Handling hypochondria without SSRIs

[pinkrose12]

I have been on many different medications. I too suffered from panic/anxiety attacks. I take klonopin for that now as a preventative. The panic attacks were really horrible and terrifying as I would get completely depersonalized and afraid that I wouldn't be able to get back inside my own skin. I couldn't connect with anyone when this happened, all I wanted to do was run away and get in my car and drive to my mother's house.
I first took xanax for the panic attacks. I could trust that they worked 100% of the time. But xanax has a much shorter half life than does klonopin. As the xanax wouls start to wear off I would begin to feel very anxious so now I take klonopin and have no problems with it.

I take effexor for depression and it works extremely well for me.

I take serequel for my fears like hypocondria. It tones my hypocondria way down and spaces my attacks out but I still have my moments when the slightest symptom will drive me into deep fear that I have some life threatenting disease.

I think what happens often in my case is that I transfer my anxiety about something else on to fears about disease.