General Anxiety Disorder Symptoms

The GAD as it is popularly known is the easiest to identify and as such the most common among the anxiety disorders known to humanity today. More than seven million people in the USA including young children in the 5-9 age bracket and teenagers alone suffer from this affliction. It is more harmful when it happens in young children and teenagers as it affects their self-esteem and performance in school, which can create an impossible to break vicious cycle. This is one of the most quoted reasons for teenagers taking to drugs. Watch out for the symptoms in yourself, your dear ones and especially your children. Whenever you have reasonable doubt that GAD is present, seek immediate medical help.

The condition usually follows a prolonged period of stress - say six months or more, which tends to overwhelm you. After continuously fighting off a number of stressors, you would observe the following symptoms:

1. Change In Sleeping Pattern - You either feel sleepy all the time; no matter how much you sleep you would still feel like you are sleep-starved

2. Inability To Focus - You will find that it is very hard if not impossible to focus on any particular thing; you would feel like there is a storm of thoughts in your mind and you are helpless against their fury.

3. Breathing Problems - You would find that you feel short of breath like you would experience after running for a long stretch.

4. Swallowing Problems - You would also find that you are unable to swallow though there is no medical problem to cause it; you would be rather put off by food or water and prefer that you avoid even seeing it.

5. Trembling - You would be surprised to find your hands shaking without reason; sometimes you would feel tremors running through your body as if you saw something full of horror.

6. Pain becomes part of your daily routine - You would experience unexplained body aches, particularly in the neck, shoulders and lower back; the muscles would feel tense and tight no matter how much rest you take.


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