Hi, I have another long thread going about anxiety and panic, it’s been an utterly horrendous week of non stop panic attacks, total and utter fear of feeling panicky, hot tingly skin, churning stomach, tight chest, the works. I’m a wreck and can’t see it getting any better. Have started sertraline and waiting for that to kick in while taking Valium every evening to get by.
I have a therapist who I saw a lot last year. He did some emdr to help my health anxiety. I found it quite distressing but I think it worked. I have an appointment on Wednesday and I’m worried about him suggesting the process for this panic disorder. I am terrified of having to relive what i feel when I feel this panic. Having said that I am feeling it most of the time anyway so how much worse can it be. Can it work? How does it work? I don’t feel like I have a root cause - other than a panic attack last week which was the first in a very long time and I basically haven’t recovered from that and have spent this last week in an adrenaline fuelled week long anxiety/panic attack.
Basically I want to hear success stories of emdr on non specific generalised anxiety/panic disorder.