What do you do to treat anxiety?

Is there some medication I can take or  does counseling work:?

hugs, Caren

Hi Caren, Usually a combo of meds and counseling does work.Have you tried natural anxiety herbs? There are many types and they all do different things, without the side effects that occur from prescriptions. I've been using St. Johns Wort for anxiety.

Post Edited By Moderator (stkitt) : 6/1/2010 4:24:02 PM (GMT-6)

What do I do to treat my social anxieties?

Read books on how to change my thinking so I won't get so anxious.
See a psychiatrist.
See a therapist. Do CBT.
Take Lexapro.
Get plenty of sleep.
Do yoga.
Get massages.
Meditate.
Drink calming teas.
Do breathing exercises, especially when I'm feeling anxious.
Listen to self-hypnosis MP3s.
Communicate my feelings with others.
Do two things at once. Somethings having something else to concentrate on helps reduce the anxiety.
Ask myself whether or not I'm avoiding doing something out of anxiety. If so, then I do it. The more times I do something that I feel anxious about, the less anxious I get about doing it.
Reduce my expectations, my self-criticism and my criticism of others.

Medicine had the greatest affect for me. Lexapro has changed my life completely. My brain will often go into flight, fight, freeze mode. Apparently, the more stress one has, the bigger the Amygdala, causing the brain to react more to stress. Lexapro allows me to use my other relaxation techniques to stop myself from going into flight, freeze, fight mode.