Welcome to my PANIC ATTACKS: My Struggle To Win Against Physical and Psychological Hell

by Adam K. Elliot

If you suffer from panic attacks, or if you care about someone who suffers from them, you need to read this book. Panic attacks can destroy one's life. I know, because it destroyed mine for many years. My life was a succession of doctors, both competent and incompetent. The incompetent ones didn't recognize that my panic attacks were real and not just a figment of my imagination or an extreme form of hypochondria. Add to the mix a dysfunctional family, a crazy boss, a vengeful ex-wife, a tumor in the head, and a litany of drugs, and you'll have an idea of the journey you'll be taking with me as you read about my struggles. But the good news is that there is life and light at the end of the tunnel. In my new memoir, you will experience my pain, but you will come to know that laughter and happiness can arise from the depths of misery. More importantly, it is my hope that the story I tell within the pages of this book will be a clarion call to doctors throughout the world that they need to listen to their patients, that panic attacks are real, and that they can destroy lives. It only takes one wise doctor with an open mind to end one person's nightmare of having to live with the daily specter of panic attacks; the terror that is ready to pounce unannounced and when least expected. It is my sincerest wish that my personal story will bring peace to those whose lives have become a cycle of fear and depression. You don't need to suffer needlessly year after year as I did. There are doctors and medications that can and will end the destructive power of panic attacks. It happened for me, and it will happen for you.

194 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 1, 2013

Reviews

[Michael · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ever go to a wedding and be seated at the miscellaneous table beside someone's dotty old aunt who insists on telling you her whole medical history? That is what this book is like. I tried to feel some empathy for the author, but just could not. True, he suffers from legitimate phychological/medical issues.
True, his life was hell before he found some
pharmaceutical relief. But frankly, half this book is copies of is medical reports, and the rest is his whining delivery about how bad his life is. By the time I finished this, I was ready to take some pills.

I received the book for free through Goodreads First Reads

[Marshall · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rings True Throughout!

I have been through much of what this author writes about, and I can tell you that his experiences with panic attacks are real. The added stresses of a dysfunctional family, an untenable relationship with a crazy boss, and multiple health issues makes it a wonder that Mr. Elliot got through it all intact. His very humorous telling of the agony he suffered for over twenty years makes this a must-read!

[Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I FINALLY FOUND A BOOK THAT COULD UNDERSTAND MY PANIC ATTACKS. I MEAN THE AUTHOR'S LIFE WAS OBVIOUSLY DIFFERENT THAN MINE BUT THE WHOLE PANIC THING WAS SO FAMILIAR. I EVEN HAD TO PUT IT DOWN A FEW TIMES BECAUSE I WOULD START TO PANIC. PANIC DISORDER IS THE MOST HORRIBLE THING AND I WISH IT ON NO ONE. I HAVE OTHER THINGS HE DIDN'T HAVE BUT I DO RECOMMEND THIS FOR ANYONE WITH PANIC DISORDER. YOU ARE NOT ALONE!

[Marek McKenna · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you want to learn more about a personal journey through panic attacks that is filled with humor then this a must read!