I’m hoping that someone out there can understand or relate to what I’ve been dealing with so long. For as long as I could remember the intense feeling of fear always hindered around. It wasn’t until the last few years that the symptoms have changed into dizzy spells and blacking out. I would have my anxiety attack maybe once or twice a week or none at all sometimes. When I felt the overwhelming feeling approaching I had sometime to prepare for it and reassure myself that everything would be okay. I would have those couple of seconds that gives me the warning signs. There have been a few people who have witnessed me having an anxiety attack. They’ve said that I don’t bring attention to myself as though I’m hyperventilating. My facial expression would change where I looked very confused and scared. I would tell them that something horrible is about to happen and even asking them what time and day it is. This sometimes last for a few minutes to 15-20 minutes. When I’m able to feel like myself again I would have this heavy pounding headache and I would be emotionally and physically withdrawn and tired where I would just sleep. I’ve been told to start taking 100mg of Zoloft, before that it was 25mg then 50mg. They wanted me to start the medication off slowly. Because I was having such a difficult time sleeping I’m now always taking 15mg of Serax, which also treats anxiety. My biggest concern is that in the last week my symptoms have changed so rapidly. I now have at least 2-3 anxiety attack a day and I don’t even have enough time to be aware of the warning signs. I would automatically fall into a very heavy dizzy spell. Before I would have enough time to calm myself down and try to reassure myself that everything is going to be okay but this last week its been so scary. I would be so confused of my surrounding. My general memory is so poor, it can become so discouraging. Is there anyone out there who can understand what I’m going through? I’m really trying to do what I can to reduce the stress in my life and to take better care of myself but right now I feel its so out of my control.