Anxiety Support Groups/Have you suffered from anxiety?Please give some insight?

Does any body know of an online anxiety support group? My boyfriend has been diagnosed with anxiety sometime last year. It had gone away but has unfortunately came back just yesterday (while driving home from work he had a panic attack)
If you can give me some tips to help control his anxiety and panic attacks and ways for his family and friends to support him and help him that would be GREAT!!!!!
Sometimes i dont know how to help him but just by listening.

I have been struggling with anxiety for years, and this year was finally diagnosed as having Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia. I understand what your boyfriend is going through, it’s a terrible disorder. I tried different medications (various antidepressants like Zoloft, Cymbalta, and Lexapro, as well as benzodiazepines like Xanax and Xanax XR) and they worked to some extent, but they don’t get at the root cause of anxiety, so as soon as you stop taking them, you start having panic/anxiety symptoms again.

I have been undergoing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and it is a Godsend, truly. It was really difficult at first, because the therapy makes you face down your thoughts (cognitive) and actions (behavioral) head-on and identify what is causing your anxiety and how your reactions are actually reinforcing the anxiety instead of making it better. Then you work to change your thoughts and behaviors, and thus eliminate the anxiety. Slowly but surely it works, and I am getting better and better every day without needing any kind of medication. I would recommend CBT to anyone who has panic and anxiety symptoms – it’s hard work, but the results are nothing short of life-changing.

Good luck to the both of you!

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