| When you think about yourself and your personality, | | | | GAD is something that normally shows up in childhood |
| does the word worrier come to mind? Do you find it | | | | or adolescence, but can develop during adulthood. It is |
| difficult to relax or get the feeling that there are | | | | actually something that is hereditary and women are |
| butterflies in your stomach a lot? What about sleeping, | | | | more susceptible to it then men seem to be. If one |
| do you have trouble sleeping at night and often find | | | | worries excessively for six months or longer then |
| yourself tired throughout the day or simply not wanting | | | | there is a good choice that one possess GAD. |
| to get out of bed? | | | | There are some characteristics that are used to help |
| How To Stop Anxiety Attacks | | | | diagnose GAD. They are: |
| These are some symptoms that when combined can | | | | 1. You have excessive worry or anxiety for six |
| indicate that you have a condition known as | | | | months or more, and the worry is about everything in |
| Generalized Anxiety Disorder, or GAD. It is a little | | | | your life. |
| difficult to know the difference between Generalized | | | | 2. You have a hard time controlling your worry. |
| Anxiety Disorder and anxiety disorder. GAD is more | | | | 3. Your worry or anxiety are associated with other |
| than the anxiety that people feel on a daily basis. This | | | | symptoms. (three of these together are required). |
| type of disorder is more associated with worry and | | | | Children don't have as many qualifications to meet |
| tension and many times the cause for these feelings | | | | when being diagnosed. |
| are unknown to the individual. | | | | 4. Feeling edgy or restless. |
| Normally, people that suffer from GAD suffer from | | | | 5. Being tired a lot of the time. |
| constant worry and think that there is always a | | | | 6. Not being able to concentrate or losing your train of |
| disaster waiting on the horizon. They worry about | | | | thought. |
| work, their relationships with others and even their | | | | 7. Being very touchy and irritable. |
| health. The good news is that there are Generalized | | | | 8. Tension in your muscles. |
| Anxiety Disorder treatments. | | | | 9. Having trouble either going to sleep or staying |
| People with GAD often realize that they can't stop | | | | asleep. Also tossing and turning all night. |
| worrying about things. It doesn't matter whether you | | | | In order to actually be diagnosed with GAD, the worry |
| have gone days without relaxing or just gone through | | | | and anxiety that you experience must be causing |
| an entire relaxation routine, as soon as you are done | | | | problems in areas of your life, making it more difficult to |
| another worry will emerge. This is a large part of the | | | | function daily. |
| problems that you have with sleeping. If you go long | | | | There is also other things that must be looked at to |
| enough with sleeping problems it can often turn into | | | | make sure that you are not suffering from another |
| insomnia. Worrying like this long enough will leave you | | | | condition entirely. Some of these other conditions that |
| feeling tired and unmotivated, when this happens one | | | | they need to rule out are that you are not having panic |
| normally becomes depressed as well. | | | | attacks, simply have trouble being in public for fear of |
| Many people who have generalized anxiety disorder | | | | embarrassment, have another condition called OCD, |
| are still able to function normally. They can continue | | | | problems with your weight, or another type of anxiety |
| with their daily tasks and many times still be involved in | | | | disorder. |
| social situations. Just because they can do these things | | | | Finally, the symptoms that you are having can not be |
| though doesn't mean that they enjoy all of it. The | | | | the result of drug use or associated with another |
| persons enjoyment level depends on their level of | | | | medical condition. You also have to experience the |
| anxiety. A milder generalized anxiety disorder will allow | | | | symptoms at times when you would otherwise feel |
| a person to enjoy more of their life. The opposite goes | | | | fine and happy. All of this must be ruled out before |
| for someone with a more severe disorder, they worry | | | | treatment for anxiety disorder can begin. |
| so much that they can't enjoy much of anything. | | | | |