A 46-year-old member asked:
hi docs, do you think i can get drugs for anxiety at the age of 17?
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Dr. Ethan Levine answered
42 years experience Geriatric Psychiatry
Choices to consider: People can get medications at that age but it is important to understand the cause and the possibilities for how you might manage the anxiety as well as the underlying cause
Answered on Oct 4, 2017
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Use to wake up full of energy. Get up and go. Lately i feel dead in the morning. Docs think anxiety?
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