Okay, wow. I wasn't expecting such a turn-out of advice. Thanks for all the replies!

do you have a teacher or school counselor you can talk to?

I don't really know. I have a head of year who always drifts about the school saying "Come to me if you have a problem!" but I'm pretty sure she only sorts out issues with wanting to switch classes or exam courses. Even if she is the person to go to I'm worried about telling her anything - She's an English teacher, and my current English teacher is the person I've had the most problems with on the anxiety front;

Basically my teacher told us we had to do a short performance as part of our English Literature course, and I just 'freaked' out. During the day she told us about the drama piece, I had about three panic attacks - Whilst walking home, right by the side of the road.

That was four months ago and since then my sleeping pattern has been awful. Grades have dipped (I'm supposed to be an A grade student for all my subjects. I've been gradually sliding down towards Cs and even got a D for French, which I now have to retake next week!) and I get so stressed about everything now.

I keep reading up on anxiety disorders and every time I look at the symptoms I burst into tears.

If you don't feel that you can talk to them in person you can also try writing a letter or email.

Writing a letter would result in a letter in return, and if my parents found it they would definitely open it. I'm seeing my doctor about my skin next month, and I'm always having my 'top-up' jabs so my parents would open the letter thinking it's about that or something..

I don't have the email or the address for the doctor's office or the hospital. If they called me in I'd have to tell my parents, which equals = "You're only 15! Anxiety is just a figment of your imagination. You'll get over it eventually."

Looking back I can pinpoint times when I was very young (like well under 10) that could have been a red flag for gad.

I was a shy kid who cried a lot? I didn't feel sick or light-headed back then. I put off sleep a lot when I was worried and had a tendency to get really angry or spiteful when under pressure, but I didn't talk very much. I sat in the corner and never spoke my opinion, which resulted in working in groups with people I didn't like or know.. WHICH THEN meant I cried as soon as I got home. Oh sheesh.

i have GAD and i just turned 15 and i have had it for a long time so if you need to talk i am here

Thanks! I feel like I have no-one of a similar age to talk to about this.

tl&dr; Thanks everyone. I've been considering making a blog so I keep track of how I'm dealing with anxiety. If anyone believes this is a good idea then please say, so because I'm only dithering with the idea for now.