The last few weeks have been getting really hard for me. my anxiety / panic situations are starting to spead into more and more situations. About 2 months ago i noticed i got a sudden panic response when i was in buildings with high roofs.

Ive noticed whenever i look up in a building with i high roof i seem to get a response that makes me feel like im actually looking down from a great height and being afraid of heights this sends me into a very scary panic situation. I know that its just my mind playing tricks on me and theres no possible way im going to fall because im looking up and im standing on the ground but yet these thoughts and panic response continues.

The last week its got really bad even in buildings with roofs maybe 2 and a half to 3 meters high im starting to get it and also when im outside with the sky above me im starting to panic more and more. I hate this because i know there is no danger but my mind keeps telling me there is.

Ive been trying to fight it with the techniques ive been taught for beating anxiety but it feels like the panic response is too strong to overcome it. I work town halls and they have very high roofs and its a real problem. I didnt want to tell my boss what my fear was because i know he wouldnt understand so i told him im going away for afew weeks and wont be able to work. Im heading upto my uncles place for afew weeks to try and get away from this problem for awhile.

Im starting to get abit nervous about public places aswell coz i keep thinking that people will notice im panicing and will think what the hells wrong with this guy.

I want to be put on something like zoloft for this. I believe this is definatly panic disorder but my doctor wont change my anti depressant medication from avanza. She keeps saying the avanza will work just give it time but its been over 3 months now and its still not doing a damn thing.

I really worry that my doctor is to caught up in the fact that she believes that medication isnt the answer to these problems but any little bit of relief i can get i want to have and i believe that means going onto something like zoloft. I have enough trouble trying to get by with the fact that im suffering from derealisation i really dont need this closing the walls in on me even more.

If any of you have any ideas how i should try and aproach my doctor about this to try and get her to change her mind your opinions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Roy