ANY ONE HERE ARROUND 20 AND DEALS WITH ANXIETY?

[tinkerbel19]

hey hey. just want to survey.

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I’m 36 but have dealt with anxiety almost my entire life.

[tinkerbel19 in reply to brokenlight]

oh I see. are there people younger than 20 dealing with anxiety? so how do you cope up?

[Kevin87]

I experienced it when I was 20 for sure. Keep in mind that you are at one of the most amazing parts of your life! What I mean is, you’re looking at the most change (good and bad) School, career, relationships, etc. Everything is new, and has room to grow. For a person with sensitivities like us, it’s not surprising that you would experience anxiety. In a way it’s like your mind is saying “if I worry about my life and what I’m doing I can fix it” the truth is you just need to live and experience. For me personally, anxiety always gets the worst when I’m at a crossroads in my life. Those happen frequently in young adulthood, the question is how will you deal with it?

[tinkerbel19 in reply to Kevin87]

I really dont know. I do enjoy wnat is around. what's with in my means.

[Kevin87 in reply to tinkerbel19]

Then great, appreciate it and love what you have, It will keep you grounded. Anxiety will happen all the time, this is the truth.

But that doesn’t mean you need to react to it and it doesn’t mean that you need to be debilitated by it.

[tinkerbel19 in reply to Kevin87]

yea. thanks. but sometimes anxiety is eating me.

[Beautifulgirl01]

24 & battle daily

[tinkerbel19 in reply to Beautifulgirl01]

when did you. start to have anxiety?

[scf19]

19 and struggling.

[tinkerbel19 in reply to scf19]

I hope you'll be fine are you taking meds?

[scf19 in reply to tinkerbel19]

no.

[tinkerbel19 in reply to scf19]

how do you keep on going?

[scf19 in reply to tinkerbel19]

i see a school counselor and i try to educate myself more on anxiety rather than get too carried away by the thoughts.

[tinkerbel19 in reply to scf19]

good for you then

[scf19 in reply to tinkerbel19]

how about you, how’ve you been trying to cope?

[tinkerbel19 in reply to scf19]

I'm on my meds. and I pray. I am trying to fix myself. I am trying to be sane again. to get back to my old self. everytime I stop my meds I think of negative thoughts. I've been very dependent on them. Sometimes I think maybe its because of hormonal imbalance.

[bullcat2108]

18, going on 19

[tinkerbel19 in reply to bullcat2108]

so what are you doing to overcome your anxiety/depression.

[bullcat2108 in reply to tinkerbel19]

mine has been going on for almost 4 months now. at first, i just let it happen. then eventually it got too much, & i had my doctor put me on an antidepressant. it’s helped a lot, but it’s time for my dosage to be increased. for the past week my anxiety has been itself again, to not avail. but i know that with a higher dosage of my Paxil, it will go away again.

[tinkerbel19 in reply to bullcat2108]

you didn't stop your meds. you still continue?

[bullcat2108 in reply to tinkerbel19]

yes i still am taking them, but my doctor put me on the lowest dosage to avoid as many side effects where i am so young. whenever i go back she should up the dosage and it’ll help.

[tinkerbel19 in reply to bullcat2108]

so what's your dosage now?

[bullcat2108 in reply to tinkerbel19]

10 mg!

[tinkerbel19 in reply to bullcat2108]

ohhh I see. what do you worry about?

[bullcat2108 in reply to tinkerbel19]

i have awful health anxiety! constantly checking my pulse, thinking something is wrong with my heart.