Anguish, fear and weird thoughts are part of of everyday routine of countless number of anxiety disorders victims from all around the World. Normal worries and anxiety are an essential part of human existence. They help us to refrain from unpleasant and dangerous situations and therefore have warning or adaptive function.
The fear is every time related to a particular object or a situation and anxiety is an indeterminate emotional experience. The intimidating factor in anxiety disorders is less detectable, unclear, so it is commonly explained as a floating fear. If the fears, worries and anxiety start to conquer and control patients life, when they start to seriously interfere with their family, social and business activities, then we can say that the person most likely suffers from some kind of anxiety disorder.
Psychological symptoms of anxiety disorders are irrational fear and trembling, feeling of constant tension or internal turmoil, lack of concentration. The patient gets angry very easily and can become extremely sensitive to noises. Also, in most cases anxiety disorder victims develop insomnia (they have big difficulties sleeping, they wake up constantly during the night and might have nightmares during their sleep.)
The most recognizable physical symptoms of anxiety disorders are: palpitations or irregular heart beats, feeling difficulties swallowing, dry mouth, difficulty breathing (lack of air), chest discomfort, frequent need to urinate, weakened sexual functioning, noise in ears, pins and needles in fingers and toes, trembling hands and many more, depending on the persons.
Anxiety disorders could be divided in seven main categories: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Panic Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder also called Social Phobia, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Specific Phobia and Agoraphobia.
The most common characteristics of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) are: constant irrational worries, anxiety, fear and expectations of something terrible that might happen, that occur most of the days in a span of at least 2-6 months. The patients find uneasy to put under control their worries that are to a great extend exaggerated taking into account the situation. Adult patients suffering from GAD most of the time worry about everyday life, the problems in the workplace, money, family health, accidents that might happen to their kids, family members, loved relatives etc.
Unreasonable fear completely disables the patients and forces them to feel paralyzed, helpless and unsafe.
Generally, GAD is best treated by blend of psychotherapy (Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy) and drugs. Medications mostly used are Antidepressants from the group of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI) and at the start of the treatment Benzodiazepines. Some pills free therapies and programs developed by recovered victims are also producing remarkable results and can be bought online.
