Anxiety disorders like panic disorders are conditions that people worldwide suffer from. What adds to the confusion of panic disorders is the lack of knowledge for the reasons of such conditions which may not always be the usual emotional reasons put forward in general. It isn’t really simple to understand anxiety disorders as those suffering from it will know. It isn’t a condition that will just pass away but will attack again and again when the triggers of an attack manifest itself. These are some physical anxiety symptoms that most people don't realize.
What you may not know is the fact that besides being a mental illness, anxiety attacks also manifest themselves through physical symptoms too which many do not recognize and mistake for something else. Anxiety disorders may even mimic some other common physical condition and reading on will give you much insight into better management of an anxiety disorder if you are suffering from them.
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The biggest problem with anxiety disorders is the fact that a victim may think they may be suffering from Asthma, cough, and heart attack or even vertigo and migraine. Such physical symptoms can also become chronic and frightening. However, it can be so when you are caught unawares not realizing the actual problem but when you do know what are the signs to look out for in anxiety symptoms.
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Anxiety isn’t just unexplained fears; it is the body that starts responding to such a condition in a manner of fight or flight that sends it into overactive mode causing the physical anxiety symptoms which then become difficult to pinpoint what exactly one is suffering from especially when such symptoms show up in unpredictable ways.
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The biggest disadvantage in such a condition is when a victim starts seeing a doctor for conditions not presumably related to anxiety disorder and then ends up being treated for something else. This is when anxiety disorders become hard to diagnose and take years to do so.
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Dizzy spells and headaches may be associated with migraines and other physical conditions instead of anxiety disorders.
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Such things can easily be mistaken for several other symptoms and even disease. Such symptoms aren’t ever associated with anxiety in most diagnosis.
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Muscle tension is one huge anxiety symptom which you could be suffering from. If you are getting muscle pain often and also facing a lot of stress and panic attacks, it could be a sure sign of anxiety disorders. Muscle pain could also lead to neck and back pain.
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Irritable bowel syndrome, diarrhea and upset stomach can also be associated with anxiety disorders and as anxiety symptoms, they cannot be ruled out. The problem here is to present all your symptoms to a doctor along with your history of anxiety disorders for him to make an accurate connection. The reason for providing your doctor complete information is to analyze your condition as you wouldn’t want to be treated for anxiety disorder if you have a heart problem.
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Frequent urination when not suffering from urinary tract infections or kidney problems could be a manifestation of anxiety disorders.
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Finally, to summarize here is a checklist that you should keep in mind each time your physical symptoms appear.
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According to Doctor Emanual Maidenberg, professor of Psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences, even the fear of such physical anxiety symptoms can actually increase them. It is more the anticipation of such symptoms that triggers the stress factor that one is suffering from a particular disease. The impending feeling of symptoms is what then starts threatening people most.
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When your anxiety disorders graduate to a manifestation of physical anxiety symptoms, then there is still no cause to worry because you can be cured. There are ways and means to manage anxiety be they natural or the conventional way. Either way, the advisable thing to do is to always make a chart of your symptoms so that you can help your doctor analyses a pattern in your symptoms to make a correct diagnosis.
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