its good to know your not fighting alone :) hope you feel better warm hugs.

I'm sorry to hear that you are struggling with anxiety. It sounds like you have some good coping skills. Don't be too hard on yourself. If you need the medication, that is okay. I find that exercising and eating a healthy diet help me with my anxiety. Maybe your friends could share their tips on dealing with anxiety. You could all help each other.

@lucillegem I hope I feel better too and thank you for the warm hugs and I'm so happy that my best friend shared that with me because I never knew.

@Ann93 you sound like you have your anxiety under control I hope to feel that way one day and thank you so much for your advice that you shared.

I feel like some days are good & others are bad. Ben taking my meds that's how I get throw my day & I am dealing with GERD as well. Some days it feels like I am dieing. But I push throw & hope anything will be ok.

Can meditation apps such as Headspace help ease panic attacks? I do not want to rely on xanax and am trying everything to ease my anxieties. I just want to be free of this terrible disorder!

Ann93 advice ~ Right on. A good/healthy diet.....plenty of water and exercise is another component to freeing yourself of anxiety.
Cakemix ~ meditation and apps for it are great. However, it alone will not combat anxiety.
I have found Ann93's advice to be a big key to ridding anxiety and panic attacks.
I have discovered in an "awakening" that our foods are mostly crap. We need REAL food......not packaged (fake food). Foods full of toxins and GMO mess with our DNA as well as are poisoning us. How could it NOT mess with our brain and bodies? I eat WAAAAYYYYYYY healthier than I did. I made the excuses of "it is too expensive"........."I don't have time to fix it"...........and a host of other excuses.
Take control of your health. I am off 3 medicines and have one to go and that is happening soon.
I find doctor and health insurance more expensive than a healthy diet.
Also......forward head posture and sitting long periods of time do NOT allow us to breath properly which starves our brains of oxygen needed to function optimally.
Forward head posture is caused by a host of issues and is a bone structure problem. Most of it is caused by looking down at your cell phones, tablets, and other tech toys.
There is a doctor on youtube.....actually a few that explain this major issue and how it can be fixed. It has taken me over a year to slowly get my head posture back in alignment. I changed my diet to fix "leaky gut" which is an area where most issues/diseases......and yes.....anxiety stem from.
Look up youtube clips from: Dr. John Bergman and Dr. Allan Mendell (motivational doc).
Also, Jason Stephenson has some great guided meditations for anxiety.

Also......turn OFF the news and any other social media. They are fanning the flame and putting fear into you. Hint.....it's easier to control the masses when we live in fear.

I am proof that anxiety and panic attacks can be overcome. No meds for me and a much healthier lifestyle are the cure. And one more thing. Toxic people.....they are everywhere. Stay away the best you can. I had to drop family members and some clients. You can NOT change them. You can only change yourself. Some of the tactic can be covert and you don't realize it until you become a drooling, anxiety ridden pile of goo. My best advice is to RUN and don't look back. It has taken me 2 decades to recover from some toxic peeps. The healing can't take place until you get away and stay away from toxic people.

Ok......gonna get off my soap box.
Everyone have an excellent day.
If you get a chance......get outside and hug a tree :)
Love and light to all!!!!

very good advice msblank1

@sweetgirl35, I also have GERD as well as esophageal dysmotility disorder and I do know that anxiety and stress creates flare ups for us. @MsBlank1 I have changed my eating and exercise, but my toxic people are the people at my job and I am working very hard to get a new job so that is why I am still having anxiety attacks from this toxic job. And when I posted this that was where I was at this toxic job. I would quit if I could but my husband can't carry the load by himself so he really needs my income.

Reek - You are right that some work environments are toxic. I hope you can find a job that makes you feel more comfortable.

MsBlank1- yes, diet and posture are so important. Getting outside and enjoying nature is also so good for us. These computers and cell phones are doing us in. The posture issue you also mentioned is also interesting. I have that problem and will have to research it more.