Panic attacks are the worst. Sometimes I feel like I'm having a prolonged panic attack and not the standard quick and over kind. I'm glad to here your fog is lifting!

I do have a pdoc. I just recently started seeing her and she seems great thus far. Even though I have my standard paranoia about doctors issue going, I plan to stick with her and she's very good about listening to it. My current counselor is good too. We're working on identifying any possible triggers and coping techniques for when I'm in the depths of an episode. I think for me, it's impatience and agitation that gets the best of me. I've come to the point where I've realized I am mentally ill and have a mood disorder, but now I'm impatient about wanting medication to work and impatient with myself. The impatience is what drove me to reach for the not so healthy quick fixes in the past, and I have to remember that it'll be WORSE in the longterm if I do that, not better.