Your doctor or mental health professional will likely ask you a number of questions. Be ready to answer them to reserve time to go over any points you want to focus on. Questions may include:

• What are your symptoms?
• What things do you tend to worry about?
• Do your symptoms interfere with your daily activities?
• Do you avoid anything because of your anxiety?
• Have your feelings of anxiety been occasional or continuous?
• When did you first begin noticing your anxiety?
• Does anything in particular seem to trigger your anxiety or make it worse?
• What, if anything, seems to improve your feelings of anxiety?
• What, if any, physical or mental health conditions do you have?
• What traumatic experiences have you had recently or in the past?
• Do you regularly drink alcohol or use recreational drugs?
• Do you have any blood relatives with anxiety or other mental health conditions, such as depression?