| Do you sometimes worry so much that it interferes | | | | Generalized anxiety disorder is only one of them. |
| with your daily activities? Are you haunted by fearful | | | | Examples of others are obsessive-compulsive |
| thoughts? Have you become so anxious that you can | | | | disorder (OCD), social anxiety disorder, and |
| hardly remember your former self? Overwhelming | | | | post-traumatic stress disorder. |
| worry is a common symptom of generalized anxiety | | | | One distinction that can be useful to know is that |
| disorder, also known as GAD. | | | | anxiety disorders can occur on their own, without any |
| When you suffer from generalized anxiety disorder it | | | | other health concerns. It can of course also be a |
| can feel difficult, or even impossible, not to worry all the | | | | symptom of many health conditions, for example lung |
| time. Worry seems to follow you around like a mind | | | | or heart disease. It can help you reduce or better |
| virus. ("I wish I didn't have to leave the house tonight." "I | | | | manage the anxiety if you treat the underlying |
| can't deal with going out tonight." "What if I start feeling | | | | condition. |
| sick today as well?") | | | | In the cases where anxiety is the primary issue, |
| Being easily startled, having a hard time falling or | | | | psychotherapy and medications can assist you making |
| staying asleep may be other symptoms. As well as | | | | the stress more manageable. Antidepressants and |
| problems concentrating, feeling tense, restless and out | | | | anti-anxiety medication can also help you. |
| of breath. Anxiety can also manifest itself in the form | | | | But if you don't feel comfortable taking drugs and living |
| of headaches, nausea and excessively irritable. | | | | with the side effects they may cause there is a |
| The signs and symptoms of general anxiety disorder | | | | completely natural, medication-free alternative to get rid |
| tend to appear gradually over time. Usually it begins to | | | | of all of your anxiety, quickly and effectively... |
| make it first appearance sometime between childhood | | | | That alternative is to use the One Move Technique |
| and middle age. But it can also happen at any time. | | | | taught by Joe Barry, creator of Panic Away, a |
| Some of the people who suffer from GAD can't | | | | program that has successfully helped over 34,000 |
| remember the last time they felt relaxed or at ease. | | | | people from 30 different countries end their anxiety for |
| There are many different types of anxiety disorders. | | | | good. |