Anxiety Disorder: Symptom and Causes

Symptoms

Symptoms vary depending on type of anxiety disorder, but general symptoms include
  • Feelings of panic, fear, and uneasiness
  • Repeated thoughts or flashbacks of traumatic experiences
  • Nightmares
  • Ritualistic behaviours, such as repeated hand washing
  • Problems sleeping
  • Cold or sweaty hands and/or feet
  • Shortness of breath
  • Palpitations (rapid and irregular heart beat)
  • An inability to be still and calm
  • Dry mouth
  • Numbness or tingling in the hands or feet
  • Nausea
  • Muscle tension
  • Dizziness
Anxiety symptoms

Causes

  • Biological (genetics)
  • Stress
  • Trauma from events such as abuse, victimization, or the death of a loved one
  • Stress in a personal relationship, marriage, friendship, and divorce
  • Stress at work
  • Stress from school
  • Stress about finances and money
  • Stress from a natural disaster
  • Medical causes
  • Stress from a serious medical illness
  • Side effects of medication
  • Symptoms of a medical illness




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