out of luck, rx antihistamines are the most rx'd for anxiety/panic. It's not just one dr....it's all of them to boot.
It's ever so draining having to stop things, work on my breathing or lay down for an hour or more with the mp3...can't hardly do that when it hits out in public:(:(
I know the AD he(psych.dr) recently put me on causes anxiety but he's not gonna wanna hear that either. "nobody has trouble with it".
I feel sure it's making things worse now.
There are days and there are days:(:(

I am not a big fan of meds.
Eventually you have to deal with the underlying problem, so i rather work on that now.
I have taken xanax and a few other things before. Including valium a long time ago.
I am just one of those health/organic/natural people......i want to put healthy things into my body and i want to feel like myself, even if that includes occasional anxiety.
I don't get panic attacks regularily anymore. Just on "special" occasions and i just deal. I know it will pass.
I am not saying my way is for everybody.
Each person has to do what they just to help them cope.
This is my way, that's all.

I don't want medicine to sedate my life in order to control an issue. Then I am just creating another issue for my self. Benzos like Valium are highly addictive. That may be why you support it so much. I have no intention on becoming a drug addict. I have enough issues on my own. Anxiety is an underlying fear. We all need to face our fear to get over it rather than sedate ourselves enough to not realize we are facing our fear. Try every other option before medicating yourself. I know I am.

I always feel that yes, you can take meds...but there always comes a day where you have to pay the piper