Generalized Anxiety Disorders: A Case Study

Diagnosis: Generalized Anxiety Disorder 300.02 (F41.1) Mrs. Jones meets the criteria for generalized anxiety disorder. Mrs. Jones has been experiencing more than three of the six symptoms associated with generalized anxiety disorder for one year. Mrs. Jones reports having negative distressing thoughts, feeling nervous, and constantly worrying. Mrs. Jones states that she is unable to relax, have difficulty sleeping and difficulty concentrating.

During the Enlightenment, philosophers were starting to drift away from religion, and many new truths were beginning to be discovered. When these new ideas, or truths, started to make more sense then the certainty of religion, a state of anxiety began to grow within the human mind. As this state of anxiety grew, many anxiety disorders began to sprout and show themselves within humans. These disorders, such as certain phobias, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) began to take over many people’s lives. For many years, doctors have tried using harmful drugs to change the chemicals within the brain, to help relieve anxiety. As truth continues to be discovered, and anxiety continues to rise, therapeutic interventions will be proven to be more efficient in treating anxiety than its counterpart, the dangerous drugs that humans become dependent on.

Case Scenario 4 In this week’s case scenario, we’re presenting Matt’s case who is a 44-year-old, married, 3 kids and he feels stuck in his professional and life in general. He wants to take action to make a change, but he feels insecure to let his family down.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder is a common mental disorder associated with excessive unnecessary worrying. There are many causes, symptoms, and treatments associated with it. While Generalized Anxiety Disorder can be paralyzing to an individual, with proper treatment a person can still function and live a normal life.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is an ailment that affects relatively 5% of the general population (Neurobiology and Genetics, 2011). GAD is a mental illness that can be difficult to understand or to describe. It is also very hard to diagnose because most people who are experiencing it believe that it is normal to worry about issues at that level. People with Generalized Anxiety Disorder have extreme fear and concern about even the littlest issues in their lives. They believe that something will always go wrong (NIH). There are times when these fears can keep these people from completing every day activities. There are also many symptoms that come along with this disorder. For instance, people with Generalized Anxiety Disorder have problems sleeping, headaches, fatigue, trembling, lightheadedness, and many other problems (NIH). GAD can make a big impact on a person’s life so it is important for them to get all the information they can about it in order to improve their quality

This particular fictional character has had generalized anxiety disorder since 1926 when he was released in a book series. With anxious mannerisms, he is constantly scared and worried about the world and people around him. He isn’t the main character, but accompanies on all of the adventures even though he is terrified of all of the journeys. He is scared of everything including the forest, the dark, insects, and animals that he isn’t familiar with. On second thought, he is terrified of anything that he isn’t familiar with. This book series progressed into many different movies which started in 1966. The characters of this series was wildly popular and still well known world wide. Generalized anxiety disorder “experiencing excessive anxiety

When an individual is diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) there are various symptoms that the individual will experience for at least 3 months. Some symptoms may include sleep disturbances, eating disturbances like loss of appetite or overeating, lack of concentration, shaking, an increasing heart rate, and possibly vomiting or nausea. Although some may experience these symptoms, but the core symptoms are fatigue or tiredness, muscle tension, headaches, and being moody or irritable. The number one core symptom is excessive worrying, which can be about anything and everything without having a significant reason.

The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study is to gain insight into women's lived experience of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMAD), the context in which these symptoms develop, the factors that contribute to the barriers and facilitators of care seeking, and their recommendations for healthcare providers. Telephone and in-person interviews were conducted with eight mothers between 25 and 45 years of age. All of whom either had or knew someone who had, symptoms of PMAD. Participants self-identified as Mexican, Hispanic, White, African American and Other. The data were transcribed and coded. The themes that emerged from these data were identified as "Individual Barriers - Thinking About Symptoms, Interpersonal-Social Network,

Generalized Anxiety Disorder is a disorder that I struggle with personally. It is when a person has a tense feeling of stress, and anxiety for long periods of time without any real cause of it. Even though everyone has fears, and has stress from time to time it isn’t harmful unless the anxiety and stress is keeping someone from living their life, and relaxing. Generalized Anxiety Disorder is different from other anxiety disorders because panic attacks rarely occur, and instead an overpowering sense of dread is long lasting.

A relatively young family, Brad and Geri Maddox, and their two children Maddox, age 2, and Danika, age 1, where about to start their longest journey together. Maddox began suffering from fevers and bruising which doctors attributed to playground accidents or possibly a virus. When the family went to visit Maddox's grandmother, however, Grandma Shepard noticed that Maddox seemed pale. As the visit continued, she noticed that Maddox, who was normally energetic, seemed sluggish and also had a loss of appetite. When his fever returned, Grandma Shepard knew it was time to take Maddox to the emergency room.

After reading this book, we should all come to the conclusion that although these conditions are born (most of the time) out of fear or of our inability to cope with defeat or disappointment, it is still very crucial to overcoming them because, in the long run, they can cause some serious health problems. Added to that, you will also risk detaching yourself from a normal social life, or even worse, your condition will possibly stop you from functioning like a normal person. So, from now on what you should is: - Rationalize the very thoughts that are making you anxious. - Learn to minimize your negativity about everything.

The patient, a thirty-three year old female singer, is having difficulty sleeping, simple activities like getting groceries tire the patient easy, complains of neck pain, and cannot concentrate. The patient experiences worry and anxiety. However, when asked about what specifically, many things were brought up but none were more important than the other.

Anxiety disorder, one of the subjects, that is part of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV (DSM - 5). "Anxiety disorders are the most common of mental disorders and affect nearly 30 percent of adults at some point in their lives" (Parekh, 2017). When we consider anxiety disorders, the problem with it is that it might take days or months where the anxiety may not even disappear and with that ultimately it may worsen (National Institute of Mental Health, 2016). Then imagine with an anxiety disorder that may not even go away and as the National Institute of Mental Health (NIHM) (2016) states, "The feelings can interfere with daily activities such as job performance, school work, and relationships". I can only picture those

People don’t realize the sad truth that I’ve been holding on for and secretly suffering with most of my life. People seem to see me as a girl that is naturally bubbly, happy, and outgoing. This was a way for me to hide my real emotions in the time when my depression and anxiety were major factors impacting my self-esteem, just a couple of years ago. So, yes, I admit it -- I was a victim of depression and anxiety. My anxiety has been occurring ever since I was a toddler. My usual anxious behavior would be when I would easily get nervous, wouldn’t talk that well in order to be understood, would go through emotional meltdowns at times, and so forth. My depression however, seem to connect a lot with my anxiety because of my meltdowns and it would easily bring my self-esteem down. One interesting fact about my depression is that it got extreme when I was in middle school. Many events in that time of my life made me feel absolutely worthless inside.