General+Anxiety+Disorder

Ja Naw media type="custom" key="11426594" **What is General Anxiety Disorder?** - Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a common anxiety disorder that involves chronic worrying, nervousness, and tension. If you have generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) you may worry about the same things that other people do: health issues, money, family problems, or difficulties at work. But you take these worries to new level.

-Generalized anxiety usually does not cause people to avoid situations, and there isn't an element of a "panic attack" involved in the prognosis, either. It's the //thinking, thinking, thinking, dwelling, dwelling, ruminating, ruminating, and inability to shut mind off that so incapacitates the person.// This emotional fear and worry can be quite strong. Here is some [|video.]

-A co-worker’s careless comment about the economy becomes a vision of an imminent pink slip; a phone call to a friend that isn’t immediately returned becomes anxiety that the relationship is in trouble. Sometimes just the thought of getting through the day produces anxiety. You go about your activities filled with exaggerated worry and tension, even when there is little or nothing to provoke them.

-Whether you realize that your anxiety is more intense than the situation calls for or believe that your worrying protects you in some way, the end result is the same. You can’t turn off your anxious thoughts. They keep running through your head, on endless repeat.GAD affects 6.8 million adults, or 3.1% of the U.S. population, in any given year. Women are twice as likely to be affected. [|video]

Their worries are accompanied by physical symptoms, especially fatigue, headaches, muscle tension, muscle aches, difficulty swallowing, trembling, twitching, irritability, sweating, and hot flashes. When their anxiety level is mild, people with GAD can function socially and hold down a job. [|More information]
 * Sings and Symptoms**
 * -** People with generalized anxiety disorder can not seem to shake their concerns.

T**reatments** -The two main treatments for generalized anxiety disorder are medications and psychotherapy. You may even benefit more from a combination of the two. It may take some trial and error to discover exactly what treatments work best for you. Treatments for GAD include medications and cognitive-behavioral therapy.

**Can People With GAD Also Have Other Illnesses?** -Research shows that GAD often coexists with depression, substance abuse, or other anxiety disorders. Other conditions associated with stress, such as irritable bowel syndrome, often accompany GAD. Patients with physical symptoms such as insomnia or headaches should also tell their doctors about their feelings of worry and tension. This will help the patient's health care provider to recognize that the person is suffering from GAD.

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 * Sources:**
 * http://helpguide.org/mental/generalized_anxiety_disorder.htm
 * http://www.anxietynetwork.com/gawhat.html
 * http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/generalized-anxiety-disorder-gad/index.shtml