| General Anxiety Disorder or GAD as it is known is | | | | By the same token it can bring on insomnia, panic |
| another type of anxiety disorder. It affects | | | | attacks and depression. Intense anxiety and fear |
| roughly 4 to 5 million people of the American | | | | are also quite common to these symptoms. |
| population alone. If you suffer from this Disorder | | | | Other more physical, symptoms include |
| symptoms can include but are not limited to those | | | | headaches, diarrhea and nausea, lightheadedness, |
| also suffered by panic disorder victims. It has also | | | | trembling or twitching. A palpitating or pounding |
| been found that it affects women proportionally | | | | heart, shortness of breath and trouble |
| more that it does men. | | | | concentrating are also effects that can occur. |
| The symptoms are many and vary from person | | | | Irritability and mood swings, constant tension |
| to person. There are however a few symptoms | | | | coupled with the inability to relax are all General |
| that are the same across the board for most | | | | Anxiety Disorder symptoms, and are all |
| people and which generally characterize their lives | | | | contributing features to other symptoms as well. |
| and lifestyles. The sufferer will live in a chronic and | | | | This vicious cycle can sometimes take its toll not |
| exaggerated state of worry and tension most of | | | | only on the Disorder sufferer but also on the |
| the time. Extreme emotions may arise even if | | | | family of the sufferer. The pressures of living |
| there is nothing happening to provoke these | | | | with a person who suffers from GAD, the inability |
| feelings. Symptoms can also induce the sufferer | | | | to cope with the persistent and sometimes |
| to be always anticipating disaster. | | | | inconsequential worrying, the constant depression |
| One such is chronic and incessant worrying. | | | | and mood swings can all take their toll. Most |
| Although worry is a natural emotion and most of | | | | families do not survive too well if someone within |
| us experience it from time to time in our daily | | | | the family suffers from this disorder. |
| lives, for the sufferer their worry is chronic and | | | | That is why medical attention should be sought as |
| most times pathological. Most times the chronic | | | | soon as possible to alleviate your symptoms. |
| worrier will let their worries overtake their world | | | | General Anxiety Disorder can be cured and you |
| and will sometimes let it go so far as to | | | | should know this. Treatment methods are readily |
| incapacitate them in their daily lives. | | | | available to you and it is merely a matter of |
| By this, I do not mean that there is no choice | | | | finding the courage to go out and find it. Rest |
| over whether or not they worry ceaselessly, on | | | | assured that your doctor or therapist can help |
| the contrary the person might be aware that | | | | you in alleviating your symptoms properly and it |
| they are worrying needlessly but be unable to | | | | will only take a little time and patience and will |
| stop it or help themselves. | | | | power on your part to cure yourself. |