Anxiety: Symptoms

  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) - Symptoms

    06/25/08, Healthwise

    Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic or long-term illness, and without treatment, symptoms typically come and go over time and may significantly interfere with your ability to work and have a family. Treatment can reduce the sever

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  • Social Anxiety Disorder - Symptoms

    08/27/07, Healthwise

    Social anxiety disorder causes unreasonable, debilitating fear of being judged or publicly humiliated. You may avoid or severely limit encounters with other people—which can keep you from daily activities. You may develop physical symptom

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  • Panic Attacks and Panic Disorder - Symptoms

    09/16/08, Healthwise

    The main symptom of a panic attack is an overwhelming feeling of fear or anxiety, along with physical reactions. An attack starts suddenly and usually lasts from 5 to 20 minutes but may last even longer, up to a few hours. You feel mo

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  • Panic Attacks and Panic Disorder - What Happens

    09/16/08, Healthwise

    You may be diagnosed with panic disorder after several unexpectedpanic attacks and if you continue to fear having another attack. These panic attacks can have mild to severe symptoms and usually last from 5 to 20 minutes but may last even

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  • Hyperventilation

    09/12/08, Healthwise

    Hyperventilation is breathing that is deeper and more rapid than normal. It causes a decrease in the amount of a gas in the blood (called carbon dioxide, or CO2). This decrease may make you feel lightheaded, have a rapid heartbeat, and be

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  • Alprazolam for PMS-related anxiety

    06/19/08, Healthwise

    Alprazolam is a high-potency benzodiazepine that depresses the central nervous system, causing a mood-elevating and sedative effect and relieving feelings of anxiety. This medicine can be addictive.

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