All my life I have had a form of anxiety. I also can get depressed. When I was little I was told I was very shy and did not like to be held by strangers. There were times I went into stores that resembled hospitals and my mother said I would freak out. It wasn't a tantrum. It was fear! When I was a toddler I was in the hospital-some sort of bacterial infection I think and even though I have no memory it seems to be something my subconscious cannot forget. To this day walking into a GP clinic my heart races, I sweat, heart skips, I get nausea. I've had to make some trips to the GP more and my mental health care provider. I cannot tolerate anti-depressants-I experimented with them for 14 years. So I take clonazepam (Klonopin) for anxiety. I used to take alprazolam (Xanax). I've done well on it and have not become addictive and not abused it. It has literally saved my life from the dark fears where I felt as if I was going to be put into a mental home. Even then it was not a cure. I'm hanging in there-having better days. Now maybe the thyroid pill will help the anxiety possibly.