I have started having panic attacks and when I have them, it s hard to breathe. I have always been a constant worrier and have always been stressed. I get knots in my stomach that make me miserable and nauseated badly. sometimes I throw up. I can t eat like this and I lay awake most nights when this happens until 3:00 to 4:00 am. I do this at least once a week and this whole mess of problems may last up to 4 days and sometimes longer. I have gone to several physicians asking for help because I make the mistake of asking for Xanax. I took that medicine for several years and it took the problem away, then the doctor who prescribed them retired. I don t know where to turn. I had it so bad the other day, that the knots in my stomach were real high up in my stomach (right where I hurt when I had a gallbladder), but when my stomach was like that it felt like my throat was swelling shut or it had a big knot in it one. My mom gave me a Xanax and after it started working, my stomach settled down and my throat wasn t swollen any more. that was the only relief I had for 3 days of living with my stomach and throat like it was. I am 60 years old, and I m not trying to get a buzz like I have heard some younger people do, I just need one for my nerves, not to abuse, just for relief. When I had them prescribed before, the doctor gave me too many, I thought because he gave me enough to take 6 per day. I can truthfully say, if I took one it was usually one about mid-day and one at bed time. If my stomach wasn t bothering me, I took one only when I was nervous and got the shakes real bad, or at bedtime if I couldn t sleep. Why is it so hard for someone to get a prescription when they need one, that s what they are manufactured for.