Sorrow, fear and an uneasy state of mind are integral part of everyday lives of huge number of anxiety disorders victims from all around the Globe. Normal worries and anxiety are an essential part of human existence. They help us to refrain from nasty and troublesome situations and therefore play alarming or adaptive function.
The fear is always related to some particular object or a situation and anxiety is an indeterminate moving event. The intimidating factor in Generalized Anxiety Disorder is less visible, unclear, so it is often explained as a floating fear. If the fears, worries and anxiety begin to dominate and control persons life, when they begin to severely interfere with their family, social and business routines, then we can say that the individual certainly 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 victim gets irritated without a reason 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 could have unpleasant dreams during their sleep.)
The most recognizable physical symptoms of anxiety disorders are: palpitations or skipping heart beats, feeling problems swallowing, dry mouth, problems with breathing (lack of air), chest pain, frequent urge to go to the toilet, weakened sexual drive, noise in ears, pins and needles in hands and feet, shaky hands and many more, depending on the persons.
Anxiety disorders might be split in seven main categories: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Panic Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder or 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 period of at least 2-6 months. The patients find impossible to put under control their worries that are greatly exaggerated considering the situation. Adults suffering from Generalized Anxiety Disorder often worry about everyday life, the responsibilities in the workplace, finances, family health, unpleasant things that could happen to their children, family members, loved relatives etc.
Irrational fear completely overwhelms the sufferers and makes them to feel paralyzed, hopeless and under threat.
Generally speaking, GAD is mostly treated by combination of psychotherapy (Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy) and pills. 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 treatments and programs developed by ex-sufferers are also producing impressive results and can be bought online.
