Symptoms of anxiety disorders

Anxiety disorder is a neurological disorder characterized by anxiety, autonomic dysfunction and motor restlessness, mainly including acute anxiety and chronic anxiety, with varying degrees of symptoms. 1, acute anxiety disorder: also called panic disorder, mainly characterized by sudden onset, unpredictable, recurrent, intense panic experience, generally lasting 5-20 minutes, with a sense of near death or loss of control. Patients often experience the fear and dread of a catastrophic end, when they usually have a more severe feeling of inability to breathe, near death, and lack of control over their entire body. During the attack, patients may run around, shout, and be terrified, and also have severe autonomic dysfunction, such as chest pain, irregular heart rate, poor breathing, headache, dizziness, profuse sweating, abdominal pain, generalized trembling or generalized weakness and inability to stand, etc.; 2. Patients usually show unexplained prolonged nervousness, fear, uneasiness, impatience, panic, disorientation, restlessness, etc. Symptoms of autonomic dysfunction are also often present, such as palpitations, tightness in the chest, shortness of breath, dry mouth, diarrhea, frequent urination, constipation, flushed or pale skin, and even impotence and premature ejaculation in some men, and menstrual disorders and endocrine disorders in some women. Anxiety disorders can produce these symptoms, but some other physical illnesses or the use of some psychotropic drugs can also cause these symptoms, so it is important to pay attention to the distinction.