quillan, I also used to have panic attacks that I tried to treat with alcohol and benzos. As you can probably guess based on your own experience, all it did was make the rebound attacks worse and more frequent. So then I needed to self-medicate even more. Eventually, with the help of my doctor, I tapered off the benzos and stopped drinking completely, but it was a long and painful process. I never want to go through anything like that again. Do yourself a favor and get off the pills and booze before things get any worse. For real!