Types of Disorders

Anxiety disorder is an umbrella term that includes different conditions:

Panic disorder– You feel fear that strikes at random. During a panic attack, you may also sweat, have chest pain, and feel palpitations unusually strong or irregular heartbeats. Sometimes you may feel similar to you’re choking or having a heart attack.

Social anxiety disorder– Also called social phobia, this is when you feel overwhelming be anxious and self-consciousness about everyday social situations. You fixate about others judging you or on being embarrassed or ridiculed.

Specific phobias– You feel extreme fear of a specific object or situation, such as heights or flying. The fear goes beyond what’s suitable and may reason you to ignore ordinary circumstances.

Generalized anxiety disorder- You feel excessive, impracticable worry and tension with little or no reason.

All anxiety disorders share some general symptoms:

• terror, fear, and uneasiness
• Sleep problems
• Not being capable to stay calm and still
• Cold, sweaty, numb or tingling hands or feet
• Shortness of breath
• Heart palpitations
• Dry mouth
• Nausea
• Tense muscles
• Dizziness

Causes

 Researchers don’t know accurately what carry on anxiety disorders. Like other forms of mental sickness, they stem from a mixture of things, including changes in your brain and environmental stress, and even your genes. The disorders can run in families and could be linked to faulty circuits in the brain that control fear and other emotions.

Diagnosis

 If you have indication, your doctor will look at you and ask for your medical history. She may run tests to rule out medical sickness that might be causing your symptom. No lab tests can specifically diagnose anxiety disorders.