MayoClinic: a story

I found this story at the Mayo Clinic web site about a woman who suffered from panic attacks for years, and after many years of different medicines and research, was finally able to return to her life of mountain climbing, driving alone, and having a career.
MayoClinic: Margie Wherritt: Coping with panic disorder

The psychiatrist prescribed imipramine (Tofranil), one of an older class of antidepressants called tricyclics frequently used during the 1980s, and Xanax. Wherritt took these medicines for just over a year. The regimen worked, first reducing and then eliminating the panic attacks. She also underwent cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), a form of psychotherapy that focuses on a person's conscious thoughts or behaviors and that has proved effective in panic disorder.