Hi,l Victoria, it is nice to meet you. I have suffered many years with this disorder, in fact since I was a small child. My earliest recollections were of fear. I, too, am housebound. I am a 59 year old, that is disabled in the spine from a drunk driver on drugs. I have learned to live with this, as well as my panic disorder. Have you taken the test yet? Are you on any meds? I take meds, and when things are a little smoother for me, I only take them as needed. Right now I am on a minimum dose. I see a PhD for my panic stuf and for my disability. he is wonderful and suffers from a disabling spine as well. he is also an expert at phobia, and all the panic stuff. I really lucked out. I have a great workbook that he gave me, and I usd it to its' fullest extent. You must make and take the time to spend on yourself fo ryour treatment. This is something no one can do for you. I learned so much about myself and continue to learnn daily.Please write and teel me more about your attacks. This is a great sop for sdupport. Red

Welcome, Victoria. I hope you will feel comfortable here. We are a new site and are looking forward to your posts. Can you describe your panic attacks and why you have become housebound?

Dear Victoria, You lucked out...you found this site! I know exactly what you are going through - below, I cut and pasted an experience I had just recently - just to let you know how severe my attacks can get. But, the good news is, they are rarely that bad anymore. I have worked very hard to get a handle, so to speak, on my panic and agoraphobia. This is a 'working' site, you can learn and evalualte yourself by reading and interacting with the site adminstrator and the other member of the group... When I was running out of the movie theatre in a state of panic, tunnel vision honing in - hearing nothing but the beat of my heart, seeing the mouths moving on the faces of the people around me but hearing no sound just the fuzz in my head - I was no one, just lost in the crowd - I ran in the bathroom to find solace, found none, ran back out to the maze of a 24 movie theatre - I was 'peaking', freaking, out of control - all I could think of was to find a police officer, a stranger - and when I did make my way to the police officer, he did take me in his arms, told me everything was going to be o.k., he would take care of me - and he did, he called the paramedics - then, while he was consoling me in front of probably 100 people (I did not care) a wonderful lady, a professor at FAU in a beautiful black suit with sweet eyes - looked into mine - she saw me having trouble from way across the crowd - made her way to me and said: Look into my eyes, I won't leave you, are you having a panic attack? She took me into her arms, her friend, who is a nurse, also put her arms around me - two strangers saw my plight, came to my side - I will never forget those two courageous, compassionate women - they stayed with me until my friends were found in the theatre - they even came inside the emergency vehicle with me - when my friends came, they even stayed to explain. They walked me to our car and we said a good bye only two people who share the same panic attacks can do. They were strangers that helped me through a horrendous situation. There are many wonderful people out there in the world - I only hope I will be able to reach out and help someone like me someday, I will feel honored. So, I will look for you on this site, if you committ to working on your issues, yo

Hi everyone Been looking on the internet for the past couple if weeks and have been coming across many panic amd anxiety sites amd chat rooms. Let me introduce myslef. I am a 45 year old lady who is pretty much housebound! I have suffered from many anxiety and panic attacks most of my life! I have a lovely family who does not understand my sense of being and I would love to talk to someone who has or can help me with past experiences or support. I have come to the end of my rope, and am hopeing for some help. I hope that there are people out thre like me! Some days I just think that I am so alone!! Victoria