Sorry I've been a lurker on this and another site, but as I've developed this gripping anxiety and had several panic attacks, I need to chime in with other YO's experiencing the same thing. I am talking heart-pounding, shaking, dying-to-run-screaming-from-the-room attacks. Sometimes brought on by obvious stressors, sometimes very random.

Neuro is sympathetic. Understands that PD affects autonomic system. Also keeps an eye on my thyroid. Not out of normal range, but has increased. I seem to have a lot of symptoms of hyperthyroidism. I had a week's prescription of propranolol and it seemed to help, but neuro thinks it may cause depression. I plan to beg at my next visit. Lexapro worked for a while, but no more.

I read somewhere that PD is a lot of our chemicals out of balance: one goes up, another goes down, yada, yada. Has anybody seen an endocronologist?