Any teens out there that have anxiety?

Hi have not been to the site in a while. My daughter is now 17 and seems to be handling her anxiety fairly well with counseling only. We had a rough school year but she pulled it all together and now is entering her 12 grade year of high school. She still struggles with some anxiety vaction is coming up and she is very anxious and does not want to feel anxious since she has been to this location 4 times already but seems to think this year will be the hardest to stay positive about leaving home and would like to talk with other teens that have anxicety issues as well but not sure if there are any or where to begin to look for support groups. I would like to ask her Dr next time we are there if she heard of any for teens but wanted to see if anyone else on here is around that age with these kinda problems.

Thanks fox7 she has GAD not really bad more mild and does have a friend that she goes out with on occasion. She never told her about her anxciety issues since she feels that girl is very outgoing and does not have the problem so would not relate. I do worry as a parent that she is alone too much. We do have a neighbor that she has a few friends that hang out and talk everyday but she rarely goes places with them outside the neighborhood. Her sister is 2 years younger then her and does not have this at all so she is our social butterfly. Sometimes this benefits my older daughter because it makes her try harder to go out and then she does make herself go places more. It started mostly this school year at 17 so now sure why. She would like to know why as well.

I am a 17 year old male teen and I struggle with chest pain, upper left back pain, heart palpations to the slightest thing. I feel like I am gonna have a heart attack or something is going funky with my heart even though I had many ECGs an also Holter Moniter and the Ultrasound on my heart. And they say it is all anxiety even though after I got off my antidepressents i dont have panic attacks anymore.

I am a 19 year old female. I've been dealing with anxiety my whole life, but it became very noticable to me when I was 13-14. Its definitely rough, the teenage years are full of transitions and new experiences, which I think trigger anxiety in a lot of people around my age!

I'm nineteen been having horrible anxiety for almost four years already!! I literally have no life!!!! I have to be home schooled!!!!! I can't be normal, its that severe!!

Hi jmizzle and welcome.

I am so sorry to hear that you are having a really tough time with anxiety/depression.

However, it is great that you are looking to treat your issues with therapy and prescribed medication. Many members here have found this combination to be the thing that helps them get on the road to recovery...so well done!

I hope that you like your psychiatrist, and I am sure that you will learn a lot to help you to deal with the problems that have been troubling you.

You are not the first person to mention increased anxiety and panic attacks after using the substance mentioned in your post (as per rule # 1, I did edit the specific name of the substance) Your experience is pretty common, and a good reason to stay away from self-medicating! I am really happy to hear that you have chosen the better path to getting well!:)

Keep posting with us here, and you can even start an introductory thread for yourself if you feel comfortable doing so. (this way more members can recognize you as a new person and welcome you)

We are here anytime to listen and support!

Let us know how your P-doc appointment goes.

Scaredy Cat

If you could find a therapy appointment sooner, then I would say go for it...but sometimes it is quite a wait, depending on your area, insurance coverage, ect.

I would say that if you are really suffering with this, then go ahead and start your Rx since your doctor has prescribed it. Many people are presctibed their meds for A/P by thier regular doctors.

Chances are you will start to feel better around the time that your appointment is set. ( SSRI's typically take up to 6, sometimes 8 weeks to fully build in the system) This can be a plus... and possibly a negative.

The plus is that you will feel well enough to be very receptive to the work that therapy entails. I went into therapy without having medication, and it was really tought at first! Looking back, I wonder if having something to take the edge off of my A/P could have helped!

The negative could be that you start to feel well enough that you are tempted to forego the therapy. I believe that this would be a mistake, as I really believe that therapy is the best long-term treatment that you can invest in for yourself!

Either way you decide...the end result will be that you are getting help that you need, and that is what matters...there is no magic order or combination to treatment...everyone is different, you just need to get started and do what works for you.

In the meantime, I would go to the library and check out as many books as you can find on A/P. I did this and took what applied to me from each one, and really customized a 'self-help' system for myself. Check out our Anxiety /Panic Resources as well (main page, 2nd post) there are really good links to breathing and relaxation exercises that reduce anxiety and panic if practiced daily...they seriously work!:)

I know it seems overwhelming and like a lot to take in all at once, so check some things out, and do what seems to help you...the more you try, the better your chances of finding recovery.

Keep posting too.  Being a part of this community has helped me so much, I can't even tell you!  I hope that you find it works for you as well.  Talk to you later,

S.C.

p.s. don't feel bad about the edit...lots of people accidently mention things like that...but we have members as young as 13 here who we try to help, so we keep it very 'family friendly' here:)