Anxiety/Panic attacks

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I have a Anxiety/Panic disorder in addition to Aspergers and it's really interfering with my life. I Started, then quit, college recently after attending two days in as many weeks.
On both days that I attended I had panic attacks.
I had a similar problem in high school, I would constantly get panic attacks that would cause me to walk out(I can only control it when i'm at home or with somone I trust ie Mum). I also get them in crowds or new places as well as for no obvious reason.
I am currently looking for work (can't sit around the house all day for the rest of my life) and fear that this will interfere with my ability to get or retain a job, as well as my life in general.
Does anyone else have this problem or know of anything that could help?

i have problems similar to that, my anxiety rarely gets very serious(as in panic attack).

its kind of hard to get past the anxiety, the first few years after i started having anxiety i was on medicine, that helped the anxiety. . . i am not on meds anymore, instead i do meditaion. i also avoid too many upsetting thoughts at one time by m,aking m,yself think of something good(exausting). Medicine does not work for everyone, i am not sure if meditation does either

i am also not sure if it will help you avoid panic attacks.

I did see a therapist who tried to work on the anxiety thing.
After a couple of weeks she basically said that i wasn't trying and she was no longer going to see me.

I suffer from severe anxiety when I am with other people or in a public place, my doctor prescribes me prochlorperazine that works very well, but I have been told that it can have very serious side effects, so I am told only to take it when necessary.
Simon.

I'm a recovering, if not completely recovered anxiety/panic attack sufferer, and also from Scotland.

Mine came due to having had to experience several traumatic situations, inflicted on me in a short space of time. Once the stimuli that traumatised me are, or can be removed (it's a long story what they are) my panic attacks are more or less cured.

Some panic attacks may be sensory overloads and not anxiety provoked. I was also dismissed before by a psychologist for not being cooperative but that generally means is that they are limited in their thinking and therefore they have to blame you.

I think Apsbergers and anxiety disorder often go hand in hand. I see a theropis and have to take medication for my anxiety. I still have anxity and panic attacks with the medication but not nearly as bad or often.

I wish I had a solution for you because then I would have a solution for me(I am so selfish)This has been an on going problem for me.My most pronounced anxiety revolves around driving.I got my driving licence at 30(am 42 now)I drive as little as possible and only places that I know very well.If I attempt to drive in a new area,I go into instant "panick mode"and often have to pull over and do some deep breathing.This has inhibited me taking jobs where I would have to drive far for work or drive during work.I am now considering the possibility,after learning about AS,that this is not "psychological" but sensory overload.I am seeing a Adult AS specialist,who I am hoping can give me some insight about this.

Job issues are the main reason I pursued the AS DX.I felt like a lot of "traits" I have were keeping me from achieving my full potential.I have tried dealing with these with psyc meds and "regular therapy" for years and had little success.I am hoping that seeing a therapist who is more knowledgeable about AS will point me in the right direction.Can you find someone in your area that knows about adult AS?
Now,my biggest problem is "getting" to the therapist....LOL...I have to have my boyfriend drive me and he hates it(doesnt believe in AS).

get busy, seriously

exercise is very very good (at least for me), does wonders

If you start to feel anxious:
Wash a car
Water the plants
Don't pay much attention to it

do anything that will require you to focus, so your mind won't be so focused on that annoying stuff

I have a child (now aged 10) who has for the most part overcome severe anxiety issues so I know it can be done. When I mean severe, I mean as in refused to go to school and for a time there could barely leave the house at all.

For him three things were key. First was support--that came in the form of medication for a time (once successfully until the side effects became bad and the other time the med making it much worse) and a bunch from me (mom). Second was taking very very small steps towards the goal--starting with small/quieter/safer settings and working up. Third was building on those successes--once he realized he could face a fearful situation and be successful, it really empowered him to feel greater control over the next one and the fearful as a normal state gradually ebbed away.

I don't know what the future holds but he's been able to face situations that I never would have dreamed back in those early days. At least in his case, I am certain he wouldn't have been able to get this far without all three of those things I listed being in place simultaneously.

Unlike some people, my anxiety doesn't appear to have a few isolated causes. It's more from continuous isolation and torment throughout middle school and high school.