“Charles Darwin probably had an anxiety disorder. It has been argued that he most likely suffered from panic disorder with agoraphobia. He described his illness as a "sensation of fear....accompanied by troubled beating of the heart,sweat,trembling of muscles." ”
Posted by: trotter297 on Monday, December 04, 2006
Hi. I’m new to this site, and I'm happy to see that there are others who are sharing their experiences. I’ve always been a healthy person. Never really thought about my health in any way other than physical. Until last January.
HI! I have been reading all your posts and I feel with and for each of you. I am new to this board so please bear with me. I have always been a worrier even as a child, always felt I had to take cae of protect everyone, as a child I always had a nervous stomach, which since my teen years has now developed into IBS.
I had my first series of panic attacks when I was 17 (I'm now 40). I had a second series when I was 22, a third at 28, and now they're back again after a 12-year hiatus.
I am in my third year of being a "survivor." I found this website shortly after I went to the emergency room with the terrifying experience of my first panic attack. I posted my story then...Now, almost 3 years later, I'm realizing that I'm not alone and not ashamed of my condition.
Hello there! I began having panic attacks in 1971 at the ripe old age of twenty one. At that time the term "panic attack" or "panic disorder" wasn't around that I know of. My story is very long but I will try and bottom line it with the most important details.
I am a depression and anxiety/panic survivor. After going through thousands of dollars of tests from cardiac to intestinal I FINALLY found a doctor who diagnosed me with depression with anxiety and panic disorder. She told me that depression is not a mental disease, but is rather a medical, chemical disorder of the brain that is treatable.
Posted by: RedbeardNC on Wednesday, August 08, 2007
I am a 34 year old male, about 225 pounds, in decent but not the best shape. I suffered my first panic attack at age 23 - I didn't know what it was then. I was a music teacher who was invited (translated: set up for disaster) to conduct a supposedly-all-arranged community orchestra for an upcoming musical, and at the first rehearsal only two musicians showed up.
