Anxiety in Teens??

Hello, good morning. I started having panic attacks around that age, I think it is wonderful that she came to you and told you how she feels. I would think a doctor would understand and maybe put her on an antidepressant. It's always a good thing to get the anxiety under control first, then come talk therapy later. I would talk to her doctor or see if you have a mental health center in your area.

My daughter used to cut, from what I was told they feel SO numb that feeling the pain from cutting makes them know they are alive(this came from a behavioral health service), I'm sure they can do it for other reasons, but this is what I was told, My daughter did move on from that behavior, but we did have other issues up the road, and still do.

I too am so glad your daughter came to you. Obviously you are calming and helpful to her, great parenting! I found this article that is written by a cutter http://bit.ly/Vd6ZqZ and it occurred to me that maybe your daughter's original underlying cause for cutting is still there. Even though your daughter needs more, talking is the first step for further help. If you think it might help you to call a licensed counselor to talk through your next steps please call 1-800-A-Family. The counselors at Focus on the Family deal with this quite often and have a lot of good resources. Blessings mama!

UPDATE.......

I finally was able to get her in to see her ped. She's now 16, having her birthday in Sept. Of course the ped. referred her to a specialist which was at a Children's Hospital 3 hours away and upon checking they wanted to see her 2 times a week, which with winter coming we just couldn't manage.
The office left it up to me since the ped didn't know who else to refer her to around here. Sooo after much searching and research on the internet I was able to find a specialist her locally that has agreed to see her. In the meantime her ped has given her Hydroxyzine 25 mg 4x's a day. After researching I see this is an antihistimine and sometimes used for anxiety, a 10 day supply with 2 refills. It seems that her worse anxiety is at school. No, she's not being bullied, but she told the ped that when she feels it coming on that it is hard for her to breath and her heart is racing. I sat and let her do all the talking with the ped, who was also aware of the cutting issue. I too feel like such a bad mother not keeping her in the counseling when the cutting issue came about and the school requested that she go. It was through Pathway's and the counselor came to the school. That was much easier since I don't drive and the fact of all the school she'd have missed had she had to leave school to attend counseling.
The medicine does seem to help her. But since the issue has came up I'm more aware of her actions. Last night she asked me if she could go home with a friend today I don't know this girl or her family then she tells me this girl lives with her Dad only. I told her there was NO WAY, with me not knowing the family and the situation there that she was going to this girls house. But did tell her said friend was more than welcome to come here. She really freaked out and started screaming. I'm not sure where her head is at anymore. Granted the girls family may be harmless BUT I am not allowing my daughter to go there and possible harm come to her. She just doesn't get that.
Anyhoo the appointment to the specialist is Dec 29, and I was very thankful they were able to get her in so quickly. Upon researching I see that this place is not one to give out drugs to the patient. I'm thankful for that because I don't want her to have to depend on medicine for something that can hopefully be controlled through therapy sessions.
Does anyone know what can be expected at these sessions??
Thanks