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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks to all for the referrals, tips and advice.

I need to do something and soon. Last night was terrible. I am mid cycle and am ovulating and perhaps that is why the flare-up is happening. I woke up with my heart flip-flopping and then the panic attacks started. Every 2 hours from 12 am - 6 am. I took a beta blocker that helped but still kept waking up anxious as all hell.

I'm tired, upset, and now have to get my kids up and ready for camp and then get myself to work. No idea how I will function. I wonder if my last pregnancy permanently destroyed my hormones and body. I miss the old me and don't think I will ever get her back. Instead I am left with trembming, shaky, anxious me. [/quote]

I think that your sense of responsibility and your level of concern for addiction is a good sign that you'd do just fine on benzos. I'm a pp who used to take Xanax. I was reluctant because I was so concerned about becoming addicted, but because of that fear, I followed the doctor's orders exactly. Once I was to a point where I took it as-needed (I did eventually switch to Klonopin, which I'd forgotten about), I truly only took it as-needed. Like PPs have said, it was really helpful just knowing I had a fast-acting pill available to me, if needed. Sometimes in the midst of a panic attack, you become so fearful or worried about the symptoms, that they ramp up even more. Being able to tell myself "OK, my heart is racing and I have that sick adrenaline feeling in my stomach right now, but that's ok because if it gets any worse, I'll take a pill" helped so much that sometimes I didn't even need to take the pill. If you don't have to worry about whether you'll end up awake all night long, or worse, in the ER, well...that's one less thing to worry about which is one less thing to ramp up that anxiety.

I guess I'm pushing Xanax or Klonopin because I remember how absolutely awful it was to have those anxiety attacks (and mine weren't even as severe as yours), and how I put off taking medications for so long, and just the utter RELIEF I felt once I finally started taking it. I feel for you, OP. [/quote]

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