I have anxiety issues. I know this. When it first started a few years ago, it was basically just panic attacks. They'd come, they'd go, I'd get on with my life. I got used to them, and was normally able to control them or make them go away within minutes. But it's getting worse - lots worse - and I'm not sure why, or what I can do to fix it. I still get panic attacks, but now I get them everyday. Sometimes more than once a day. I think part of my dizziness problem is anxiety related. Not all of it is, though. If I turn my head to quick, I get really dizzy, and that's not an anxiety thing. But I have some days where I'll be feeling really dizzy and shitty, and decide to stay home from school... but within a half hour of making the decision to stay home, I feel fine. I get random heart palpitations. Even typing this now, my chest feels really tight and I'm starting to tear up and I don't even know why. I don't even know what's causing the anxiety! I just don't get it. Is it school related? Money related? I have no idea. And I have no idea what to do about it. I pretty much refuse to take meds. I don't care how much it affects my life, I need to be off meds if I'm going to get better. I don't understand people who are all drugged up but still go to therapy - how easy is it to deal with your problems when the meds make your problems basically go away? I don't know. I tried meds once, years ago... it made therapy almost impossible. I can't really afford a therapist. I don't want to be like this. It's been affecting the quality of my life. I have this little box that I live in, and if I leave it, I lose it. I can't do this anymore. I just wish I knew what I could do to make it better. Most of all, I wish I knew what was causing my anxiety. What the fuck is wrong with me? :frown1: