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Clay Aiken Opens Up About Panic Attacks, Antidepressants
Tuesday September 19, 2006


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In a two-part interview starting Wednesday with ABC's Diane Sawyer, Clay Aiken opens up about his debilitating struggle with panic attacks and how he's been able to control them by using Paxil, an antidepressant.

"I guess I just got to a point where I thought, 'OK, listen, you're not going crazy," he explains. "I'm not going, I'm not going crazy.' And so I talked to my doctor and I said, 'Listen, here's the thing. I don't
understand why I feel like I'm gonna have a heart attack when I go into these rooms. I don't get it.'"

The American Idol star goes on to say that these days, things are under control and his panic attacks have never really been tied to stage fright.

"No. I don't get nervous up there. I don't. I don't have any stage fright."

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