question for ladies with panic disorder
Question:
DO YOU NOTICE AN INCREASE AND FREQUENCY OF PANIC ATTACKS BEFORE YOU ARE ABOUT TO MESNSTRUATE?
Absolutely. I’ve always had PMS anyway, it just exacerbates the anxiety. My periods are weird because I was on Risperdal for a long time and that stopped my periods altogether (Yay!!) but I am beginning to have them again, and I get PA’s right before and on the first couple of days of my period. Sara
Response:
Hi, AD, I agree with Sara. PMS seems to exacerbate the anxiety and tension in our bodies. I had a hysterectomy in ‘95 and don’t have to deal with this anymore…YEAH!!! smiles, Elise
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – DO YOU NOTICE AN INCREASE AND FREQUENCY OF PANIC ATTACKS BEFORE YOU ARE ABOUT TO MESNSTRUATE? Absolutely. I’ve always had PMS anyway, it just exacerbates the anxiety. My periods are weird because I was on Risperdal for a long time and that stopped my periods altogether (Yay!!) but I am beginning to have them again, and I get PA’s right before and on the first couple of days of my period. Sara
Response:
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi ladies, I am baffled by what is happening to me right now. My second week on zoloft I seemed to be responding well to the influx of medication. Nothing more than low level anxiety. This week I raised the dose to 100 mg and the panic attacks became uncontrollable. I think there is a correlation between my oncoming period and this increase in panic attacks. I expect my period to start in a day or two and I looked for correlations online. I was a ble to find an article confirming my beleifs. My question to you is: DO YOU NOTICE AN INCREASE AND FREQUENCY OF PANIC ATTACKS BEFORE YOU ARE ABOUT TO MESNSTRUATE? I am thinking this is definatley the cause as i cannot think of another. I also believe I didn’t go through this with my last relapse because I was taking the birth control depo provera and my menstruation hadd ceased. Now I’m on the regular pill and menstruating as usual. Please let me know if this has happened to you as it will greatly relieve my fears about whether my illness is progressing or just accacerbated by my pre-menstral state. Thanks,
Absolutely, 100% yes and beyond a shadow of a doubt!!! I have PMS which is emotional baggage in itself. On top of that, I get panic attacks and ‘am very emotional to boot. For a while, I even tried upping my Celexa from 20 mgs. to 30 mgs. for the week before my PMS week. I did notice a slight improvement, but it was too hard to remember when to take the dosage increase. Now I use CBT to get me through the "bad week". As someone as says in this news group… "you’re not alone"!!! :) —
