Testing Strategies, Test anxiety

[Mian]

I've seen this here, other places online, and even heard it from instructors at the B&M schools I've attended: "never go back and change your answers." Do you all follow this?

I always go back over things and often change answers. I find I have so much anxiety when I start an exam that I'm not really comprehending the questions like I should.

One of my biggest anxieties is not being able to read and answer every question within the time allowed. So I go through quickly and answer them all, feel more relaxed, then go back through again. It's only on the second pass that I find I can really concentrate on the wording of the questions and finding the right answer on multiple choice.

I don't ever hope to be able to cure the test anxiety. I've got 126 B&M credits at this point and during every single test I practically have a panic attack. Anyone else have bad test anxiety?

Even with all this answer changing I've got the top GPA (4.0 out of 4.0) in every class except one where I had the second highest (3.5 out of 4.0). So maybe it's not a bad strategy for people with test anxiety to go through a second time and change answers if needed. What do you do?