>>General Info about Anxiety Disorder
Anxiety is the abnormal fear or reaction, towards any stress which the person can normally handle. Generalized anxiety involves excessive worry about actual circumstances, events or conflicts. The patient is anxious or apprehensive and may show signs like sweating, palpitation, dry mouth, dizziness, nausea, loss of appetite, frequent urination, difficulty in swallowing.

>> What are the causes of Anxiety Disorder ?
* Stress (e.g. Work or lack of it, noise, a hostile home).
* Life events which has affected the person.
* Repressed negative emotions.

>>What are the symptoms of Anxiety Disorder ?
* The patient is always agitated and nervous.
* They become apprehensive and anticipate calamities in their normal lives.
* Sleep may be disturbed.
* They may complain of trembling, shaking, muscle tension, restlessness, and easy fatigability.
* Weight loss may be present.

>>How can we diagnose Anxiety Disorder ?
The presence of feelings of doom, fear, agitation along with symptoms like sweating, palpitation, rapid and increased breathing, wringing of the hands etc. are the clinical pointers.

>>How can Anxiety Disorder be treated ?
* Simple listening is an efficient way of reducing anxiety.
* Enriching the patient's relationship with friends and relatives is likely to help. Simple listening is an efficient way of reducing anxiety.
* Graded exposure -which starts with exposure to the least threatening stress and slowly increasing the levels of stress that can be handled by the patient.
* Anxiolytics may be indicated along with counseling.
* Progressive relaxation training - tensing and relaxing individual muscle groups, deep breathing exercises may also be employed.