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Summary

If you or a loved one suffers from an anxiety disorder, consider visiting alt.support.anxiety-panic for advice and support from individuals in similar situations. Discussion about anxiety symptoms, including panic attacks and physical symptoms, medications and other treatments for anxiety, and various coping skills is common amongst the newsgroup's members. Frequent posters will sometimes provide an update on how they are managing and ask questions and offer support to other posters, new and frequent. One guideline to follow when posting a topic to alt.support.anxiety-panic advises you to refrain from pressuring newsgroup members about religion, although sharing your personal story about religion is acceptable. Another controversial topic is that of anxiety medication and addiction. For a summary of previous discussion about this particular topic, visit the newsgroup's FAQ at http://www.drrhodes.org/asap/asap_mini_faq.html#top. New visitors to alt.support.anxiety-panic may find links to helpful anxiety websites and other scientific and user information, and may also gain valuable insight by reading the newsgroup's archive.