Debbi, Dont feel ashamed! Phobias are all different.See your physician, read self help books,. Sometimes books help us realize what might be triggering our phobias. You might have a trigger that needs to be dicovered and when you do locate it you have to have the Motivation and skills to beat it. Reaidng books help. The book "Self coaching" by an Italian man is very good. Good Luck! If you believe in God, then pray HARD!! Randy Coach

Thank you very much for all your replies. They helped center me. I am going to try very hard to put this out of my mind, deep down I probably realize it is a unfounded fear but when my mind is racing it seems so scary and real! All your letters helped me so much, such wisdom and compassion. I am going to try to convince my nurse to put me back on Paxil, I would rather deal with some weight than this hysteria-panic I experience. Thank you so much again ladies you helped me so much. I am grateful and thankful. Debbi.

Debbi, sorry to hear that you are not feeling to well. I have my whole life have had heavy periods where i thought i was going to bleed to death, but since i started the pill and have been on it for 6 years now my periods are nothing, BUT when i am very stressed my periods do get very heavy and they scare me. I have noticed also if i dont keep thinking about the blood during those times where they are heavy then its not as bad, but i do keep thinking of the blood then it seems a lot worse, not to get very personal but when there so heavy i have to changed every hour sometimes less than an hour, also put your feet up as much as you can that can help with the bleeding, also if you are taking advil,aspirin, mortrin it can make you bleed more also... Try to relax, also try not to take hot bath cause the hot bath water can you make you bleed more too. But I have been in your shoes many many times, and also my husband works long hours and i am home with our son who now 6, but when he was younger and i had bad periods i thought the same thing... Hope you feel better! :)

Well, right now I am on the cycle from hell and if I had that same fear you mention, I am sure I would be climbing the walls at this point. I am 35 this month and my doctor says entering the "stormy" years of womens cycles. I would hope you would be getting a better responce from the meds that you are on. It sounds like maybe you are not getting the full effects of the Zoloft? I know when I was taking zoloft for depression I was actually on it for a year almost when I got panic disorder. Please feel free to email me anytime if you just need to chat. Khris ibwalkn@hotmail.com

I have never had that during monthly however I did have Placenta previa during my pregnancy and I would start to hemmorage at any giving time. I finally got so bad I had to go in the hospital for 4 days with hemmoraging till I delivered by c section and with all that blood loss over that period of time I was fine I did have a blood transfusion after surgery. Just try to think that, you won't die by heavy bleeding they can do things to help you ...maybe that would help and sometimes I think the husbands don't understand things like that or panic attacks and how you feel out of control.

Debbie, Thank you for sharing your story. There are many individuals here to support you. Please take the time to browse around the site and even sign up for our Panic Program. Many members have raved of its success, it is very helpful and supportive. Post as often as you like, the members are always here to support. Josie ______________________________ The Panic Center Support Team.

I guess this one is probably for the ladies. January has been a terrible month for me and I feel like I am having a "relapse breakdown" or something. I had a heavy monthly period on Jan 2-7 then caught the flu for 5 days which was terrible. Then I got my monthly 2 days ago again with heavy bleeding and cramping and clotting. I feel like my body is betraying me and breaking down, my husband is never home much because he workds long hours and I am scared to death I will start to hemmorage by myself and die. I have a little boy and I am trying so hard to behave normaly in front of him, but it is so hard, my husband is very mad and has threatned to Leave and take our son" if I breakdown again. I broke down 3 years ago but sought help, took meds and got much better, When my nurse switched me from Paxil to Zoloft 7 months ago is was rough but I did it, I miss the Paxil it calmed me much more than the Zoloft but I gained 60 pounds and since being on the Zoloft have lost most of it {which is the only good thing about it} I take one klonopin at night which helps, my nurse says I can take 1/2 during the day which I did yesterday it helped but I do not want to take too much I fear addiction or over-dosing. I feel like a mess and I feel so totally alone, Did any other woman ever have a phobia about bleeding to death during thier monthly?? I know that must sound like a strange phobia, my mother-in-law says it is impossible and I hope she is right. My own MOther passed away at 55 years old from complications due to surgery so of course I am afraid of a D@C or any operation, I am 42 so I may be in perimenopause, I hear the bleeding gets heavy and the cycle shortens between monthly's, I must stay strong to care for my son. I anyone has ever felt like this I would appreciate your help, I use to have a phobia about bleeding to death and fainting during my period, but I thought I got over it until now, I have fought so hard to get well and feel so weak and helpless, if I breakdown again I will lose everything I have. I guess being alone alot does not help. I am sorry this is so long, fear and terror can do strange things to the body, the flu and two heavy periods have just wore me down and caused me to relapse and I am so angry and mad at myself for allowing it! If anyone can a