My journey through Agoraphobia.

This was my introduction 6 years ago:

“My name is Maria, I am Spanish and agoraphobic. I am 28 years old and everything started two years ago after I lost my job in Madrid. I suffer from anxiety and panic attacks. It has being going on and off since then. I decided to create a site where we can talk and share information, advice and help.
I am researching information about anxiety, panic attacks, agoraphobia, depression, etc…. I will put that information on this site every week, so keep coming back for updates.

One day in your life, any day, something happened that changed everything and it seems forever. Looks like you lost control of your life and there is nothing you can do except to adapt your life to your limitations.
Internet is a great place to find answers and solutions. Don’t thinks it is going to be bad always. Panic attacks and anxiety are fixable. Can it disappear forever, how? We are going to work on it with you.

I been having panic attacks for two years. It has not always been bad. I recovered the first time but stress and family problems made me go down again. My psychologist said that I am an agoraphobic. I fear the fear and my family (this is my case), but it will get better. "You learned to fear, and as you learned it, you will forget it" – she said. It is not the end of the world.
There are some bad days and some better days, but the important thing to know is that there is a way out, it is not easy, buy it exists. Concentrate on that every time you think that it will be better not to be here…. There is so much beauty in the world!”

I must admit I am still fighting against the fears of agoraphobia, but I have learn many things and won many battles. I don’t have panic attacks now, although I am still a bit afraid of going out on my own. I do go to some places near home all by myself, but two years ago I was feeling so well that I even started driving all by myself around town. I was going to the gym, going out with some friends and sleeping pretty well. I felt a huge difference in the amount of anxiety I suffer when I joined the gym. Somehow, exercising daily  was good enough for me to relief a lot of anxiety and stress.

Something else just as important is sleeping correctly. I started taking a small dose of alprazolam or trankimazin every night to help me relax and help me sleep and the result is being great. When you are so tired from many sleepless nights, everything seams a steep heel to climb every day. I also felt that I was a lot more susceptible to have panic attacks and anxiety related crises when I was tired.

To be honest, ever since I moved out of my house next to my parents I haven’t have many problems or arguments, and that sure is helped a lot. So I’ve learned about myself quite a lot, for example that I need to sleep properly, to have fun with my friends and to stay away from the people that hurt me.

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