Anxiety - Medline

[AllergyGuy]

Anxiety
Fear and anxiety are part of life. You may feel anxious before you take a test or walk down a dark street. This kind of anxiety is useful - it can make you more alert or careful. It usually ends soon after you are out of the situation that caused it. But for millions of people in the United States, the anxiety does not go away, and gets worse over time. They may have chest pains or nightmares. They may even be afraid to leave home. These people have anxiety disorders. Types include

• Panic disorder
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder
• Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Phobias
• Generalized anxiety disorder

Treatment can involve medicines, therapy or both.



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The reality is that anxiety is a common issue with people that learn they have a life threatening allergy. Learning to deal with it is part of the process.

[zustek]

yes this is very true anxiety has become a part of life...there is hardly anyone who is not anxious of anything....you just have to be a bit precautious for it...

[alexjoan]

Fear and anxiety are part of life. You may feel anxious before you take a test or walk down a dark street. This kind of anxiety is useful - it can make you more alert or careful. It usually ends soon after you are out of the situation that caused it. But for millions of people in the United States, the anxiety does not go away, and gets worse over time. They may have chest pains or nightmares. They may even be afraid to leave home. These people have anxiety disorders.

[jycegrcia]

Anxiety is indeed a very serious issue and could have adverse effect if unattended. There are many people in the world who aren't aware that they are affect by this disorder. Though you many feel that this is not such a big issue that you should be consulting a doctor then you should be ready to face some worst days of your life. There are plenty of cases which grew with the time but remained unattended and later on had to face the consequences. I would suggest you to consult a doctor and take the medications.