Hi. I'm wondering if anybody here would be able to help me with my recent and unexpected bouts with anxiety, specifically Generalized Anxiety Disorder. It was not diagnosed in the traditional sense, but based on my personal research this is the conclusion I came to about 3 years ago (the end of summer, beginning of 9th grade). Over the 3 years it was reduced and subsided to the degree that I no longer believed I had GAD. But now, 2 weeks before the commencement of my college career, it has resurfaced to a degree I cannot recall. I am creating innumerable subjects of intense worry, ranging from things like 13 and everyday activity. This is causing what I perceive to be intense panic attacks, mostly emanating shortly after my waking up. They happen daily and it is a cycle that is devasting to my hopes of this fading away. At the moment the primary source of anxiety is 13, and my conscious insistence on spotting it everywhere. This causes me to avoid doing things in the future as well as ceasing things I would normally do. I am making everything seem unlucky now and it is making me socially inactive and incredibly apathetic towards every facet of my existence. My psychologist says I am creating these worries regarding 13 as an escape patch, a conscious area of worry to shield my subconscious trepidations regarding school. I am not worried about school at all but there must be a reason why it has now come up in these other forms (primarily 13). This is an issue that now has me contemplating anti anxiety medications to ease the effects. I really want to do something different to combat these intrusive thoughts, and medication is new and appealing to me. I guess my question is, should I take any medication? If so, what do you recommend?