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[muffin02]

Hi I am muffin02 and I live in the Northeast US. I have had anxiety since sophomore year of high school and now I am in college, still struggling with it. I wanted to join this forum, in order to speak to others who are in a similar situation(s) as me and learn more about how you all cope with your own anxieties.

[FrankWolfe53]

Hello, muffin this forum helped me a lot just seeing how people go about their anxiety. My anxiety is an extension of my depression, I have been dealing with depression on and off since 2006, That was my sophomore year of high school. But I notice when I have too much caffeine or do some sort of stimulant is when my anxiety acts up and it acts up for days, some times multiple weeks at a time. Right now I am going to therapy and will be evaluated to see if i need medication and if i do what kind. I also have depersonalization where I feel dreamy all the time and my dreams are strange and very vivid and right when i wake up, I can't tell if im still dreaming sometimes. My depression I feel like I can deal with, but its when my anxiety acts up is when I feel like i am dying or going to die for no reason and my mind races as well as my heart rate. But I am doing better.
How have you been coping with your anxiety and do you feel it all the time, or just in certain situations?