What is GAD?
Worrying about everyday life events is known as Generalized Anxiety Disorder or GAD. Those suffering from this type of disorder find they cannot stop themselves worrying about a range of things from health and money to friends or work. This worry is unrealistic, making the life a constant state of fear, dread and worry. The anxiety starts dominating the person’s perception, and starts interfering with the daily functioning such as studies, work, relationships or social activities. Click here for more information on Anxiety.
Symptoms of GAD
Anxiety affects the thinking process of a person, and it can lead to various physical symptoms including irritability, sweating, headaches, restlessness, nausea, difficulty in concentrating, tiredness, trembling, trouble falling asleep, frequent urination and getting easily startled.
What causes anxiety is not yet fully understood but it is believed there are various factors involved that contribute to its development, including genetics, brain chemistry and stress in the sufferers’ environment. People with family history of anxiety are more likely to suffer from it. GAD has been linked with abnormal levels of neurotransmitters in the brain. These are the chemical messengers passing the information between nerve cells, and when they get out of balance, the brain does not receive messages properly. This will change the brains reaction to different situations ans thus cause anxiety.
Certain unpleasant events, like trauma, divorce, death of a loved one, or job stress may cause anxiety, and it becomes worse if there is high level of stress. Click here for more information on What is Anxiety Therapy?.
Treatment of Anxiety
Anxiety is treated by psychologist, psychiatrist, or a mental health professionals. They are specially trained to recognize and diagnose these kind of illnesses. Anxiety treatment includes the combination of cognitive-behavioral anxiety therapy and medications. If GAD has started to interfere with everyday functioning, medications can be very useful. These may include tranquillizers to relax and calm the patient.
Cognitive-behavioral therapy helps people by recognizing the factors that cause the troubled feelings, and then change the thought and behavior patterns to deal with them. It helps by giving people an understanding of their worries and how it distorts their thinking and so limiting their effect.
It is believed that GAD cannot be prevented but there are several things that can be done to control the symptons. This would include cutting back on the consumption of coffee, tea, cocoa and cola. Talk to your pharmacist or doctor before taking any over the counter herbal remedies or medicines, as they may contain the chemicals that increase the anxiety symptoms. As ever, it is important to exercise and eat a healthy balanced diet regularly. If you have suffered a traumatic experience you may need to seek the support of a counelor.
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