General Anxiety Disorder - How to Recognize the Symptoms

By Robert Hardy

When nearly all people hear the term 'panic attacks' odds are they are thinking about General Anxiety Disorder, or GAD. There are a host of other, more exact anxiety disorders, however, including social phobia, germ phobia and school phobia. GAD or General Anxiety Disorder is almost certainly the most dominant however, and the one that springs to mind when most people think of anxiety disorders.

In order to ascertain if you are suffering from General Anxiety Disorder, or if you need to speak to a health care professional, you should identify the symptoms that most habitually go together with it. These can take in:

* Heart palpitations

* Breathing problem or constricted throat

* Sweaty palms, or too much sweating in general

* A 'cold sweat' or chills

* An tremendous, unexplained feeling of unease

* Stomach cramps or abdominal pain

You may be subjected to some of these symptoms, all of them, or maybe different symptoms altogether with General Anxiety Disorder. Chances are you are experiencing the symptoms of an anxiety disorder or quite possibly GAD if you find yourself feeling groundless fear, without any peripheral stimulus, or in situations that don't justify it.

All of this can be very upsetting. You might believe you're losing control, having a heart attack or even dying while panic attacks occur. A number of people may have just one or two panic attacks in their life span. For others, panic attacks happen habitually and it could denote that they have General Anxiety Disorder.

If this is what you are experiencing, your initial course of action ought to be to seek out a medical professional, who can afford you with both an precise diagnosis, and the most successful treatment and or cure for your anxiety disorder. The good news is that you do not have to suffer in silence, or at all. There is assistance out there, and you can beat GAD! - 29881

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