Generalized anxiety disorder also known as GAD is the excessive and exaggerated anxiety and worry about life events. People suffering from GAD tend to worry about the worst possible scenarios for their life. They worry about their health, family, money, work, and school. Most of the worries are unrealistic or out of proportion for the situation. Daily becomes a constant fear and worry with sometimes leading to dread of the daily events. Eventually the person will suffer from severe anxiety that dominates all of their thinking that then interferes with them being able to function in all aspects of their life.
The symptoms of GAD are excessive and ongoing worry and tension, unrealistic views about problems, restlessness, or feeling on edge, irritability, muscle tension, headaches, sweating, difficulty concentrating, nausea, frequent urination, trouble sleeping or falling asleep, trembling and being easily startled. People with GAD also may have panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and phobias, depression, and abuse of drugs and/or alcohol. Read the rest of this entry
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