College student: Anxiety and Depression, Hate it!

[worriedperson]

Anxiety and Depression:

Hi. I am new to this group. I have had anxiety since I was 6 years old. I am 20 now. My anxiety stems from the fear of dying and food allergies. Then it gets so bad I can not function at college the way I want to. Now I get thoughts that I do not want to live with anxiety anymore. I am going to counseling and on Prozac (40 mg) for 7 years now. They gave me Klonopin to take during heightened times. I hate feeling this way and it seems worse since I am at school. I really do not want to have these feelings anymore. I know once my anxiety, depression is under control I can be the person I want to be again. It seems to hold me back. Anyone have ideas or experiences that might help me get through these terrible times and thoughts.

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College usually make anxiety even worse, how long have you been going to counseling? And you should try meditation it can help calm your mind, i also have severe food allergies all you have to do is be careful

[njemily]

Hi. I have had anxiety since I was 7 and I am in college right now as well. My anxiety has been very severe this semester that I have been missing a lot of class. I find a lot of comfort in strict schedules and eating the same meals. Having control over my environment has helped me a lot so maybe you can try doing more things like that.

Also, having a strict bed time and a constant sleep schedule is so important for your body just in general.

You might want to consider changing your Prozac. I was on that for a while but just changed to Celexa and I like it better.

Also, make sure to have good communication with your professors. They can be more understanding than you think they would be.