I have just joined this group. I am not sure really what to make of it yet. All I know is that my anxiety has turned me into someone else. I don't want medications anymore, but I want to be better. All I want is to be myself. I am just starting out in my career and in my life with my boyfriend of one year and this anxiety is only causing problems.

All I can say is that I want to be myself again, no matter what it takes!

WELCOME!! Things will get better for you soon. Do you have the program? Remember knowledge is power. We have all been or are where you are now but it will pass the main thing to do right now is not keep asking yourself why this is happening and how much it sucks but to get trhough this by accepting your stiuation and then understanding it. You have to first know and believe that this will not hurt you, you are not going crazy nor will you go crazy, there is nothing pyshically wrong with you and anxiety or panic attacks never killed anyone. There are millions of people who, with time and patience, beat this and you will too just hang in there!

Erin ~

You don't drown by falling in the water, you drown by staying there.

hey there ally...welcome to the group...i'm new myself...just joined yesterday or the day before and have purchased lucinda's program...like you, i'm hoping that the program as well as this online community of supporters may help to tame and ease my anxiety problems if not completely remove them...there are so many things we are all capable and/or wanting to do but for these anxieties and other hinderances...i wish all the best to you and hope you get what you want out of this.....much aloha to you ally!!!

hi , iknow how you feel and it sucks , not knowing whatis going on with your mind and body is a huge stress. but learning what anxiety is and what cause it is a big releave.. im on tape 2 and it has change my way of thinking big time.dont be scare of the symptoms think what you are saying to yourself and what is making you feel anxious.. all the best

I'm new in the program as well. I'm 15 yrs into my career and I have struggled with unhappiness for several years now. It's really good for you that you have identified you need help early in your career. I wish you all the best as you complete the program.

Hello, I'm also new, about 2 wks into the program. I think it has helped a little so far, my brain is so hard-wired to be anxious that it may take me a little longer. I too feel that anxiety has completely changed the way that I am and I miss my old self but I'm hoping this program will help me find myself again.

This is my first time logging in and using this program so i am really new to this. I have been to the doctor after my first few panic attacks and they tried to put me on medication but i thought that medication was for crazy people. I didnt want to think i was crazy nor did i want to get addicted. I would tell my boyfriend often that
I just want things to go back to the way things were before when I was so carefree and stressfree, when life was easier. i thought that since I had started college that maybe this was why i was having all these problems but when i look back, i had my first panic attack in high school and had to be rushed to the emergency room three times. So college is not the reason for my attacks. I never really put a name to them myself until now. i never even told anyone about all the thoughts that would be inside my head b/c i just knew that people would be afraid to be around me.

This is my first time here also, I ordered the program after my 2nd anxiety attack. The first one sent me to the hospital to get checked for a heart attack, the second kept me without hardly any sleep for 5 nights. My Dr. put me on Citalopram, an anti-depressant, which caused me even more anxiety worrying about the side effects. During my 5th night of no sleep, I saw the infomercial and ordered it. Going through the first 3 sessions, and reading Lucinda's book From Panic to Power, I realized I have been dealing with anxiety for years and the stress at work pushed me to a breaking point. I have been doing pretty good for the first 3 weeks, but had 1 mild panic attack yesterday and 3 today. I have not put my finger on what is causing them, but I hope to.

Nugefan73 -

I noticed you are looking to pinpoint the causes of your attacks. I did this and for me it made it worse, I would analyze any panic attack I had to death...to the point where if I had one away from hom it was because I wasn't safe, if I had one when my daughter wasn't there...it was because she wasn't there. It got me to the point that no matter what I did, I was scared it would lead me to another one. Truth is my biggest fears are being away from my daughter, losing my dad (my safe person) and staying overnight away from home...and the majority of panic attacks have happened at my own home, with father always available and my daughter here as well.

We tend to over-analyze everything and I just advise to tread lightly here. The biggest impact on my life was when I accepted them, and changed my outlook on them as being bad, embarrassing moments to opportunities to show how strong I am in going with the flow and allowing myself to have anxiety. Granted, this has taken me 5 years but my first attack I also didn't sleep for 3 nights and now I do not take medication and am able to beat them in a matter of minutes.

I used to wake up in sheer panic, to the point where I woke up sitting straight up, wide awake, heart pounding and racing to the phone to call my dad! Now, I wake slowly and feel one coming on all the while telling myself its just a panic attack and to go with the flow. I then do breathing excersices, smile to myself and fall asleep!