Anxiety Disorders: What are They and do I have One?

Anxiety Disorders: What are They and do I have One? Read This to Find Out.

 

 

There are a number of stressful medical conditions affecting Americans, but one of the broadest topics is anxiety disorders. Millions suffer from anxiety disorders to some degree or another, and the specific disorders vary greatly from person to person. Anxiety orders grow progressively worse without treatment, so if you think you may be suffering from one of these illnesses, see your doctor immediately.

Here are some general symptoms: (used from http://www.anxietycentre.com/)

• Allergy problems, increase in allergies (number, sensitivity, reactions, lengthier reactions)
  Back pain, stiffness, tension, pressure, soreness, spasms, immobility in the back or back muscles
• Blanching (looking pale, loss of color in the face or skin)
• Blushing, turning red, flushed face, flushed skin, blushing, red face or skin
• Body aches, parts of or your entire body feels sore and achy, feels like your body and muscles are bruised
• Body jolts, body zaps, electric jolt feeling in body, intense body tremor or “body shake”
• Body temperature increase or decrease, change in body temperature
• Burning skin, itchy, “crawly,” prickly or other skin sensations, skin sensitivity, numbness on the skin
• Burning skin sensation on the face, neck, ears, scalp, or shoulders
• Buzzing sensation in the feet, toes, hands, fingers, arms, legs
• Chest pain, chest tightness
• Choking
• Chronic Fatigue, exhaustion, super tired, worn out
• Clumsiness, feeling clumsy, co-ordination problems with the limbs or body
• Cold chills, feeling cold
• Craving sugar, sweets, chocolate, usual craving for sugar and sweets
• Difficulty speaking, moving mouth, talking, co-ordination problems with the mouth or tongue
• Dizziness, feeling lightheaded
• Dizzy, feeling dizzy
• Electric shock feeling, body zaps
• Excess of energy, you feel you can’t relax
• Falling sensation, feel like your are falling or dropping even though you aren't
• Feel like you are going to pass out or faint
• Feeling cold or chilled
• Feel wrong, different, foreign, odd, or strange
• Flu-like symptoms, general malaise, feel ill, like you are coming down with a flu
• Flushed face, red face, flushed skin
• Frequent urination
• Hair loss, hair is thinning, or clumps of hair are falling out
• Head Zaps
• Heart palpitations, racing heart
• Hyperactivity, excess energy, nervous energy
• Increased or decreased sex drive
• Infection - increased infections, persistent infection
• Mouth or throat clicking or grating sound/noise when you move your mouth or jaw, such as when talking
• Muscles that vibrate, jitter, tremor, or shake when used
• Muscle twitching
• Nausea
• Nausea vomiting
  
• Neck, back, shoulder pain, tightness/stiffness
• Night sweats, waking up in a sweat, profusely sweating at night
• No energy, feeling lethargic, tired
• Numbness
• Numbness tingling, numbness and tingling
• Numbness and tingling, and other skin sensations on hands, feet, face, head, or any other places on the body
• Persistent muscle tension, stiffness
• Pounding heart, heart feels like it is beating too hard
• Pulsing or throbbing muscles. Pulsing or throbbing sensation.
• Red skin, skin looks like or is turning red
• Rib or rib cage tightness, pressure, or feeling like a tight band around the rib cage
• Sexual Dysfunction, sexual uninterest
• Shooting pains, stabbing pains, and odd pressures in the neck, head, or face
• Shooting pains in the face
• Shooting pains in the scalp or head
• Skipped heart beats
• Sore or tight scalp or back of the neck
• Startle easily
• Sweating, uncontrollable profuse sweating
• The floor feels like it is moving either down or up for no reason
• Tightness in the ribs or rib cage area, may also feel like a tight band around the ribs or rib cage area.
• Tingling sensations, anywhere on the body, including the hands, feet, legs, arms, head, mouth, chest, groin area
• Throat or mouth clicking or grating sound/noise when you move your mouth or jaw, such as when talking
• TMJ
• Trembling, shaking, tremors
• Twitching
• Unsteadiness, dizziness, feeling dizzy or lightheaded
• Urgency to urinate, frequent urination, sudden urge to go to the washroom (similar to urinary tract or prostate infection symptoms)
• Warm spells
• Weak - feel weak, weakness, low energy, light, soft, like you may faint
• Weak legs, arms, or muscles
• Weight loss, weight gain

One of the most common kinds of anxiety disorders is panic disorder. This disorder is one in which the person have unexpected panic attacks repeatedly. These have a range of intensities and can be controlled with medical care and behavioral control. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is also very common. With this anxiety disorder, the sufferer had uncontrollable and unwanted urges to perform a certain task, such as brushing their hair a certain number of times.

There are also types of anxiety disorders that do not have to do with genetic conditions. The most readily available examples of this are from Post-Traumatic StressDisorder (PTSD) victims. These anxiety disorder patients have persistent frightening thoughts and memories of an event that was extremely stressful, such as a car wreck or a military battle.

Phobia also fall under the category of anxiety disorders. People can fear a number of things, including small spaces (claustrophobia), spiders (arachnophobia), or any number of other things. Phobias are usually irrational and very intense and proximately to the feared item or being placed in the feared situation will usually cause a panic attack.

Many people suffering from an anxiety disorder are simply diagnosed with GAD, or Generalize AnxietyDisorder. GAD is a condition in which the person is experiencing anxiety and worry in levels higher than typical, but they are not having panic attacks or experiencing other medical conditions.

Anxiety disorders can affect all people, regardless of age, economic status, race, religion, or gender. The good news is that the medical treatment for these disorders is getting more and more influential every day. The key is to catch the anxiety disorder problem before it begins to ruin your life. A doctor can than help you treat your condition in order to help you regain or maintain in control of your life. It is absolutely crucial to see a doctor. Each anxiety disorder is different, and each specific disorder is different within each person experiencing it. If you truly want to do what is best for your body, see a doctor about anxiety disorders at the slightest inclination that something is wrong.