u/Professional-Gate-24

So I’ve been having panic attacks for the past seven months. I don’t believe there is a stressor for it. I thought that it was my medication(Effexor) and my drinking. So I cut back on my alcohol. Didn’t have a single panic attack once I stopped drinking. I was sober for around 2 months. Then my friend committed suicide and I started drinking again. Not super heavy like a handle of vodka every day. But it was a heavy amount. Abt 6 beers per day at nights. Sometimes more. Always the next day I would feel a panic attack coming but it never full blown happened like the one that I had the first time I had one. But three days ago, I was driving my truck back to the station I work at, I am a truck driver. On my way back I had an intense feeling of panic. I was so detached from my body it was hard to focus. The worst part is I didn’t drink the day before. So it happened without alcohol. That night I tried drinking it away with 5 fireball shots and that worked but barely. That was my first time trying to drown out the panic. Usually I just go some place safe and try to calm myself down. Then the day after my panic attack I had another, this one was worse but I was with my mom and she gave me a lorazepam and that did wonders. Then this morning when I went to get ready for work I had another one and had to call out. So I have experienced 3 in 3 days. One thing to notice is that I have been taking 2-3 10 mg focaline a day. I am prescribed 2 a day but before I would only take one. But I’ve bumped it up because I feel I need more focus thru out my day. Any idea what is causing them. Is it my Effexor? I didn’t start having them until I started taking Effexor about 10 months ago and then 3 months later my first panic attack happened. Thanks guys!

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I had my first panic attack 7 months ago. And I’m scared I’m going to have another one like it.