So OK, first I was worried about my job when the new boss shows up in January, and then my supervisor hauled me into an empty office and went down this huge list of things she thinks are wrong with me. It's always been something here, the whole 2 years I've been here -- the powers that be were going to close the paper, or houseclean and get rid of the whole staff, or something or another. I have never been able to feel secure in my job. I got backstabbed by TWO people last week and now neither of them will even look me in the eye, much less speak to me, so that sucks too.

So, being anxiety-prone to begin with, I now have a panic attack every time I have to set foot in this building. I live literally around the corner, so I go home every day for lunch, which means two panic attacks a day. I start getting anxious as I approach the door, and by the time I walk upstairs to the office I'm having trouble breathing, etc, all the other stuff that goes along with it.

My pdoc put me on Xanax, but it doesn't have much effect at the small dose I'm on.

Here's my question: What do you do to talk yourself out of panic attacks? The deep breathing stuff doesn't always work for me, and I don't know what else to do that doesn't involve popping pills.

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