I am having severe heart palpitations, panic attacks and anxiety throughout the day. I did ecg many times but that came out absolutely right. The doctor has prescribed me to take clonazepam with propranolol hydrochloride. He also gave me ssri clonil 25 and first 50 as antidepressant. But I want to withdraw medicine 'coz it has lead jerks (seizure) in my brain and nerves. What will I do?

Mr. Saul PereiraPsychologist50yrs exp

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Whenever your tests come out negative, there is a psychological cause for your condition. The medication seems fine but you need to combine it with therapy. Over a period of time you will learn skills, techniques and tools to counter the anxiety and attending problems to be then able to reduce the medication together with the consultation of your doctor. Because you are very young, there is good scope for recovery over time and your complete cooperation. You must do some nitric oxide exercises, especially humming like they do in yoga. Anxiety has all to do with fear and your inability (or so you would tend to think) to handle the same. Fear is based on looking too much into the future and imagining things that usually do not tend to happen (usually 90% of your fears will not happen). You need to change your perception of the fearful stimulus then you can change your response to the fear. The first one is the best and will preempt the need for the second. If you are already far gone into the reaction mode, then you need both responses to counter the attack. The way we see things in life (like half empty or half full glass) is very dependent on our attitude. Attitude may have developed over many years but fortunately can change in a matter of sustained choices made and acted up on now. Accordingly, you choose to see things as either threatening or as an opportunity. The opportunist will be positive and work with the situation to make good out of it. The individual who sees it as threatening, will, out of fear, try to avoid/run away from the situation or react with anxiety. Yes, self-belief does impact it too, but you can see that prior to that, perception will tarnish the belief system too. Here, you can see that all the resolution lies in just changing your perception/attitude, even if it is against odds. Changing your response, despite the perception, is building up of your reserves and resources to handle any contingency that life throws up at you. And life throws up situations quite regularly and heavily. For this you need to develop a fit mind and body: the former, by meditation and mind exercises; and the later, by exercises and proper diet. You need good sleep too. Included in the development of the mind is the handling of emotions, in your case, fear. These changes will give you a handle on life and your perceptions and responses. Prayer is really powerful, if you are a spiritual person. Repeat some personally framed affirmations that are geared to calming you down and building confidence. Do a personality development course too. Anything that develops you personally will be of great assistance in building resilience. Now go for counseling and work at this fear. Sometimes, fear may have originated in childhood and your body, more than you brain, remembers the emotion and will react with heightened fear even for the slightest provocation or stimulus. Sometimes, you may not even need a stimulus! these matters can ideally be resolved in therapy only and exclusively.  

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