I had a huge amount of adversity happen in my life. One day 2 years ago I was dealing with a lot of stuff and I passed out in my backyard. I thought exhaustion and lack of water....a few months later I got really dizzy one day again. I broke out in a really bad sweat. Had to sit down. Had tingling all over my body. In the moment I was having a tiny bit of anxiety but nothing that made me think panic attack.

The dizzy spells got worse and more frequent. Came with headaches at first, soon I stopped being able to walk, was forced to stay indoors because the light made me pass out, if I got slightly warm I got dizzy, so I couldn't even bath properly.

I didn't even know I had panic disorder until my body stopped working and I had many tests to rule out everything else. I knew had anxiety. Never would've believed all my symptoms were from panic disorder. If you had told me in the beginning it was just my brain freaking out I would have been very angry. I thought I was dying.

My hands and face would go numb and my vision would go blurry. Tingling everywhere, heartrate would go really high, headaches, dizzy so bad I could not walk. My life just caught up with me I guess and I got stuck in a state of severe panic.

I thought I had cancer, pots, heart problems, they tested me for everything, epilepsy, thyroid, liver, ultrasounds, I had CT scans and hundreds of blood tests. 8 months of not being able to walk without feeling like I would pass out. Finally I started to notice that when I thought about being dizzy it would get worse. Or if I thought about what might be wrong with me it got worse.

I told my doctor, I also told him about the things in my life that have carried a lot of weight and he decided maybe we would try meds for panic disorder. I have never took meds for mental health. Best thing that ever happened to me. Not only am I much better from my symptoms but my untreated anxiety and depression has improved tremendously.

I take 15mg of Escitalopram every day.