Anxiety Forum Supporter Introduction

My name is Crystal and I want to introduce myself as a supporter on the Anxiety Forums. I actually started out on the TMJ Forums, for jaw pain, and in my journey to take care of this problem, I have discovered it is caused by my old evil nemesis, ANXIETY. Now I have known I had anxiety since I was a small child, but never really confronted it. The thing is it never went away, and in fact kept getting worse and worse. As many of you know at some point anxiety can cause physical symptoms as well, really bad ones. So I sought help from a fabulous Internist, my doc, who suggested medication. Turns out the root cause is actually some depression as well as anxiety. Who knew.
I would like to share some of the things I have learned about all this with others going thru it. That is why I am here. It is not an easy thing to deal with, it is confusing and never really goes away. But I think we can all get it totally under control. There is an excellent list of the symptoms of anxiety posted here. My best advice to you all is DON"T GET HUNG UP ON THE SYMPTOMS. It is only your body reaction to your mental state. Focus on the underlying issues.
Please let me know if I can be of any help to you. Crystal