Panic Disorder 411
Recovery From Panic Disorder & Alcoholism
If fear is like a storm wave striking you, then a panic attack is a tsunami that batters your soul.
Anxiety attacks have been a problem throughout man's history.
Ancient Greeks attributed panic to the god Pan, but the disease
wasn't even included in the Physicians Desk Reference until
1980.
I had my first panic attack long before it was included in the
book or effective methods and pharmacology were developed to
treat the disorder. During that era, many folks didn't talk about
their deepest, darkest feelings, and science was still finding
its way through the maze of neural complexity. It was three years
before I sought the advice of a psychiatrist, and subsequently
additional doctors who prescribed a mix of drugs from
antipsychotics to antidepressants and the first benzos. None of
them worked. So I was left alone with no hope for recovery and
left to my own devices.
My book THE ROAD TO FORT WORTH and this website contain the kind
of information that would have been a tremendous help to me in
the early days of my illness as I searched for solutions for the
panic disorder, agoraphobia, and alcoholism that incapacitated
me. My book is the story of my journey into recovery.