major panic attack/nervous breakdown

Cilly, this is kinda touchy for us who are not professionals, but some like me
have no since at all and will try to help, just understand you are talking to a
post VN vet, when I was young the military thought I was crazy, and gave me the papers to prove it, K?
"My story, suffered with anxiety and panic for many years, the only thing that worked for me was Xanax, it would totally put panic down but I was on a high strength pill, this was long before people started using this good medicine for recreation. over time I worked my way down to the lowest strength, then I would hold off and fight the anxiety or panic, I had the med
in my pocket and knew I could kill it if I wanted to, by letting myself stick my toe in the panic pool I was over time able to gut one out, then after a while I did it again, this gave me confidence that I could beat it. I used Benadryl at bed time to relax and I think the good sleep helped with the PAD the next day. Xanax and Ativan are both benzos the Xanax works faster but the Ativan lasts longer. God be with you, Peace
Larry ***

Cilly- just call your doctor. You are not crazy, I promise. This is just a rough, scary time but it's going to pass. You may need to try a different medication. I've had to try different ones myself. I take Xanax as needed too.

Take your Ativan. You need to take them as prescribed by your doctor. It will help you so much. You'll wish you'd eaten one sooner.

But do call your doctor. You don't need to be suffering like this and I believe you said you'd been on Brintellix for 6 weeks? If you're not better, it may be time to make a switch bc 6 weeks is long enough to know if it's going to work.

You're going to get through this. We've all been in your shoes before. Some are in your shoes right now. Know that it's not going to last and with some help, you're going to get through this and feel better soon enough. You are not alone OR crazy.

Hugs,
Lisa