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Originally Posted by healed84
I just don't understand.. How could some how something trigger Panic Disorder, I mean not just here and there panic attack- constant, multiple panic attacks a day.. One day I was fine that increasingly I started to get more and more anxiety. So, now.. after a year of HARD work in T, and being good about meds.. and nothing has changed. It is amazing how panic can make me go over the edge so quickly.. I see little hope, I feel defective, like unless I am constantly in T and on meds I am going to be a anxiety filled mess.
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The way I see it, you have
some internal defenses (chemical and mental) against panic. Your internal defenses may be weak, but they do exist.
When you take meds, your internal defenses can relax, and they do. When you come off meds, your internal defenses are caught napping and you feel worse than before you started meds. Also, after many months of peace, perhaps you have forgotten just how bad things used to be?
In theory, coming off slowly should reduce the shock, but I don't know how much it helps in practice. However, your internal defenses should come back up eventually.
