cw just in case: talk of physical symptoms of anxiety, panic, derealization/dissociation 

i’m a minor (almost 16) my parents are really against medication for mental health stuff as far is i know, but in the past year my anxiety has gotten really bad and really physical. like i constantly feel like there’s this tightness and extremely heavy weight like crushing my chest and it makes it hard to breathe. i’m also really tense all the time which makes me ache all the time and i’m also having some other symptoms that i think are related but might not be. (like if you touch me or i lean against a corner or smth i can feel it hurting for like 15+ minutes after (i also have rlly bad acid reflux to the point where my dad is like “you’re gonna get an ulcer” )) 

i’ve also just started panicking randomly like 3 times a day at least in the past week or so and it’s getting worse and worse and it’s very hard to deal with. like i’ll be brushing my teeth or sitting in class and it’ll just hit me and i won’t be able to breathe. 

i’m also having issues sleeping again and i’ve gotten so irritable because i’m so anxious all the time and i know people hate being around me sometimes because of it and i feel bad but i can’t stop it. 

my anxiety has also contributed to my derealization issues, i tend to check out and go into a dissociative state a lot because it’s gotten so bad which is hard because i’m in school and such. 

idk my parents probably wouldn’t like the idea but i can’t keep living with the physical symptoms of it, and trying to fix all the symptoms of it doesn’t ever work because it doesn’t help the root of it and the root just keeps growing and getting worse. i also don’t know who my doctor is because my last one just left the practice that i go to so i’ve never met her. 

idk i just need advice and like,,, if i do ask about it how would i go about that? like what do i say?

TLDR: the worsening physical symptoms and consequences of my anxiety are making my life really hard and just really painful and i don’t know if i should ask my doctor about medication because she’s a new doctor to me and my parents have always been against medication for mental illness