For the last two months i have been having awful panick/anxiety attacks, for the first month of so i thought it might have just been a little spout of anxiety because the same thing happened when i was pregnant for atleast a month, when i went to my doctors he put me on prononalon(sorryifihavemisspelt), first few days they made me hallucinate before bed so i stopped taking the tablet before bed which i soon realised was a bad idea when the panick attacks increased, eventually they kicked in after around two weeks but i still had panick attacks although they were only lastig five minutes at a time, last tuesday i went back to my doctor to discuss how to tablets were working, he has now prescribed me 20mg of fluxetine per day to try for one month, i am basically just looking for some reassurence that they will help me, im probably at the lowest point i have been in life and im only 20 years old, ive had to give up my house to move back in my parents house with my son, any information will be greatly appreciatedxxx
Hi Rose, Firstly, sorry to hear that you're having anxiety and panic attacks but I want to reassure you that being back with your parents, people who love and care for you, is a good thing. Hopefully they are happy also to have their little grandson around. You will need some support especially with a baby to look after. Is the drug you referred to Fluoxetine? If so, this is one of the SSRI anti-depressants. I don't have personal experience with this medication but I'm told by others who've used it that it's a good anxiolytic and anti-depressant. It can be difficult for some people to get of this drug after long-term use but nowhere near as difficult as one of the benzodiazapines. The Prozac should have begun to take effect by 4 weeks so see how you feel and if you don't like it go back to your doctor to discuss other options. He or she may then offer you Valium or Xanax or Ativan for the anxiety - but be very cautious with these meds as they're very powerful and can easily cause a dependency - extremely difficult stop taking them. So perhaps look for another treatment with a psychologist first. Your anxious condition may be a transient thing which will go away of its own accord. Could it just be that you've been under a lot of stress with a new baby and all the responsibilities that go with it? Are there recreational drugs or alcohol involved? If any of these is the case do your best to sort out any difficulties first and leave the medication options 'till later if nothing seems to help. Good luck and God Bless.
Hi Rose, OK I deal with anxiety myself..Panic is a scary thing when we don't feel in control. Especially when we think something maybe seriously wrong with us. One technique I have learned is to feel the panic and put a name on it.
Where is the panic in your body? Most panic comes out of fear of dying.
So lets think about why you fear dying? What started that fear in you? Well there are many roots to fear and anxiety..Not feeling like your good enough, not feeling like a good mother, self worth, doubt in yourself. Chemical imbalance in the brain will produce a Fight or Flight chemical that is only to be used when your being attacked by lets say a Bear 
or your life is in danger. To much of this chemical brings on a reaction of losing control and the more you lose control the more you body produces this chemical which becomes a horrible cycle of anxiety.
What I suggest is face the anxiety for what it is. Feel it and ask yourself why you feel it. The anxiety will begin to fade when you relize nothing is going to happen to you. Tell yourself outloud NOTHING is WRONG with me! your mind will begin accepting that as truth instead of your mind believeing something is wrong and it's trying to defend it. Hope this helps
Hi guys, im not sure where the anxiety has came from ive never feared for my life or another life until i was around four month pregnant with my son, i collapsed whilst waiting in a queue, my midwife put it down to low blood pressure but after that happened i couldnt leave the house alone and if i did i genuinley felt like i was going to die which is so over dramatic and not like me at all, when i had my son the anxiety dissapeared, i was on no medication for it and hadnt even had a doctors appointment because i just put it down to being pregnant. Over the last two months it has came back, my son is now eight months old so it only went for five/six months, im just so confused about the whole situation, i just feel like i dont want to take him out anywhere incase something happens to me(likeapanickattack) and hes left there helpless, which is mainly the reason i moved back in with my parents, i know im more than capable of looking after him and i do believe im a good mother but theres always those 'what if' thoughts there, ive read alot of information about the different types of anxiety and i think i may have somethinf called agoraphobia, i can go out places if i know that there is help at hand as soon as i needed it or a escape route, i hate going too far away from home, thats when the anxiety really kicks inx