I am 27 taking lexapro and xanax since this year and I am curious to see what the age groups are for people that suffer from anxiety/panic attacks. Can you pin point what you are anxious about? Driving, social situations, being alone, death?

For those not on meds. how do you cope with your anxiety and how old are you?

I was supposed to go on some pills Im not to sure as of yet because i am under 18 [I am 15]. So I go to counselling when its really bad, or write poetry and song lyrics.
when my horse had died from a disease [3 weeks ago] and my parents split up. I had written 15 poems and seen the couseller 3 times in a week.. but all and all it was really helpfull.
as for what triggers it.. it can be anything
my grades, looks, going around sharp corners, losing friends and pressure is a lot of it.

I used to have really bad agorophobia, I hated leaving the house cause I was worried about what other people thought of me.

I went to a psychiatrist and they proscribed me fluoxetine? and another time prozac. All it ever did was make me really tired and numb all the time. So I dumped them into the toilet.

I'm 23 now, and I'm 100 times better no thanks to the drugs. I found I just forced myself to confront the things I was anxious about...it was painful sometimes the kind of situations I had to confront, got terrible sweats, or my stomach was sick or I always wanted to run but I always just stayed.

Eventually I was less worried about them. It doesnt fix the problem completely cause I still get those days sometimes I just dont want to leave the house.

But all in all the drugs didn't do much, and it worries me the damage they may have done to my body. I know it's hard to just go out and confront things and doing it once doesnt make it better but you should try. The pop a pill solution now a days isn't doing the right thing I think, just making more money for the pharmaceutical companies.

yes sure like alot i have Anxiety but afraid of medication untill now never
im 23

Im one of thse people that locks it all away but will probly end up fooked up in da head in years to come lol oh im 19

i take fluoxetine hun.. came off it then went bk on just recently. am on 20mg a day and it seems to work. however cant drink while on them as it doesnt work oh and im 21

I am 52 years old and have been taking Xanax (alprazolam) for nearly 8 years and Zoloft for depression for ten. Before meds, my triggers seemed to be social situations, confined spaces, and for some reason, supermarkets. Even today, as then, sometimes it just hits me from out of the blue. I take the xanax per incident instead of as a preventative because I can usually see it coming having had the problem for so long. I "self medicated with booze for years...it was the only way I could cope. Things have been fairly balanced since I was diagnosed and went through the hell of trying different meds until I found the "cocktail" that worked for me.