Symptoms of Anxiety Disorder

Symptoms of Anxiety Depression

Below is a list of Anxiety disorder symptoms, use them as your guide to identify Anxiety and depression disorder. If you found many symptoms matches your condition, we recommend you see a qualified doctor or psychologist immediately, you will have a greater chance of healing, delay in treatment will further aggravate your situation.

Physical Symptoms

Head

Dizziness or light-headedness
Frequent headaches, migraine headaches
Feeling like there is a tight band around your head, pressure, tightness
Head, neck or shoulder pain, tightness/stiffness
Giddiness
Shooting pains in the face
Shooting pains in the scalp or head
When you close your eyes you feel like are beginning to, or will, float upwards
Migraines
Neck pain

Mouth / Throat / Jaw

A "tinny", "metallic" or "ammonia", or unusual smell or taste
Choking
Constant craving for sugar or sweets
Constipation
Diarrhea
Difficulty swallowing
Dry mouth
Feeling like you can"t swallow properly or that something will get caught in your throat
Feeling like your tongue is swollen
Frequent upset stomach, bloating, gaseous
Lack of appetite or taste
Nausea or abdominal stress
The thought of eating makes you nauseous
Tight throat, lump in throat
Vomiting
jaw pain

Sight

Distorted, foggy, or blurred vision
Dry, watery or itchy eyes
Eye tricks, seeing things our of the corner of your eye that isn"t there, stars, flashes
Eyes sensitive to light
Spots in the vision
Flashing lights when eyes are closed
Your depth perception feels wrong
Distorted, foggy, or blurred vision

Chest / Heart

Chest pain or discomfort
Concern or frequent worry about the heart
Feel like you have to force yourself to breath
Find it hard to breath, feeling smothered, shortness of breath
Frequent yawning to try and catch your breath
Heart – beating hard or too fast, rapid heartbeat, palpitations
Heart - Irregular heart rhythms, flutters or "skipped" beats, tickle in the chest that makes you cough
Heart beat drops/Palpitations
Tight chest, tight chest muscles

Sleep

Difficulty falling or staying asleep
Frequent bad, bizarre, or crazy dreams
Hearing sounds in your head that jolt you awake
Insomnia, or waking up ill in the middle of the night
Jolting awake
Waking up in a panic attack
You feel worse in the mornings
Chest pain or discomfort
Concern about the heart
Feel like you have to force yourself to breath
Find it hard to breath, feeling smothered, shortness of breath
Frequent yawning to try and catch your breath
Difficulty falling or staying asleep
Frequent bad, bizarre, or crazy dreams
Hearing sounds in your head that jolt you awake
Insomnia, or waking up ill in the middle of the night
Jolting awake
Waking up in a panic attack
You feel worse in the mornings

Body

Fatigue
Burning Skin Sensation
Feel like you are going to pass out or faint
Numbness or tingling in hands, feet, face, head, or any other places on the body
Persistent muscle tension, stiffness
Sore or tight scalp or back of the neck
Startle easily
Sweating, uncontrollable profuse sweating
The floor feels like it is moving either down or up for no reason
Trembling or shaking
Urgency to urinate, frequent urination, sudden urge to go to the washroom
Warm spells
Weak legs, arms, or muscles
Chronic Fatigue
Sweating, uncontrollable profuse sweating, warm spells
Feeling cold or chills
Weak legs, arms, or muscles
Neck, back, shoulder pain, tightness/stiffness
No energy, feeling lethargic, tired
Muscle twitching
Numbness or tingling in hands, feet, face, head, or any other places on the body
Electric shock feeling
Hyperactivity, excess energy, you feel you can"t relax.
Increased or decreased sex drive
Startle easily
Feeling clumsy with a dreamy state
Insomnia
Itching, burning, and sensitive sensation on skin.
Frequent urination
Left arm pains
Lower back pains from kidneys area to waistline (scaitica)
Muscle tension
Muscle Jumps (Ribs, arm, foot, leg, neck, and chest)
Muscle Twitching
In and out vision
Dryness in eyes that becomes irritated
Skin color loss that comes and goes
Pains in scalp
Irritable bowels
Sweaty palms
Constant yawning
Swollen feeling in hands
Funny smell in nose
Irritating electric shock pains in different organs
Feel like you have to force yourself to breath
Find it hard to breath, feeling smothered, shortness of breath

Stomach

IBS - Frequent upset stomach, bloating, gaseous, constipation, diarrhoea
Stomach pains, cramps
Excess acid
Lack of appetite
Nausea or abdominal stress
The thought of eating makes you nauseous
Vomiting

Touch

Numbness
Pain
Tingling, pins and needles feelings
Burning skin sensations
Crawling skin sensations
Pain in various areas

Phycological Symptoms

Emotions

Dramatic mood swings
Emotional blunting
Emotions feel wrong
Frequently feel like crying for no reason

Fears / Phobias

Fear of what people think of you, fear of being embarrassed or making a fool out or yourself
Fear of going crazy, fear of having a serious mental illness
Fear of losing control
Fear of impending doom
Fear of being in public
Fear of fainting in public
Fear of choking, or not being able to breathe
Fear of having a serious undetected illness
Fear of being trapped in a place with no exits - or need to seat near exits
Fear of having any disease/cancer
Fear of dying
Fear of having a heart attack
Fear of losing control
Fear of impending doom
Fear of making mistakes or making a fool of yourself to others
Fear of losing your mind, or fear you are losing your mind
Fear of irrational things, objects, circumstances, or situations
Fear of harming yourself or someone you love uncontrollably
Fear of being alone
A heightened fear of what people think of you
Afraid of being trapped in a place with no exits
Constant feeling of being overwhelmed.
Fear of making mistakes or making a fool of yourself to others
Fear that you are losing your mind
Fears about irrational things, objects, circumstances, or situations
Fears of going crazy, of dying, of impending doom, of normal things, unusual feelings and emotions, unusually frightening thoughts or feelings
Heightened self awareness, or self-consciousness
Need to find nearest washrooms before you can feel comfortable
Need to seat near exits
A heightened fear of what people think of you
Afraid of being trapped in a place with no exits
Constant feeling of being overwhelmed.
Fear that you are losing your mind
Fears about irrational things, objects, circumstances, or situations
Dramatic mood swings
Emotional blunting
Emotions feel wrong
Frequently feel like crying for no reason

Hearing

Frequent or intermittent reduced hearing or deafness in one or both ears
Low rumbling sounds
Ringing in the ears, noises in the ears, noises in the head

Mind & Mood

Desensitization, depersonalization
Fear of going crazy
Fear of losing control
Fear of impending doom
Feelings of unreality
Frequent feeling of being overwhelmed, or that there is just too much to handle or do
Having difficulty concentrating
Obsession about sensations or getting better
Racing thoughts, Rapid thinking
Repetitive thinking or incessant "mind chatter"
Underlying anxiety, apprehension, or fear
You often feel you are carrying the world on your shoulders
Always feeling angry and lack of patience
Depression
Feeling down in the dumps
Feeling like things are unreal or dreamlike
Frequently being on edge or "grouchy"
Frequently feel like crying for no apparent reason
Have no feelings about things you used to
Underlying anxiety, apprehension, or fear
You feel like you are under pressure all the time
Underlying anxiety, apprehension, or fear
Frequently being on edge or "grouchy"
You feel like you are under pressure all the time
Desensitization, depersonalization, feel like things are unreal or dreamlike
Feeling of impending doom, feel that you need to get away/out
Frequent feeling of being overwhelmed, or that there is just too much to handle or do
You often feel you are carrying the world on your shoulders
Dramatic mood swings
Depressed/feel down in the dumps
Always feeling angry and lack of patience
Having difficulty concentrating
Heightened self awareness, or self-consciousness
Frequently feel like crying for no apparent reason
Have no feelings about things you used to
Obsession about sensations or getting better
Racing thoughts, Rapid thinking
Repetitive thinking or incessant "mind chatter"
Underlying anxiety, apprehension, or fear
Emotional blunting
Emotions feel wrong

Symptoms of Anxiety Attack

Shaking
Feeling of going crazy
Shortness of breath
Legs/arms weakening
Eyes bug out
Face/tongue goes numb

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