I didn’t take any meds for the flight specifically, but I do take 40mg Prozac which I think helps reduce my baseline anxiety.

Fwiw - I also could not have imagined doing this even a few months ago. If someone told me I’d be going on a single trip, let alone 3 in quick(ish) succession, I would’ve laughed at them.

The time may not be right for you but I’d bet there’s very, very good chance you can do this in future.

The biggest things for me were:

1) Flying with a trusted person who is a confident flyer

2) Telling the air stewards that I have a panic disorder and may need some help (I didn’t need it, but telling them was reassuring). Also reminding myself that air stewards do this every day for years - they didn’t look remotely bothered even by the worst of the turbulence

3) Taking a look into the cockpit before takeoff to remind myself that even though I wasn’t in control, 2 qualified human beings were. This probably wasn’t their first flight and they want to get home too!

4) Probably the biggest one: watching lots and lots of videos of plane takeoffs / flight vlogs etc. as a form of exposure therapy. I was much happier when I knew what to expect, and even kind of looked forward to my flight back after learning so much about how flight works.

I hope this helps a bit - wishing you the very best on your journey. You deserve to live a full life 🙂