First, anxiety can't hurt you. It just can't.

Second, it doesn't matter what the root cause is. It's treatable, even if doctors don't understand a damn thing about it. That Brit site has some good ideas.

Take care! Just FYI, I don't post or frequent the boards here all that often, so don't take it personally if I lag in responding.

Hi ausie
I am one that has suffered from agroghobia for 27 years it took me a long time to get to where i am now, but don't get yourself hooked on valium, I was hooked on it for 20 odd years it took me a lot of hard work to get off of it,with the panic disorder you have to keep yourself positive and also do breathing techneaks it is the only way to get past it, I had agrophobia before I have pn,since l have had pn I have been more determined to change my life and it has helped, if you need the valium try not being dependent on it all the time.

I know valium is not a longterm solution. I looked at it as a short term emergency sort of solution, like a bandaid. I have been feeling very emotionally tired lately because of this disorder. I try to be positive, I try to be happy and calm but I am soooo tired.

I appreciated your posting it's very nice to get support from the wonderful people on this forum. May I ask you Dianne are you an Aussie Queenslander? Or is there someplace in America which is also Queensland?

Hi steve I am a fellow queenslander in bundaberg to be exact good state.

That's wonderful!! You use the same teacup as someone else I know who posts on forum, but she is from America. I always liked that little teacup!!

Hi aussie
It is the home of bundy rum but l don't drink it haha. I thought the little tea cup was a great thing to have up it is me l like my cuppa.

Hello,
Years ago I suffered a post partum ordeal that became full blown panic disorder, my dr. suggestion was to send me to mental health, I knew my own body so I knew I wasn't crazy, just not in control of my thoughts. My sister had gone through the same ordeal just the year before and actually went to the doors of a pych ward before she backed off. A friend from across country told her to buy Hope and Help for your Nerves by Claire Weekes, so she in turn told me to get the book. I was so wracked that I ordered every book she had authored, actually the only book one needs is the first one mentioned above. I was such a wreck that at first I couldn't even absorb the words of her book, but after about a week I came away with the phrase "Face, accept, and let time pass" every time I started to feel panicky.

With the sudden onset of my PN sixteen years later came great pain in my ankle and a huge anxiety that landed me in the ER thinking I was having a heart attack. Once again "Face, accept, and let time pass" became my mantra, okay, along with a milligram of ativan..

Clair Weekes died many years ago, but that book continues to serve alot of people and I highly recommend for anyone going through anxiety, panic disorder. It saved my sanity and I still use it today. I hope this helps!