Anxiety is a feeling of tension associated with a sense
of apprehension about impending danger or doom.
The
following are common symptoms associated with anxiety:
-
Excessive nervousness or anxiousness
- Unrealistic worry about bad things that might happen
- Restlessness
or feeling keyed-up or on edge
- Changes
in sleeping pattern
- Irritability
- Difficulty
concentrating or "mind going blank"
- Becoming
fatigued easily
- Muscle
tension
Today
more than 10 million Americans are being treated for Anxiety,
and the ages range from childhood to the elderly years.
A few major types of anxiety have shown response to some
currently available marketed treatments: Panic Disorder,
Social Phobia, Generalized Anxiety. However, concern over
addiction potential or sedative effects limits the use of
many of the older treatments for Anxiety.
