Anxiety/panic disorder and working...advice appreciated?

I was diagnosed with a host of anxiety and depression issues, ranging from General Anxiety Disorder to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, to depression. I have been a mother and wife for eight years. In all this time I have never been able to keep a job for longer than a week or so because the panic attacks and anxiety are literally unbearable when I have tried to work in the past. My husband makes great pay, so his income has been enough. It's not any longer and I need to find work. However, I'm scared to death at the thought of leaving the house on a regular schedule and being away from my daughter for eight hours a day, and am terrified I'll end up under the control of the anxiety again. Added to that is the fact that I have no college or formal training, and suddenly work seems an impossible mountain.

Does anyone have any advice and/or experience in this area?

Should have made this clear originally; I AM on meds and they are working well. Also, am in therapy with a great professional who's helped worked wonders. I am definitely in treatment, am just afraid of getting that "sick" again.

im 20 and a male and suffer almost the same thing. basically what i do ( and im NOT on any meds) it wait it out. i have been in situations where i have had major and im talking major panic attacks. you need to ride the emotions. tell yourself what you are feeling out loud and ask yourself what has set you off. try to understand where the fear has come from. if you keep doing this and dont back out of the situation that has given you the attack you mind will slowly learn that this situation is not to be feared. ive done this through will power and a great deal of it. there are times when you might get the odd attack but they never last long and you get over it fairly quick. its really hard but what put my through was a close relative has had everything with anxiety and she wont leave the house at all. will never get a job and wont have a life. so there no way i will turn out like them. do not let deppresion contril your live. neve suffered that badly with it but from my experience is to get on with life and dont let it affect you( but i would get some help for it though) .......hope this help. it did me

If you have already been diagnosed, why aren't you on medication. Talk with your doctor about what meds would be best for you. It can change your life....for the better.

First of all...you should learn how to be strong....convince yourself that you are a strong person....you are not at the edge...you are in the central and you are or (must be) proud of yourself.... Nothing will happen to your daughter....you can ask someone to watch her for these few hours.....let her join a Sport club or dance club or even swimming so you drop her there in the morning and when you finish work you pick her up.
you can do any job...if you put in your mind that you are ready to do it....even if you don't have experience.....think about it as a challenge....do it and you will succeed.....if don't just say to yourself....NO PROBLEM....you know one job is not the end of the world....You will be amazed how many jobs Onasis one of the biggest millionaires....he changed his job many many times when he was young and poor....
You can do IT ....try to be brave and then everything will be easy

My wife has that.
2 years of misery.
Now she is on meds that work.
She's back to normal

See your Doc, get the meds, they work.

See panic attack treatments, anxiety, depression, and PTSD, at http://www.ezy-build.net.nz/~shaneris on pages 8, 6, 2, and 33: also read page 38, and consider volunteering, as advised, even from home, at first. Then outside, to get you used to working, and being away from your daughter for limited periods, then more; most days, until you feel ready to start looking for paid employment. Consider retraining/updating skills, and starting out temping, unless you don't like constant change.

Well at least your aware of your problem, now just go from there. When you start to get a panic attack think about what it is and just tell yourself that everything is ok. Dont fight it, let it flush over you, because it will go away, your not dying or going crazy, it just has to pass. Whatever you do don't let fear win. Go out everyday, force yourself. Nothing bad will happen! Maybe a panic attack, big deal! I used to get them all the time, I was scared shitless until I learned what they were. I started to understand what set me off, but I didnt avoid ANYTHING, I learned to control my reaction. I still get them, but I let them come and let them go, then I move on with my day. Try to live by these two mottos; TRULY- "the only thing to fear is fear itself", I promise you that! and; "Don't sweat the small stuff, and its all small stuff". I hope you do good, and happy hunting!