Rick - I'm not a doctor, or even a nurse, but I believe when a person learns he has a disabling disease such as yours, panic occurs even as you recognize what it is. My love suffered from anxiety attacks, which really are not that much different from panic. He is on Prozac (which I hate), but if it helps him, I will learn to live with the side effects. I counsel him and tell him to take deep breaths and let it out slowly. Well --- to be honest, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Hopefully, this will pass for you, or you will learn to control them, or live with them. It's heck isn't it? Best wishes, Jo Ann ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn