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i have been dealing with anxiety since i was 14. my first year of high school was the worst, i had many panic attacks in school n had leave early, i always never went outside my friends thought i died because i wouldn't respond to me or wouldn't go outside. when i was a Sophmore in highschool the meds started to work(i was on zolft) and i was a whole another person. i would go out skate all day, started doing better in school and everything was going great. Now skip ahead i just started college, nothing to serious just community college and then my anxiety started back up, but not to seriously i was able to still go to school and go out. now 2 years ago my anxiety got a lot worse, i had to quit my job and drop out of school (i felt like the meds stop working cause i have been on them since i was like 14 or 15 and now i was 19) so now im 21 been sitting my house for like 2 years not going out side execpt for getting food and now my parents want to move. they just want to move to the next town over but my anxiety is so bad i cant even imagine what its going to feel like living 3 miles from my confront?� zone. i honestly dont know what im going to do, i thought about killing myself but i cant do that to my mom. she has been unbelievable with my anxiety. so much support and paying for my meds and doctor appointments i just cant. everyone says just to man up but its alot harder to do that n just say im going to man up. so now im back in to drinking my anxiety away. thanks in advance for feedback and thanks for reading.
Hang in there.� Too young.
THIS THIS THIS.
First off, good on you for not quitting. Secondly, fuck anybody telling you to "just man up". Third, don't quit now.
You can do this, man. You really can. I know it's hard, and I know all too well about the anxiety that can arise just from thinking about taking care of your own anxiety problems. I also know that it's possible to get better, and so so so worth it.
few123456789 is right - check out a behavioral psychologist. Or at the very least, a counselor of some kind. It's been my experience that therapy in tandem with meds is the best way to feel better - not just temporarily, but long term as well.
About the meds, a lot of times the psychologist helps get you on the right kind of medication too. Not all regular physicians know a lot about the positive and negative effects of depression/anxiety drugs. Whereas a doc might only see you to check-up or write prescriptions, the therapist gets to know you and your situation in depth and has good insight into treatments that worked for people with similar living situations.
It took me years, but I found the right medication (a generic version of Lexapro) for my anxiety and worked through a lot (I was in a very similar situation with school), and I got back and graduated.
Keep your head up, man
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