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My son has anxiety and he can't think his way out of it either. It's to the point where it's daily, he's giving me anxiety. He realizes it's not rational, but it happens anyway. He doesn't want to take pills for it, but I don't know what else to do.

Yeah…my daughter benefits from an SSRI and I think another medication (not a benzo or anything) but she refused them until she finally didn’t around age 20. 

But…like I said, she still has struggles; can’t imagine how much harder those might be if she refused medication (actually, I can…that was her all through her teen years).

I hope your son reconsiders. I took Zoloft for generalized anxiety for many years and it was helpful (and I never felt “altered”…just better). Less tense/on edge.

I know a lot of people who think we’re “over medicated” as a society. Yeah, great. But if it’s helpful, it’s helpful.