well i have anxiety, and to give you a back ground, my mom has anxiety and depression and she takes medicine. my father (although he has never been in the picture) has bi ploar, anxiety, and depression. A few of my aunts and uncles and cousins also have a mix of anxiety/depression. most of then have or had taken medicine for it and are a lot better.

Now Im only 16 y/o. on a scale of 1-10 (1 being lowest/normal, 10 being the most extreme) I say I'm a 7. I DO go to a psychologist and have for almost 2 years and she is great. She says i have a reason, with the things that go on in my situation, to have anxiety that will go away. (she has confirmed its anxiety) but she said it could also genetic, and in my case we dont know.

now normally i am able to control them, but lately things in my life have just been getting harder. my aunt talked to me about it (she has anxiety/takes meds) and is a lot better because of it. but i don't want to become dependent on this little pill, and am not a big pill taker. but the other part of me wants to try it just to see if it works. there are occasions where it was REALLY bad, and my mom gave me a xainx(sp?) and it did help me. i really have tossed this around alot and think i know what i want to do (just try the medicine) and see what happens.

but I was just wanting a little advise, and anyone whose been in this situation/takes meds and just about this and anxiety in general. thanks