Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Though everyone will have feelings of anxiety at certain points in their life, people with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) find it hard to control their worries. Their feelings of worry and anxiety are a constant staple in their life and can impact how they function at school, work, and in relationships. GAD is typically diagnosed when someone has uncontrollable worries about a variety of different things, thinks about worst case scenarios playing out, has associated physical complaints due to these worries, and these challenges are occurred for greater than 6 months.

Symptoms

Mental

• Restlessness
• A sense of dread or fear
• Constantly feeling “on edge”
• Trouble concentrating
• Constant Irritability

Physical

• Fatigue
• Dizziness
• Increased HR
• muscle ache or tension
• Dry mouth
• Increased sweating
• Stomach upset
• Headache
• Trouble with sleep

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