I just found this support group and love this awesome community already. I have been diagnosed bipolar disorder 2 since I was young (about 8th grade). But when I was in college I began showing signs of anxiety and OCD paranoia which I had never experienced before. It started out small, things I could handle even if they sucked. Now if I am in certain situations that trigger me I can't function. A recent example is thanksgiving with my boyfriends family. I used to be fine in social situations but now I constantly wonder if everyone is judging me if I am saying the wrong thing. So on top of having an anxiety attack I shut down and everyone thinks I don't want to be there. I hate this because I love all of them so much. I am in the search for a new doctor right now (although I prefer no medicene but now my disorders are effecting my ability to function to operate normally at work and at home). I am just wondering if any of you have specific suggestions for working through anxiety or OCD paranoia that have worked for you in the past? Just to keep myself going until I find a good doctor to maybe try some medications.