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I'm 57 but didn't need lorazepam until I was in my early 30's. I actually went on it not for panic attacks, but for stress-related anxiety of various sorts. Including being married to my first wife. (The Marriage From Hell. I felt like a victim in a slasher movie.) In crowded situations, all I think of is,"Greetings, puny humans." *chuckle* Now my current wife can relate to the auditorium-induced anxiety. We try to go to a concert every couple of years, and no matter how close to the stage I get us, she wants aisle seats, preferably near an exit tunnel. Ever since 9/11, she's had this fear of something happening and she'll get trapped by a panicking crowd of people she can't get through. That's why I give her a lorazepam about fifteen minutes before we park. One year when we went to see Trans-Siberian Orchestra, I got us good floor seats about ten rows back from the stage, and she was practically in a state of paralysis because we were right in the center 'B' section.

No way I would sit there.

I use to hustle for seats on Broadway and If I go to a movie I go well after the initial opening and try to go early in the day so there auditorium is near empty...