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Symptoms

Symptoms of Generalized Anxiety Disorder

The symptoms of anxiety range in intensity from feelings of uneasiness producing trembling and sweaty hands, to bouts of diarrhea, heart palpitations and full-blown panic attacks. Anxiety can cause complete, but temporary, memory blocks, or cause entirely inappropriate behavior.

	Long term severe worry, tension, irritability or depression, for no clear reason.
	Excessive or unwarranted worry (usually over work, finances, relationships, and health)
	Heart palpitations (rapid or irregular heartbeat)
	Sense of impending doom
	Difficulty or Inability to concentrate or mind going blank
	Muscle tension especially in the neck, shoulders, and chest; muscle aches; trembling or twitching in the muscles
	Diarrhea
	Chest pain
	Dry mouth
	Sweating or hot flashes
	Excessive sweating, sweaty palms
	Abdominal pain and/or diarrhea
	Undereating or overeating, loss of appetite
	Insomnia (difficulty falling or staying asleep, nightmares)
	Irritability
	Fatigue, headache, Easily fatigued
	Trembling or feeling shaky
	Rapid and shallow breathing, or feeling short of breath (hyperventilation)
	Loss of sex drive
	Being easily startled
	Occasional panic attacks
	Restlessness