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At what age did you start having anxiety?

Lydia Z

Lydia Z

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When did you first notice or start having anxiety? I started having anxiety around 12 or 13 years old and used to pass out from it. I still do have anxiety but I never passed out as an adult. What is your experience like?
 
I remember having anxiety like symptoms when I was 9/10 but I didn't know what it was and at the time it wasn't debilitating. When I was 15 it got so bad I had to drop out of school and couldn't leave the house. I haven't had a panic attack in a few years now but I get anxious quite a bit, not to the same degree though.
 
I started noticing my anxiety in when I was 14 years old, but has gotten worse as I had gotten older to the point I have been on anti depressants for a few years now.
I’ll have anxiety from time to time like besides my social anxiety which gets bad sometimes, I unintentionally blame myself for faults. For example, I’ve lost some so called friends a few months back and I was so upset, blaming myself cause I believed it was me who cause those people to turn on me casing my anxiety to get bad
sometimes when I tend to worry about things such as if it’s something bad that may happen when instead I’m over thinking the outcome of the situation before it even happens. It would be not passing a test or thinking I can’t do this or that when I know I can
 
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I remember being anxious as young as 4 and remember as I got older I used to allow myself 'worry time'. It wasn't until I hit my late teens that I realised this wasn't how everyone felt. I masked most of my anx with alcohol through my 20s and seemed to 'cope' OK with life. It wasn't until I settled Down ad had kids and my lifestyle changed that my anxiety became a problem. I've been on anti depressants for 8 years after being diagnosed with gad. I always say these tablets saved my life as my anx was s bad for 4 months prior to medication that I almost committed suicide twice due to not being able to take anymore feeling anx. I couldn't do anything for those 4 months. I gave up work and had to move in with a friend who cares for me. The Dr agrees I will be on these meds for life
 
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I remember being anxious as young as 4 and remember as I got older I used to allow myself 'worry time'. It wasn't until I hit my late teens that I realised this wasn't how everyone felt. I masked most of my anx with alcohol through my 20s and seemed to 'cope' OK with life. It wasn't until I settled Down ad had kids and my lifestyle changed that my anxiety became a problem. I've been on anti depressants for 8 years after being diagnosed with gad. I always say these tablets saved my life as my anx was s bad for 4 months prior to medication that I almost committed suicide twice due to not being able to take anymore feeling anx. I couldn't do anything for those 4 months. I gave up work and had to move in with a friend who cares for me. The Dr agrees I will be on these meds for life
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I just have to add that altho I still have moments where I feel uneasy, I can't now live a normal life. Pills have a lot of stigma and a lot of people don't want to be medicated for long periods. For me, medication has improved my quality of life immensely and other than a few side effects I get if I miss a couple doses, I have a very fulfilled life most of the time
 
I feel like my anxiety has increased after having kids too just like you. I feel like something will happen to them when i am not looking. I know my thought are irrational but it's not easy to shake the thoughts off. It was specially crazy the first year.
 
Lydia Z said:
When did you first notice or start having anxiety? I started having anxiety around 12 or 13 years old and used to pass out from it. I still do have anxiety but I never passed out as an adult. What is your experience like?
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I was 13 when it hit me full force. I still have it, it's annoying, and it's a constant drag on my self esteem.
 
I started to experience anxiety episodes from Age 6, because where I lived was dangerous. I first noticed GAD started to settle in much later, like 20's.
 
From about 5-6 years old as I recall, still ongoing 30 odd years later.

In junior school, I was sent home for lunch because the teachers decided they couldn't cope with me at lunch time because of my behaviours (eh? All I wanted to do was sit with my friends!).
 
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As long as I can remember. Though I also experienced a traumatic event when I was four so I also have anxiety from that and not just ASD.
 
Quite literally, the first time a person who "thinks" with their emotions showed displeasure with me...
Somewhere around age three or four, to my recollection.
 
cant remember when it first began but it was going strong by 1st grade, I was bullied badly in elementary school and blamed for it by teachers and principals lied to by therapists to gain my trust (which made me have trust issues for my whole life)

My father was very hard on me, I didn't know it till I had kids and found out about my Aspergers that much of what he did was because he didn't understand my problems and was trying to help me and prepare me for the world knowing how hard it was to me and was doing the best he could

I have been on anti-depressants several times and I feel like the side effects were as bad as the benefits and were a moot point

However, when I was young they didn't really diagnose for Aspergers or any of the other things I have that affect my horrid handwriting and clumsiness. I got labeled Add (which I may have also IDK)
 
I cannot remember exactly when it began but I did have some anxiety issues when in primary school and I believe it started to get way worse when I was around the age of 12 and the bullying that I was dealing with was getting a lot worse.
 
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It started, when I was really young and in elementary school, but got really bad and paranoia was high too when I was older.

Now it's much less severe, but I have never really recovered, from the depression, anxiety nor the paranoia, and I never really will, with at least the later too, but that's for the best, because of the paranoia and anxiety, I am far more secure.
 
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