Anxiety can cause a variety of physical and mental symptoms. Seek the advice of your health care professional if these symptoms are affecting your daily life. Here are a few of the most common anxiety symptoms. Chest Pain Chest pains are a frightening symptom of anxiety, and one that should not be taken lightly. If you are at all unsure about the cause of your chest pains, seek medical...

Most people are not aware of the fact that anxiety and depression are connected to each other. Some experience both differently under varied circumstances. In order to learn the connection between them, let us learn about these conditions individually. A) Anxiety Anxiety can be referred to as a characteristic feature of most people across the globe. When in its normal...

Have you ever considered how beneficial joining a panic anxiety disorder message board really is? You may think it's wasting your time, but you would be wrong! If you suffer from panic attacks or an anxiety disorder like agoraphobia or social anxiety, how many people do you know or meet that have similar problems? Very few, if any. Yet, here is a place where they all come together. That...

Anxiety and Depression is caused by an imbalance of brain chemistry. Symptoms are normally dealt with by drugs, such as Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI's) like Paroxetine (Paxil), Sertraline (Zoloft) and Fluoxetine (Prozac). Little do doctors tell you that imbalances in brain chemistry are actually due to poor diet, an unsatisfactory sex life, lack of exercise and lack of...

Almost everybody feels anxious and nervous right before doing something really important, be it a thesis paper presentation, a job interview, or a midterm exam we did not get to review for. It is the body's normal reaction to tense and stressful situations. Anxiety is simply the body's natural "fight-or-flight" response to warn us of possible dangers ahead. But what happens when anxiety...