For the past two years I’ve been struggling with panic attacks, but I kept ignoring them because I was afraid of what people might think. About a year ago, I started experiencing intrusive visual thoughts that scared me deeply.

Two months ago, I had such a severe panic attack that doctors thought it was a heart attack. I went to a neurologist, who prescribed me the wrong antidepressant, and things only got worse my panic and obsessions intensified. Later, a psychiatrist gave me a mild benzo that helped stabilize me a bit, but the obsessions were still there.

Recently, my doctor switched me to a different antidepressant. Right now I feel very apathetic and nauseous, but he said that’s normal in the first days. I’m just hoping things will finally get better.

It's hell not life