Hi everyone, my name is Kayla Kerns. I am 25 and have been dealing
> with panic attacks for about 2 years now. However the last 6 to 8
> months have been the worst. I can drive when there is someone with
> me, but can not drive by myself. I have to have my aunt or husband
> drive me to and from work. I hate it! I miss my freedom so much.
> I also can not stand to be somewhere, such as my house by myself.
> When my husband goes to work I usually go to my "safe place" which
> is my aunt and papaw's house. Luckily it is only 5 minutes away
> from my house. The longest I have been able to stay alone at home
> was 30 minutes as of recently (probably around 3 months or so
> ago.) I am on Klonipin and Paxil and while when I went on it2
> yeasrs or so ago it worked well, now I feel that it is not helping
> to do much more than maintain. I tried seeing a "counselor" but it
> didn't go good. She was nice but it did not help me to get over the
> slightest bit with my attacks. I have also suffered from
depression since back when I was in high school, on and off.
> I have never been part of one of these groups, I just found them
> today when loolking up info on PA's and thought it was worth a
shot.
> So I don't know much about yahoo groups or how to navigate myself.
> Another problem for me that I wondered if otheres of you were
facing
> is that my mom suffered from PA's when I was younger, but has
> been ""okay" for 10 or so years now. Having had gone through it
> herself, you would think that she wouls have some compassion or
kind
> words. However, all she says to me is that I need to "Suck it up
> and get oever it" and that I am just not trying to get better. It
> makes it so much harder. I am meeting with my MD next week to
> hopefully get a referral to a psychitrast and discuss my meds. I am
> excited to be a part of thsi group and hope I did okay on my intro,
> hope to hear from some of you soon. Thanks-Kayla
