Symptoms of Anxiety

Stress is part of our daily lives. Believe it or not, stress can be healthy for you depending on how you deal with this stress. When your life however, becomes consumed with how to manage this stress, there is reason for concern. Anxiety is a form of stress that can cause great concern as it affects your body in many different ways.

When we look at the physical symptoms of General Anxiety Disorder, we discover that this disorder can affect six of the major body symptoms. Your blood pressed increases with anxiety and that can lead to rapid heartbeats or Tachycardia. There is also constriction of the blood vessels that may occur in both the legs and in the arms. While these blood vessels constrict, the vessels around the skeletal muscles dilate or become larger. These changes in your cardiovascular system can result in headaches, cold fingers and heart palpitations which is the awareness of your increased heart rate. This is just your cardiovascular system.

As the respiratory system becomes affected by anxiety, hyperventilation or over breathing often becomes key symptoms. When this happens, your carbon dioxide in the blood reduces thus causing deep sighs as the body hungers for more air. People also often complain of the chest pain, pins and needles sensation.

Let's move on now to your gastrointestinal system as there more physical symptoms of anxiety here. Within this system, anxiety can lead to reduced salivary secretions, spasms within the esophagus and alterations in the stomach, intestines and anal sphincter muscle. These changes result is some more common symptoms such as dry mouth, a notice in swallowing difficulty as well as an upset stomach or gurgling sounds of gas in the intestines. When these symptoms occur, you will notice as you are spending more time in the restroom due to diarrhea or constipations and cramp like pains in the upper stomach.

If experiencing anxiety, your may need to urinate often .Granted men and woman can experience different symptoms, men can have difficulty maintaining an erection during intercourse. Whereas women often have problems becoming aroused or achieving orgasm when experience anxiety.
Now with the musculoskeletal system, increased amounts of anxiety can cause muscles to become tense. Some may experience uncontrolled shaking of the body along with tension headaches and many other aches and pains throughout the body.

Now that you are familiar with some of the symptoms of General Anxiety Disorder it will be easier to notice if you or someone else is displaying symptoms of anxiety. Should you notice such symptoms, be sure to contact your doctor as soon as possible to set up an appointment to discuss the possibility of you having General Anxiety Disorder. Your symptoms can be treated with medication and or therapy.