New to this site- Hypochondria for 30+ years

[Mar In Flux 0]

Hello everyone, my name is Mary. I have has anxiety and panic since I was 10 years old; I am now 46. It was brought on my severe trauma as a child and living with a Borderline mother. I have gone through it all: tests, ER visits, numerous different kinds of medication, long times with no anxiety, and all the other things that come along with this burden. For the last 10 years, I have been on a regular mix of prozac and klonopin (as needed) and it has worked great, however, my 'new' doctor took me off of everything, put me on Lexapro and that's when it all went to shit. I have been spending the last month trying to get back onto Prozac, but will not be prescribed klonopin (no previous abuse, actually wouldn't even get through a full month). So here I am, dealing with the dreaded feelings, the impending doom, the not believing doctors, and the ER visits. I was on a chat like this sometime back and it was SUPER helpful. I am hoping this will be the same while I try to transition to some sort of normalcy. 

[Ironman 198]

We are almost the same age.  I will be 46 in June.

Welcome to AnxietyCentral!

[Doug97 19]

Benzo withdrawal is no joke, you just have to get through it.