i dont know how this site works at all but i've been suffering from, well it feels like everything .. the panic, the anxiety, the fear of everything, fear that im losing my mind and no one understands and looks at me crazy .. i just need help and answers and advice .. i cant afford to go to the doctor and i can only afford my prescription every 3 or 4 months so trying to make 30 pills last that long is not working out .. last night was the worst night of my entire life .. i woke up having a panic attack at 1030 .. then paced around the house for about 2 hours with a cold rag on my head and ultimately ended up sitting in the bathtub for a couple hours with my phone ready to dial 911 .. this is getting out of control and i just dont know what to do anymore

what prescription do you have?

Lorazepam 1mg

Can you give us some back ground? How long this has been going on, what you have tried in the past? You can get a library card, check out books on cbt for panic disorder. Check out books for beginning meditation. Read and learn as much as you can about this, ask questions here, you are not alone! There is help and it can be overcome or at least manageable. What questions do you have?

Hello and welcome acd2189. I sorry to hear that you had an extremely tough night of high anxiety and panic. I know if difficult these days to afford a Dr. without insurance. Please make some calls to your State Dept. of Health to see if there are programs available for you. Check with Federal Gov't Health Dept. to see if you are also eligible there. There have been laws enacted to make insurance available to all residents of the USA. Google to do researching.

Since you have a computer, google for alternative methods (non-drug) to soothe anxiety and combat panic. There are numerous sites that can help with that. You needn't suffer alone.

I found this site to be a lifesaver for me. When I was in the height of panic, I would log on and read and comment to get my mind on someone else and what they were going through, thus taking focus away from what I was experiencing, yet also taking my own advice and those of others.

You are definitely not alone with this frightening disorder. Read others' experience. It may help with what you're going through. Keep writing and please let us know what you find in your researching . . . I'll say a little prayer for you, hugs