Feeling completely hopeless. Suffered from agoraphobia and emetophobia since I was 6 (I'm now 23) and have panic attacks at least twice daily. Rarely ever leave the house (maybe once a months, only with partner/mother, not far from home, and always panic and come home early). Finished uni without ever going onto campus so made no friends or connections, current friends I rarely see since I can't go anywhere. Even leaving my bed to sit on the chair across the room makes me panic. Tried NHS and private mental health therapies, and medication, for over 10 years and never had any progress, always discharged after a few months being told my problems are "too complex" and they can't help me. Tried to find agoraphobia support groups near me (Birmingham/Sandwell area) but to no avail. Can't see any way to recover anymore.
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I am not exactly sure how the medical system works in England, but I know in the states there are therapists that deal primarily with patients unable to leave the house. But it does sound like you have tried quite a lot of things. So medication and treatment never helped? At all? Is medical weed legal there?
@CKBlossom weed is not legal in the UK, but even if it were I’m completely teetotal regarding smoking, drugs, and alcohol.
I’ve been trying to find specialists who deal with agoraphobia but there are very few available on the NHS and even private ones are hard to find. The ones that do exist reside mainly in London (I am in Birmingham) and cost a lot of money that I just don’t have.