Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

Generalized Anxiety Disorder, also known as (GAD), is a higher than normal level of anxiety that people experience day to day. It can fill ones day with constant worry and tension even though there is little or nothing provoking it. Sometimes just thoughts of getting through the day can cause anxiety.

Someone with Generalized Anxiety Disorder often worries excessively about money, family, health, or work. Sometimes the source of the worry is not known, it is just there.

GAD suffers sometimes have a difficult time relaxing, or falling to sleep and staying asleep.


Unlike individuals with other anxiety disorders, people with GAD do not avoid certain situations because of their disorder. They normally can function in social settings and/or at work. However, GAD can make it difficult to carry on with life's everyday activities.

In most cases, a person who suffers with Generalzied Anxiety Disorder will have intense physical symptoms.

Here are a few of them:

  • Hot Flashes
  • Muscle Aches
  • Muscle Tension
  • Headaches
  • Difficulty Swallowing
  • Trembling
  • Fatigue
  • Twitching
  • Irritability
  • Lightheadedness
  • Difficulty Breathing

Some will also have an upset stomach or nausea, or have to use the restroom frequently.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder is usually accompanied with depression, another anxiety disorder, or substance abuse. These conditions must be treated along with the GAD. Treatment can consist of medication, and/or therapy.

Below is a 3 part video series on GAD:

It's a Brain Thing: Generalized Anxiety Disorder - Part I

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It's a Brain Thing: Generalized Anxiety Disorder - Part II of III

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It's a Brain Thing: Generalized Anxiety Disorder - Part III of III

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For more information, as well as referrals to specialists and self-help groups in your State, contact:

Anxiety Disorders Association of America
8730 Georgia Avenue - Suite 600Silver Spring, MD 20910
Telephone: 240-485-1001
Fax: 240-485-1035
www.adaa.org

Mental Help Net
CenterSite, LLC
570 Metro Place
Dublin, OH 43017
http://mentalhelp.net/poc/center_index.php?id=1

National Mental Health Association
2001 Beauregard Street, 12th Floor
Alexandria, VA 22311
Telephone: 800-969-6642
Fax: 703-684-5968
(TDD): 800-433-5959
www.nmha.org

The National Institute of Mental Health's toll-free information line is 1-888-ANXIETY

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