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HiForgotten---
My husband has severe anxiety disorder/panic attacks and I know where you are coming from. He self-medicates with xanax, unfortunately, now he's an addict.
My husband too, does those things, like having to get up from the middle of a meal in a resturant and leave because of panic attacks, leaving the groceries in themiddle of the grocery store because of a panic attack, having to sit in the bathroom for an hour at work because of a panic attack, having to leave in the middle of church, etc....it used to aggravate me but now I try to understand.
He tells me it feels like he is having a heart attack. I don't pretend to know what it feels like but I imagine it as being very painful for him. He says all the time, I just want to be normal, like every body else and that is heartbreaking to me. I know that he does want to be normal and have a "normal" life.
I have learned that his anxiety/panic runs hand in hand with his addiction. He says he uses xanax because it stops the anxiety, unfortunately when he does use it, he abuses it.
I try to be patient with him, when he's clean and he suffers these anxiety attacks. He's in the process of trying to find a non narcotic medication to help him but its takinga while. His family is the type of family that says "just get over it", "its all in your head" and they believe the same thing about addiction. They don't understand.
Your brother needs to see a physician about this stuff, he needs to talk to one about maybe getting on some type of medication for it. It is a dibilitating disorder.
I hope that your brother decides to get some help. (((Forgottenchild))))
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