Hi Leanne: Keep working the program. Do you know about breathing techniques? One of the best ways to calm yourself is to control your breathing. You have to continue changing the negative thoughts and feelings to thoughts of "I know this" and "I am going to calm down and do this". You obviously are smart enough and strong enough to go away to school where you don't know anyone. I'm assuming you are in college, find your guidance counselor or if they have a student advisor program and get to know people who are there to help you. Find 1 or 2 people in some of your classes and start a study group, not just for the study part, but for moral support. You don't have to tell them right away that you have anxiety problems, just let them know you get anxious taking tests. Right now it sounds like you feel somewhat isolated. I'm 43 years old and still have trouble telling people that I have anxiety attacks. These are people I've known for years. People will respect your strength in opening up about something so hard to understand. When I'm having an attack with people around I just say "My anxiety is getting the better of me right now" They usually will tell me it's ok and give me a hug or pat on the back and the human touch of just a pat on the back is calming. I hope this helps.