Depression Treatment  --  1972-1974

After several months of testing and retesting, the doctors could find nothing physically wrong with me.  I was sent to a psychaitrist and he promptly diagnosed me with severe clinical depression which I intially laughed off.  However, I underwent nearly 2 years of intensive treatment.  Near the end of the treatment, the doctor noted a new element to my behavior.  I would become terrified for no reason.  After some further testing, the pschiatrist determined I had panic disorder/agoraphobia.  He told me that it was barely  diagnosable, there was no treatment nor medication for it.  I could not travel more than a few miles from my "home base" and somtimes I may become house bound.  I knew a big wrench had been put into the works of my life.

Link to Medical Description of Agorahpobia

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