Wow, very interesting posts. Mine started at age 10 when I had some type of flu that I remember was taking out so many kids in my class. My doc ended up giving me cough medicine with codeine in it. I was sooo sick from that...it did feel uncontrollable. I'm convinced that is what triggered it. Then I was afraid to go to school or be away from home and mom and dad. Had "butterflies" nauseous feeling all the time, which caused me to not eat...lost a lot of weight and was hospitalized twice (at 10 and again at 16) for malnutrition. It's crazy to think that one experience can change your life soooo much. Sighhhh....