Many
of the questions that have come over this blog have been about the origin of,
or the "why" of anxiety. In the last blog, we discussed panic disorder. Before
we discuss the treatment of panic attacks, lets at some of the underlying
physiologic phenomena that animate these attacks. Hopefull...
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Fainting
mhillqt
Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 04:25 PM
Hi - Im a 47 year old male who has had panic disorder on and off for 20 years....During MAJOR panic attacks, I FAINT.....black out...wake up drenched in sweat...sometimes vomiting...sometimes diarhea....sometimes shaking......ive been tested for everything under the sun, including epilepsy...and its all negative...so i have a weird form of panic disorder......prior to panic...i use to fly all over the world......and once panic hit at age 30.....i pretty much lived a life of going to work and coming home.....i was treated with 10 mg prozac and .5mg klonopin , along with change in diet...ie no sugar, no liquor, no smoking, no caffeine...i recovered and started to fly again......i relapsed 4 times into panic disorder......and in the last several years, ive been fainting more often....i currently can only tolerate 5 mg prozac.....and tried other meds...dont really help.......and had intense cbt for 6 months......im also a runner and workout and eat well..meditate, etc....ANY ADVICE for a FAINTER.......I havent flown internationally in 7 years......i blacked out 2x on a plane...bad experiences..
Hi - Im a 47 year old male who has had panic disorder on and off for 20 years....During MAJOR panic attacks, I FAINT.....black out...wake up drenched in sweat...sometimes vomiting...sometimes diarhea....sometimes shaking......ive been tested for everything under the sun, including epilepsy...and its all negative...so i have a weird form of panic disorder......prior to panic...i use to fly all over the world......and once panic hit at age 30.....i pretty much lived a life of going to work and coming home.....i was treated with 10 mg prozac and .5mg klonopin , along with change in diet...ie no sugar, no liquor, no smoking, no caffeine...i recovered and started to fly again......i relapsed 4 times into panic disorder......and in the last several years, ive been fainting more often....i currently can only tolerate 5 mg prozac.....and tried other meds...dont really help.......and had intense cbt for 6 months......im also a runner and workout and eat well..meditate, etc....ANY ADVICE for a FAINTER.......I havent flown internationally in 7 years......i blacked out 2x on a plane...bad experiences..