Specialist from Memorial Ankara Hospital Psychiatry Department. Dr. Esengül Ekici gave information about anxiety disorder and its treatment. In daily life, everyone can be concerned about different issues. An exam, a project that needs to be completed, a health problem, financial difficulties, problems with children or other family members can cause anxiety. An appropriate amount of anxiety helps us to be prepared to deal with problems and to reach our goals. Saying that such anxieties are usually mild and temporary, Uz. Dr. Esengül Ekici said, “Although it is normal to have anxiety in daily life, if there is an excess of severity, then we can talk about a medical illness. Distinguishing abnormal anxiety from anxiety disorder is important in terms of maintaining a healthy life. People with anxiety disorders may experience intense, constant anxiety and fear, even against situations encountered in daily life. he said.
Stating that the concerns that focus on the "now" and the "controllable area" are healthy and functional concerns, Uz. Dr. Esengül Ekici said, “For example, a student preparing for the university exam said, "According to my curriculum, I have to stop watching TV and study now. If I don't quit TV, I won't be studying today” is a healthy concern about a situation that is focused on the present and in which it can control. But “What if I don't pass the university exam in June? What do I do if I can't get into the department I want?" Concerns that are "result"-oriented and related to the "area of limited control" of the person are unhealthy and dysfunctional concerns. Anxiety disorders are mostly of a dysfunctional type, in the form of persistent, excessive and inappropriate anxiety or perceiving emerging somatic symptoms as an intense fear factor. said.
Upset. Dr. Esengül Ekici, Genetic factors, changes in brain neurochemistry, personality traits and stressful life events play a role in the formation of anxiety disorders, which are examined under the sub-headings of "Generalized Anxiety Disorder", "Panic Disorder", "Social Phobia", "Specific Phobias" and "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder". is playing. Anxiety disorders usually do not have a single cause. A combination of multiple factors can lead to the development of anxiety disorders.”
Saying that anxiety disorder can be confused with other diseases, Uz. Dr. Esengül Ekici described the symptoms of anxiety disorder as follows:
“Symptoms of anxiety disorder include restlessness, tension, distress, anxiety, feeling that something bad is going to happen, unreasonable fear, focusing on the bad, getting tired easily, muscle aches, easy startle, alertness, palpitations, feeling like you cannot breathe, dry mouth, tremor, hot flashes, nausea, ringing in the ears, inability to concentrate, anger and intolerance. These symptoms (especially somatic symptoms) can sometimes manifest as if there is another physical illness. For this reason, people often apply to the departments of hospitals such as emergency services, internal diseases and cardiology before a psychiatrist.”
Anxiety disorders are among the psychiatric disorders that can be treated. In addition to the psychiatric evaluation at the first application, Uz said that if it has not been done before, examination and tests may be requested from the patient to see if there are other physical diseases. Dr. Esengül Ekici said, “The vast majority of people with anxiety disorders benefit from treatment. Drug treatments and psychotherapies or both methods can be applied together. Which type of treatment is suitable for the patient is determined by a joint decision with the doctor. In addition, activities such as regular sports, hobbies and yoga help control anxiety symptoms. used the phrases.
Untreated and chronic anxiety disorders can cause the following problems in a person's life:
- Anxiety disorders cause an increase in difficulties in a person's daily life, work and social life.
- Anxiety can facilitate mood disorders such as depression.
- People with anxiety disorders experience symptoms such as muscle aches, body aches, and fatigue due to tension.
- Due to anxiety symptoms, it may be difficult to focus and maintain attention, and it can negatively affect the person's job performance.
- In anxiety disorders, thinking about the negative of almost everything, thinking that things will always turn out badly, being constantly alert that bad things will happen can cause a feeling of failure, more fragile and hopeless.
- Anxiety symptoms that occur in social life can cause people to be unable to make friends, not be able to participate actively in the social environment, shyness and avoidance.
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