General+Anxiety+Disorder

General Anxiety Disorder:

Type of Disorder: Anxiety Disorder.

General anxiety disorder (GAD) is a type of anxiety disorder in which the person with the disorder is always irrationally worried about ordinary, every day things. They often anticipate disaster and worry about simple matters like money, family, health, friends and work. GAD has three types of reactions: Physiological, behavioral and cognitive. Physiological is the physical sensations, behavioral is how people act in their situation and cognitive is the way people think about their situation.

Symptoms of GAD include
 * muscle tension
 * twitching
 * irritability
 * sweating
 * headaches
 * restlessness
 * insomnia
 * nausea
 * having to use the bathroom a lot
 * difficulty breathing
 * difficulty concentrating
 * hot flashes
 * twitching
 * trembling
 * lightheadedness

Causes:

 * Dysfunctional connectivity in the amygalda, the part of the human brain that processes fear and anxiety.
 * Alcohol abuse
 * Benzodiazepines
 * If the person has parents that want the kids to be perfect, they will keep worrying about getting perfect and make themselves ill because of it.
 * Trauma

How People See It:
 * They think that they're paranoid.
 * They think their weird.
 * If a person with anxiety is having one of his or her "moments", people will not know what to do and will often turn the other direction.
 * They often see a person twitching and fidgeting and think they have tourettes syndrome.

Treatments:
 * Thereapy- Side Effects: N one
 * Benzodiazepines- Side Effects: A physical and psychological dependancy on it.
 * Anti-depressants- Effects not felt until up to six weeks of taking it; Side Effects- Sleep problems.
 * Buspirone- Most recommended drug; not completely addictive or sedative; will not take all of the anxiety away, but will lower it substantially. No major side effects. 

Works Cited:
"Generalized Anxiety Disorder". //HelpGuige.org.// Web. 18 Apr. 2011 <[]>

"Generalized Anxiety Disorder". //Psychcentral.com.// 18 Apr. 2011 Web. 18 Apr. 2011 <[]>

"Generalized Anxiety Disorder". //Wikipedia.org.// 17 Apr. 2011 Web. 18 Apr. 2011. []

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