What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) causes people to spend their day filled with exaggerated worry, even when there is no reason for it. They anticipate the worst about everything and are overly worried about their health, bills and work. Sometimes just thinking about getting through the day produces extreme anxiety.
People with GAD can’t relax, startle easily, and have difficulty concentrating. Often people with generalized anxiety disorder have trouble falling asleep. Physical symptoms include fatigue, headaches, muscle aches, twitching, crabby, nausea, dizziness and feeling out of breath.
People diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder can have difficulty carrying out the simplest daily activities if their anxiety is severe, mild cases tend to hold down jobs and function without to many social problems.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder affects about 6.8 million adults. GAD develops gradually and can begin any time growing up.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder is commonly treated with medication or cognitive-behavioral therapy.
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