Hi, Thank you very much, Scott and Perna. I wanted to reply yesterday, but had reached my limit of five posts for a newbie to the site. I am definitely going to try CBT. It was scheduled for feb 8, then I had it moved uo to Jan 28 because I was too knotted up inside to stay at work today. I give CBT a greater chance now because I believe that my Pdoc is on my side. When he could not fit me in for an earlier appointment he agreed to prescribe short-term anxiety medication, in this case clonazepam. It was and is extremely important to me to have a bridge from the overwhelming anxiety of today to the difficulty of the CBT ahead. Getting better is the most important goal I have ever had.