r/Anxiety is a subreddit with 864k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses anxiety, medication, looking for, health, and sleep, and they frequently recommend/review antidepressant, anxiety medication, and medication.
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Popular Themes in r/Anxiety
#1
Pain & Anger
: "No doctor will prescribe me xanax and I understand why but I'm at the end of my rope"
46 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Why do I think I'm having a heart attack?"
33 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Health anxiety help"
1 post
#4
Self-Promotion
: "I couldn’t find calming space videos, so I made my own channel"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/Anxiety
#1
Anxiety
: "Does weed making anyone else’s Anxiety way worse?"
354 posts
#2
Medication
: "Has anybody improved socially just by taking Medication?"
48 posts
#3
Looking For
39 posts
#4
Health
: "Health anxiety"
33 posts
#5
Sleep
: "Anxious in my Sleep. Waking up anxious. Getting through the day anxious. And repeat."
26 posts
#6
Panic
: "Anxiety or Panic attack? HELP"
22 posts
#7
Hard Time
16 posts
#8
Social Anxiety
: "Really bad Social Anxiety making me sad"
15 posts
#9
Fear
: "Struggling with Fear and health anxiety"
15 posts
#10
Job
: "My Job is making me miserable"
14 posts
Products Discussed in r/Anxiety
Antidepressant
93 reviews
#1
Escitalopram
4.0★ from 18 reviews
#2
Sertraline
4.2★ from 13 reviews
#3
Fluoxetine
4.5★ from 8 reviews
Anxiety Medication
19 reviews
#1
Lexapro
4.7★ from 3 reviews
#2
Zoloft
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Diazepam
4.5★ from 2 reviews
Medication
13 reviews
#1
Xanax
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Lexapro
3.5★ from 2 reviews
#3
Gabapentin
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/Anxiety
#1
Health
: "Anyone Else Feel Like Their Anxiety Creates Problems That Don’t Exist?"
28 posts
#2
Advice Needed
: "Anxious about praying and not living up to my word. Has anyone else had this?"
28 posts
#3
Medication
: "why do doctors get so nervous about dependency/addiction of lifetime medications"
26 posts
#4
Venting
: "Never been the same after fluoxetine / Prozac"
19 posts
#5
DAE Questions
: "Do any of you guys literally FEEL the release of hormones from an anxious thought?"
18 posts
#6
Needs A Hug/Support
: "I hate living because everything is about fear"
17 posts
#7
Discussion
: "Has anyone else forgotten what "relaxed" is supposed to feel like?"
14 posts
#8
Work/School
: "today i realized my anxiety is over the roof"
8 posts
#9
Helpful Tips!
: "I am an idiot, mixed alcohol and alprazolam"
5 posts
#10
Therapy
: "Childhood school anxiety- public speaking and math."
5 posts
Member Growth in r/Anxiety
Yearly
+97k members(12.6%)
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Last updated: June 4, 2026