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I have agoraphobia but no health insurance what to do?
So before we lost our insurance i went to the er because i thought i was losing my mind. Turn out this doctor knew what i was talking about this time and believes i have agoraphobia. I cannot leave the house by myself. I cant drive a car because of panic attacks. I really need to see a doctor but its just too expensive without insurance. Anyone know how i can beat this on my own or how i could get help without the hospital bills?

Can anxiety sufferers have agoraphobia as well?
I suffer anxiety and most of the time me body becomes cold with fear as well. When this happens i check me blood pressure and its gone up . I have developed this paranoia on constantly checking me blood pressure with a small machine and cant rid meself of this habit somedays 40 times . The anxiety and fear keeps making me blood pressure rise and when i look at the machine i get a terrible fear .Can you please tell me how to wean meself off this very unhealthy habit of checking the pressure ? I want to regain me former life and be healthyThanks

Anxiety (agoraphobia) and abrupt benzo withdrawal? Klonopin?
I used to be on Xanax. But the doctor found out because I had to fill them early that I was addicted. I had been abusing them for a while. So he switched me to Klonopin so he could legally give me a refill. So then I was abusing that for a while. So he put me in the psych unit for THREE days to detox. I got out a few days ago and am realizing that detox hadn't even BEGAN. I am twitchy, my jaws hurt, the back of my head and neck have been in pain, and I have been extremely anxious. Like I was before. Struggling to leave the house. I am in all kinds of pain and confusion. Does anyone have experience as to when this will wear off? I don't know if it is worse physically, or mentally.

How do I tell people I have panic disorder and agoraphobia?
I really like this guy, and I don't know how to tell him...

Anxiety and panic attacks and agoraphobia while pregnant....pleeeease help!!:(?
I had severe panic attacks and agoraphobia and depressionThen I found out I was pregnantI've been trying to control my feelings cuz its not good for the babybut its soooo hardI can't get rid of itAnd I feel so scared and sad and lonelyI can't handle my pregnancy symptoms that wellAnd I can't get excited and id usually be soooo excitedI would make a great mom but feeling this way is making me feel like im not gunna be able to do itI've tried nothing, and nothings really helping meMy biggest fear is feeling this way in the hospital when giving birthim afraid im gunna freak out and go crazy and have super bad anxietyI feel like im not gunna deal with the pain too wellAnd the thought of an epidural or c section really scares meCuz I wouldn't be able to get up or move my legs and id freak outI just don't know how to control this and feel better and im afraid ill suffer post pardum depression and anxiety and ill be a loooot worseand ill be a bad mom Any advice? '

Should I take zoloft for my my agoraphobia/depression/ocd/anxiety?
I didnt leave my house at all for 4 years. I recently have been going out in my car and driving a little further each night when no one else is out I have only gotten about 2 minutes away from home, and feel like thats as far as i can go. I can get away from my safe zone my house or I start to panic and I cant breathe and can to be home as quickly as possible. I just want my life back.I want to get a job or go to school. Which is sad because the community college is only 5 minutes up the rd but I cant get there. The klonopin has helped some but not a lot. I have made a great improvement by going out this far..since the last few years I havent been able to leave my driveway. In the last month while on 0.5mg klonopin I have made it on the rd by my house and about 2 minutes from teh house. But not any further.Im afraid if I go further there wont be enough time for me to get back home. I am also terrified of medicine. It took my nine months to even try the klonopin. My shrink has prescribed me prozac which i didnt take, paxil which I didnt take and now zoloft which i havent taken BUT i have to take something but Im afraid that it will make me feel crazy or make my mental problems worse..and I really dont think I can handle that. Im very grateful for the klonopin..it has relieved my depression some now that I can atleast get out of the house some. If you you dont suggest this drug have any of you, who have been severly agoraphobic ones who cant leave at all ever had any luck with other medications but dont cuz harmful side effects..i know side effects are a given but ..im fine with side effects like sweating nausea sleeping ...but I dont want ones that will make me suicidal or have hallucinations or just make me crazy.Thanks.

Which med is best for agoraphobia. paxil, zoloft, or prozac?
Its possible than I may have bipolar. My father and brother and sister all have it. But my shrink says my problems are mainly anxiety. I do have racing thoughts sometimes and. My shrink says if I Do have bipolar its very mild. Ive heard that these types of drugs can make bipolar WORSE . so me have mild bipolar , if I do, I dont want them to spiral out of control. I just want to leave my house, been stuck here for about 5 years....Its caused loss of friends, and im filliing a loss of my self. I have been having a lot of , what i can only describe as, depersonalization or derealization alot lately. I think its just form being stuck in the house all the time and never talking to anyone. Im married but he works 12 hour shifts and I only see him on the weekends. I am taking about half a mg of klonopin right now. I dont want this to be long term. I want a medicine that will help me with my problems but isnt something like klonopin. The klonopin has helped some, but it doesnt help me go back to my normal life. I have been afraid to take pills my whole life, My shrink prescibed me prozac with klonopin, then paxil, then zoloft. I havent taken any but the klonopin, and it took me six months to even try it. I dont what to change completely, I dont want to have horrible side effects like suicidal thoughts or hallucinations. I can handle the side effects like dry mouth or even sexual side efrfectss, headaches, or anything like that. I just dont want to wake up one day and decide im going to hullucinate, or try to catch teh house on fire True story when my brother who is bi polar rapid cycle took paxil without his lithium, tried to set the couch on fire , just to watch it burn. This was because when you are bipolar the paxil only works on one part of the brain, or something like that, and it only give you your highs or your lows and you have to have something like lithium to even you out. I REFUSE to be on lithium but i dont think i will have to worry about it since my shrink thinks I only have anxiety. And I dont know if i do or not. I agree though , if I do its very mild. Im nothing like my brother. He is bad I also have Horrible OCD which consume a good part of my life. Most of the time, I wont drink anything when Im thirsty because If i have to walk to the fridge to get a water, I will be there 5 minutes closing and opening the door. When I have to pee I will hold it till I cant sstand it any more, because I will have to look at my self in the mirror, then look at the wall then look at teh mirror, until its just right. I hate all this crap. I hate OCd I hate anxiety. The whole looking in the mirror in the bathroom thing really makes my depersonalization thing worse too. When I take the klonopin everyday the depersonalization pretty much goes away for the most part. I have all the medicines I mentioned. My dr prescribed them all, and I had them each filled when she did, in hopes I would have enough courage to take it. She doesnt really care which one I take, as long as I take the right dosage on the bottle, and only ONE kind at a time. So what do I do. HELP ME This is a psychiatrist who prescribed the meds. She did not prescribe them all at once. Just over a period of time. I wasnt taking any of them, so she gave me ones she thought Id be more confortable with. I dont know why.

How do I fix my agoraphobia issues? Please Help.?
So growing up my stomach always hurt in the mornings. I'm now a senior in highschool and around 2 months into school I started noticing i was nervous about everything, and I always had to leave school.It got so bad I completely missed 2 weeks straight of school because I simply COULD NOT do it. The discomfort of being in a closed in quiet classroom with all the pressure of other students around you absolutely got to me. I knew it was anxiety but my family just thought I was absolutely crazy. And that i just didn't wanna attend school. Soon enough i quit going and got into Internet home school. But the anxiety got so much worse, I can't hang out with friends or do anything. i get so nervous when i have to do ANYTHING my stomach instantly starts hurting and I feel like I have to use the bathroom, CONSTANTLY. Even though If I try i really don't have to. Also, it always makes noises like I have alot of acid in there, or feel like I'm gassy out of no where. I get so sick when I have to do anything. When i do, I hope there's going to be loudness, craziness, NO quietness, or anything.. its more comforting but still definitely not comforting enough.. I need help or advice on what to try to help myself, because nothing works. Im just about to start my life and I can't, because of anxiety so bad. and especially the stomach problems...

Advice for some one who wants to get over agoraphobia???????


Panic attacks and agoraphobia?
i cant go out anywhere without feeling panicky like i cant breathe. It's gotten worse these couple of months even when im going grocery shopping with someone when we get to the check out line i feel like i cant breathe and my mind goes crazy thinking about it so i start to have anxiety. I dont leave my house by myself anymore i have to go with someone and yes i have dropped out of school because of it and depression. What treatment will work?

Is there a way to overcome agoraphobia by your own?
I've had this problem all my life. I'm 16 btw. I CAN'T do anything outside alone. I can't go to church, malls and everywhere else alone. I do have friends but I don't hang out with them. They invite me all the time to go shopping or malling but I always come up with a reason that my parents won't let me, the family are going out too or I'm broke. I just realised it was a phobia, I actually thought I was just being so dependent and it's nothing really serious.. My mum says I have no social life, coz I always stay home. I don't even know how to commute. I really have to overcome this fear 'coz I'll be going to Uni in some years from now Which means I have to catch the train or the bus ON MY OWN I really don't know what to do. This is gonna ruin my life in the future. You know everyone has to be independent, I can't imagine myself staying with my parents til my 60's just because of this fear Some incidents We had a school excursion when I was 10 in some big theme park. I was with my family then. I felt the urge to pee so I ask my mum to come with me but she insisted to just wait outside. When I have finished my business, I went outside and look for my mum in the spot where I left her. She's not there. I started to panic, how am I supposed to find my mum in that massive them park? I was really frightened and was starting to cry. Luckily, the toilet's near the exit so I ran back to the parking lot and stayed in the bus the whole day. I sacrifice not to eat at break time when I don't have any friend or anyone I know to come with me. I'd rather not eat than to eat alone in the canteen. I always reject my boyfriend's invitation for a date. He keeps on asking why I always turn him down, and I just can't come up with a reason. No wonder he's my ex now. Don't ask me how we had a relationship when we actually never went out, long story and irrelevant

Anyone have experience with agoraphobia/panic disorder?
I became addicted to narcotic pills because they made able to sleep and leave my house. But now I have detoxed from them and my agoraphobia is back.. It all started the other day when I suddenly had a panic attack in my car not far from my house. I pulled over and chewed some Valium. The last of my supply . Now they won't give me more because I am " blacklisted." So I need to know what the best method is for freeing myself of this hell? I am smoking weed whenever I want to leave my house, but I don't know if I can keep up with that either. I can't even go to my NA meeting right now. And I feel like this disorder is just going to drag everyone else down with me.. My ultimate fear is getting sick to my stomach In one way or another in front of everyone. I always have to know I am close to a bathroom. But if I have a panic attack, and we pull the car over, and I am by a bathroom, then I never want to leave. So I am afraid of many things with the agoraphobia. I feel like I am taking a gamble anytime I get in the car. How can I help myself on this one?

Agoraphobia, recent benzo withdrawal? I feel like I am losing it....?
I have a history of anorexia and agoraphobia with an addiction to benzos. I quit taking the benzos about a week ago. I was in the psych unit and pretty well just slept. I also found out I have a bum thyroid .. I know it takes a while for the benzo withdrawal, like up to a year. Right now I am in my house and I afraid of everything. I am on other medications, but I am guessing this is just part of withdrawal. I have food paranoia along with my agoraphobia so I know I am going to be afraid to eat half the food on the table tomorrow. I just don't know what to do. I also have to take a rather long drive to pick up my car from the shop in the next week, and I am so anxious about it it is overtaking me. What do I do?

Agoraphobia and panic attacks stopping me from living my life???????
I have agoraphobia and panic attacks and ocd, my question is even though hypnotherapy is something i have always found helpful, i don't always have the motivation to do it even though i know it will help me and make me feel better, it's as if i don't want to get better even though i know i want to have to get better????? I am so confused