Treatment of Anxiety Disorder in Adults
Anxiety is a feeling of uneasiness, such as having a sense of worry or fear, that can be serious or critical. Everyone feels anxiety at some point in their life. For example, you may feel anxious or worried about sitting for an exam or a job interview or having a medical test.
During times of stress, worried, or depression, feeling anxious can be entirely common. But for some people, they find it hard to control their panic. They feel anxiety in constant times, and that can affect your daily life and routine.
The difference between normal anxiety and GAD is, anxiety is a normal and generalized anxiety disorder or GAD experience uncontrolled worry and tension, and that happens every day. They feel like they can’t control it.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Generalized anxiety disorder is identified by purposeful or uncontrolled worry about different things. People with GAD are more concerned about money, family, work issues, and other issues of life. When people are dealing with GAD, then they may find it difficult to control their worries.
People with GAD feel worried about unrealistic things. Sometimes anxiety is all over your mind and affects your thinking ability and interferes with your daily life works.
Out of a total of 197 million Indians who are suffering from mental disorders, 46 million are suffering from depression, and 45 million suffer from anxiety disorders. Adults suffer more from anxiety disorders than any other age group. Most of the adults between 18-24 suffer from a mental disorder.
Around 40 million adults in the US suffer from anxiety disorder, and anxiety disorders are highly treatable, yet only 36.9% of adults get treatment on time.
1 out of every 7 Indians has any mental disorder, and depression and anxiety top the list.
Around 284 million people worldwide experience an anxiety disorder, and it’s the most widespread mental health disorder around the globe.
When it comes to gender, then women are almost twice more likely to get anxiety disorder as men, women have more chances to suffer from an anxiety disorder than men.
Symptoms of GAD
GAD affects the thinking of a person, but anxiety has physical symptoms, as well. Some signs of GAD include:
- When you have excessive worry or tension
- When you view problems differently which are not even real
- When you feel restlessness
- When your mood is irritating all the time
- Sweating
- Headaches
- When you feel like going to the bathroom constantly
- Tiredness
- When you have problems in sleeping
Anxiety disorder and GAD both are treatable, and if you feel any of its symptoms, then you should visit a psychiatrist immediately. Because it can affect your life in many harmful ways, and you get treatment timely before it gets worse.
If you are from Jaipur or nearby places and want treatment of anxiety disorder, then you should consult doctor Sanjay Jain. He is the best psychiatrist of Jaipur. He has been working as a psychiatrist for the past 14 years with immense experience in the psychiatric field. He was a part of 15 international research projects held on various psychiatric disorders.
Types of Anxiety Disorder
There are several types of anxiety disorders:
- Agoraphobia
- Selective mutism
- Panic disorder
- Generalized anxiety disorder
- Social anxiety disorder
- Specific phobias
- Substance-induced anxiety disorder
Causes of Anxiety Disorder
Anxiety disorder causes are not yet fully understood.
The traumatic event operates anxiety disorders in people who are suffering from anxiety.
Medical causes
Many people experience anxiety due to health issues.
Some people experience anxiety due to many health issues. The signs and symptoms of anxiety are the first indicators of medical illness. The doctor may order a test to look for the signs of problems if he finds out that your anxiety may have a medical cause.
Some of the anxiety problems which are caused by medical issues are:
- Diabetes
- Drug misuse or withdrawal
- Heart disease
- Some thyroid problems like hyperthyroidism
- Some respiratory disorders like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma
- Irritable bowel syndrome or chronic pain
Treatment of anxiety disorder
Psychotherapy and medications are the two main types of treatments for anxiety disorders. Many times when we use both treatments at the same time, they can be more beneficial. It may take time to find out the best option of treatment for you by choosing the trial of all treatment options.
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy is also known as talk therapy or psychological counselling. In psychotherapy, you work with a therapist to reduce your anxiety problems and symptoms. It is very effective for anxiety treatment.
In psychotherapy, CBT is the most effective form of anxiety disorder.CBT teaches you specific skills to improve your symptoms so that you can return to the activities you were avoiding because of anxiety.
CBT helps you in building your confidence so that you can manage the situations and problems of your life and the anxiety symptoms.
Medications
The psychiatrist uses many types of medications to help relieve symptoms, it all depends on the kind of anxiety disorder you have, and if you have any other mental health issues or physical issues. For example:
- Psychiatrist use antidepressants for the treatment of anxiety disorders
- Buspirone an anti-anxiety medication
- In some cases, the psychiatrist may also prescribe other types of medicines like sedatives, beta-blockers. All these medications are for short term relief and not for long term use.
Anxiety disorder problems are treatable, and if you are suffering from it, then you should consult a psychiatrist for the treatment. For the treating psychiatrist, Sanjay Jain is the best option as he is the best psychiatrist of Jaipur with an experience of more than 13 years in the field. Psychiatry was always his dream branch. His eventual goal is to heal the minds of the patients so that they can live a great life. He also spreads awareness about mental problems so that everyone can get help on time, and no one has to suffer from mental diseases like anxiety disorder, OCD, bipolar disorder, depression, etc. He provides treatment for all types of psychological and sexual problems.
