In addition to this excessive and uncontrollable preoccupation with the situation, generalized anxiety disorder presents with physical symptoms such as sweating, hot flushes, heart palpitations, extrasystoles, nausea, diarrhea, dry mouth, and a lump in the throat.
Musculoskeletal disorders such as tension (especially in the neck and neck), tics, tremors, and fatigue may be complained.
The muscle tightness typical of generalized anxiety disorder may also be accompanied by diffuse pain symptoms or headaches.
Individuals with this disorder are often irritable, irritable, unable to relax or even maintain focus. They are often described as restless, distracted, and impatient.
They frequently suffer from insomnia and ponder impending misfortunes for themselves and others.
Children with generalized anxiety disorder tend to worry excessively about their own performance and may shift from one focus of attention to another as the disorder progresses.
This disorder, which tends to be chronic and long-lasting, can easily accompany depression and lead to abuse of alcohol, caffeine, stimulants, and other substances.
To diagnose Generalized Anxiety Disorder, the essential feature of the picture – the presence of excessive worry about most of the subject’s daily activities – must occupy most of the time. I can’t control my expectations.
A diagnosis of generalized anxiety disorder requires at least three of the following symptoms:
- Feeling restless or ‘tight’
- fatigue
- Hypersensitivity
- difficulty concentrating or memory loss
- muscle tension
- Restless, poor sleep or difficulty falling asleep.
Cognitive-behavioral therapy addresses generalized anxiety in different ways
Different situations in which anxiety occurs can be individually addressed using behavioral and cognitive restructuring techniques.
Some people use relaxation techniques to interrupt the self-feeding process of anxiety and lower general tension.
Finally, interventions aimed at enhancing assertive skills can be selected.
Certainly some of the most common pharmacological treatments for generalized anxiety disorder are based on anxiolytics.
In fact, benzodiazepines are the most widely used drugs. However, buspirone is indeed a more recent compound with comparable efficacy.
Antidepressants with good anti-anxiety properties also include sertraline and paroxetine.
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