Hi there.
"Sundog u asked" You mention that your old doctor has retired, but I'm wondering if you could ask the new doctor to refer you to a counselor?? That's the thing to I have to find a new doctor still very hard to find one. With my old doc he would give me coping techniques and If he thought there was something that i need to see someone about or something he would refer me on that way. But i would always take his advise on board. I am going to go to mental health tomorrow and have another assessment done on me and to see who they can refer me to.
I don't remember how I over came the panic attacks last time and that bothers the absolute crap out of me. I remember being this scared but how i won last time has got me stumped. I know that I was working last year in a rehab and one of the staff member's was causing that much **** that I had a massive one at work, that would go away then come back it was like that for about 3 hours. I had 2 female co-works laying out side with me near the clients pool trying to help me. I know that where i was working has brought on allot of stress which brought on the panic attacks. The **** that went one there was absolutely crap. I have quit and my panic attacks did ease up. But know when i get sick or something different happens to me I freak out.