Because people are different anxiety disorder symptoms may vary from person to person.
Worry, fear, and anxiety are a normal part of our life. Have you experienced feeling anxious before taking an exam and later find out that you got a higher result more than what you’ve expected? Or, feeling anxious for a job interview and ended up getting hired, or feeling frightened walking down an alley where bad things often happened? Normal anxiety helps us cope in any stressful situation, it also keeps us watchful.
Mental health professional are not concerned with normal anxiety. But, if your anxiety suddenly occur without apparent reason and lasts for weeks to months and happens in most days than not, that is another issue. If anxiety persists in most days than not, and takes longer than six months, it has become an immobilizing disorder.
An anxiety disorder is a recurring and excessive anxiety and worry about events or activities without logical reasons at all lasting for more than six moths and it is interfering with everyday activities, such as going to work, and socializing. A person experiencing anxiety condition finds it difficult to control the feelings of worry and fear. The thing about people with anxiety disorder is that they actually know that what they think of feel is not real and that they are just made-up.
The common anxiety disorders are Panic Disorder, Social Phobia, Agoraphobia, Specific Phobia, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Separation Anxiety, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, and Selective Mutism.
A person with anxiety condition may suffer different anxiety disorder symptoms. And because no two individuals are the same, the anxiety disorder symptoms may vary from one person to the other.
The physical symptoms of anxiety disorder are cause by brain sending messages to parts of the body to prepare for the flight-to-fight response. The lungs, heart, and other parts of the body work faster and the brain releases stress hormones, including adrenaline, and that explains that physical symptoms.
Anxiety disorder symptoms may experience physically can include but not limited to:
-Abdominal discomfort
-Diarrhea
-Dry mouth
-Rapid heartbeat or palpitations
-Tightness or pain in chest
-Shortness of breath
-Dizziness
-Frequent urination
-Difficulty swallowing
Anxiety disorder symptoms may experience psychologically can include:
-Insomnia
-Irritability
-Inability to concentrate
-Fear of going crazy or dying
-Feeling unreal and not in control of your behavior
There are several types of anxiety disorders and sometimes they are associated with physical problem such alcohol and drug abuse. Anxiety is the main symptoms of other mental illness called anxiety disorders. Anxiety disorder symptoms may differ from the symptoms of other anxiety disorders, but all the symptoms cluster around excessive, irrational fear and dread.
For people with anxiety condition, cheer up! Your world does not stop there because there is cure for anxiety disorder. Anxiety disorders are curable and there are two types of treatments available for anxiety disorder- medication and psychotherapy. But, it is said that the proven most effective way to treat anxiety sufferers is psychotherapy.
Jocelyn Snider
http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/learn-about-the-symptoms-of-anxiety-752327.html
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Question about what meds worked best for you for OCD symptoms/anxiety without sexual side effects?
I’m suspecting I might have be showing some OCD symptoms. I don’t rearrange things or wash my hands repeatedly or anything like that. Recently I learned that some people with OCD don’t act out those rituals. I have extremely UNWANTED morbid thoughts and worries to the extreme. It keeps me from feeling like a normal person….and that’s an understatement.
I also have dealt with anxiety and I just don’t feel like a normal person. On the outside looking into my life, people would think I have it all…but I don’t. My inner self is hurting.
What med combination would help me with severe anxiety, OCD, without sexual side effects? I’ve heard if you add Wellbutrin in the mix, it negates the sexual side effects of the other medications. Is this true?
What has worked for you. I’ve tried quite a few, and I mean quite a few different drugs. I’m thinking of trying Klonipin. Anyone have an experience with that? What is the strongest OCD medicine out there? Not any ole antidepressant will do. TY
I know someone who had quite a bit of success with Luvox (which is an antidepressant). But, everyone is different and any medication should be used in conjunction with therapy. I have found a very good book on OCD and the author actually responded to an email I had sent. The book is Obsessive Compulsive Disorders a complete guide to getting well and staying well by Fred Penzel PHD.
Good luck and take care of yourself
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I’ve heard Paxil is good for treating OCD. I took it for depression/anxiety and it helped me somewhat for awhile but then it stopped working. I didn’t have a whole lot of sexual side effects, but I did gain 40 lbs. It’s one of the medications that are likely to cause people to gain weight (most antidepressants cause weight gain, but Paxil seems to do it even more so). My husband took Paxil for anxiety at one point and he had sexual side effects so he stopped taking it. Different mediciations are going to react differently in different people. Just depends on your body chemistry as to how your body will handle the drug. Paxil might help your anxiety and not cause you any problems.
As for Wellbutrin, I haven’t heard that it negates sexual side effects from other meds; however, I’ve heard by itself it does not have sexual side effects and is recommended for people who want to keep their sex drive…and who doesn’t?
I took Klonopin for a couple weeks. It really helped me with anxiety…I felt really calm and relaxed, but I started having delusions on it, so I had to quit taking it immediately. I would recommend Klonopin…it is a good med. My doctor said that delusions is a side effect that occurs in a very very small percentage of the population who take Klonopin, and I just happened to be one of the unlucky ones who experienced that side effect.
Hope this helps.
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I’ve been treated for anxiety and depression. I also work on a psychiatric unit.
Search for "Intrusive Thoughts." That’s a symptom of OCD that many people have but dont know there’s a name for it. I have them, and it sounds like you have them as well.
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