I used to have a terrible anxiety disorder. I wouldn't leave the house except to go to work. I was in therapy for years. Then a good psychiatrist put me on a tricyclic anti-depressant and the attacks stopped. Then he moved to another area and I was no long on the meds and the attacks came back. So I lived with that again.

Finally when I went through menopause my attacks pretty much stopped. Just like that. I am convinced that hormones or whatever chemical changes happen in menopause made a difference in my attacks. JMO.