Date:  Sat Mar 24, 2001 8:34pm

Hi, for years I have been trying different types of Medications to see if they
helped with my Panic Attacks. I tried Librium, Xanax, Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil,
Trilafon, Elavil, Tofranil, Klonopin, Ativan, Buspar and a few others.
I didn't stay on them as prescribed, if they didn't help I tried something else.
And for years I have been getting spiked like feelings in my head almost
like a knife stabbing through it. The pain lasted for a few seconds. So I
went to a Neurlogist and went through all kinds of tests like EEG and MRI
and a whole lot more and of course they found nothing wrong with me, thank
God. The Dr. called it Ice Pic Headaches. But after being on this list and
reading alot of post, I myself came to the conculsion that the pain I am
getting is from different types of Meds I tried in the past. 

As for the Panic Attacks they still come and they can come any time of the day 
or night. It is scary sometimes I can get one when I am ready to go to sleep at 
night it starts out with getting sweaty sometimes then my heart starts racing 
then I feel quesy and I get restless then my whole body just freezes up and I 
feel like I am going to die right that second. Then it takes me a long time 
after the attack to finally go to sleep if it happens at night. Also I am so 
scared of the side-effects of Meds that when I do take a pill I am scared it 
will make me sick and I am scared of the side affects if any and that triggers 
on a Panic Attack. Also for years I have been getting Zaps or lighting bolt or 
knife like stabbing feelings in my head that happen any time of the day or night
and sometimes it feels like my head is going to explode and I am going to die 
and that is a scary feeling. 

I saw here that alot of you get the same feeling like I get and still get to 
this day. I am not going through any withdrawals or anything like that because
I didn't stay on any medication long enough for it to make me go through 
withdrawal symptoms, so now I got this pain that I guess I have to live with 
for the rest of my life. I had them for many years so far, and to this day I 
still get Panic Attacks. I am currently not taking anything at all. Thanks,

Linda