Anyone else have anxiety problems

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All the time!

^ What he said.

Yes, generalized anxiety disorder. CBT only goes so far. Meds necessary.

I have very, very severe anxiety. I have been diagnosed with both generalized anxiety disorder (severe) and panic disorder. I have other diagnoses as well including the obvious autism, schizoaffective disorder bipolar type and PTSD. I've had the anxiety most of my life. Depression for a long time. Even the schizoaffective for a long time. I don't remember NOT being mentally ill. There were times that the symptoms calmed down for awhile but I still had the disorders. In fact sometimes I go into the hospital. I even went to a special school for mentally ill people. I am just nuts. I guess. I wish so bad that I'm not nuts.

I have pretty severe anxiety issues, its one of the major reasons I don't have a job.

I have often had and have anxiety problems. I have lots of anxiety issues around socializing and communication because I don't understand people and they don't understand me and I am a big social klutz. I also get anxiety issues with things regarding a lot of life issues and getting jobs, classes, some tests, and meeting people. I also have anxiety issues related to safety, often having to do with people I have to live with, having a place to stay, having enough money for my basic survival needs.

When life is better, my anxiety often lessens. Like for instance if I have a stable job with enough income to pay all bills and food and gas and everything I need to live, and there isn't someone trying to destroy me, then I have far less anxiety.

Another type of anxiety I have is I hate listening to people argue and fight and get anxiety when I am forced to be around that happening, because I came from a violent family where bickering and fighting happened a lot and I didn't feel safe and often got threatened and sometimes got hurt. The effects of daily bullying in elementary school also gave me a similar exposure to belittling and insulting and lack of safety and getting beat up related anxiety.

Medications don't help me because I don't respond to them correctly, and for me the best thing to that can happen to lessen anxiety is to eliminate problem sources, mainly by having safety, basic needs met, a job that fulfills my basic needs, having housing, minimized conflicts, and minimizing exposure to sensory overloads.

Like, recently, I had anxiety problems during my time in Hawaii. They have since subsided, and I will be meeting my psychiatrist on Monday or Tuesday about this.

Yep! Most of the time.

Unofficially diagnosed with GAD. If things are not smooth in my life, I'm am a quivering, twitching ball of worry and anxiety. Frequently have mild panic attacks, occasionally have severe ones. Nice to know I'm not the only one affected by this.

Have tried Buspar, Lexapro, and several other antidepressant/antianxiety meds. They actually seem to make it worse. The best thing I can do is keep some low-dose Xanax or Clonopin handy, and take one if I start to go into a panic.

I'm pretty good at hiding it from everyone else, but that just adds to the internal anxiety. Does anyone else experience this, as well?

Yes, I do.

Yes.

I actually have to take medicine for it.

When adults used to tell me to "calm down, take deep breathes and relax" I used to think they were nuts.

did they think that I could possibly just will away my problems?! ! I would get so tense that I used to hyperventilate, talk really fast, stomp, things like that.

As I've gotten older, I have mentally subtracted their advice to "take deep breathes and relax."

calming down is really out of the question. However, I can relax (sort of) let me explain.

mind over matter. I simply stop what I am doing, and mentally override my muscles and body, almost like I am letting the tension drain out. I stop my leg from twitching, my hand from shaking et cetra et cetra

I want to be clear. In my head, I am still flipping out. It is impossible to truly calm down using this technique unless your using it to go to sleep. However, It does help me focus more clearly during a breakdown, and as an added bonus, keeps me from looking like a raging meth addict.

I know it sounds like its hard to do or really stupid to try, but it is as simple as exerting control over your body