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It’s sometimes hard to discern the difference between a bad case of the nerves and real anxiety disorders.  In general anxiety disorders tend to be very consistent and chronic.  Many people with these mental health problems tend to avoid the triggers of their symptoms in an effort to keep control of the disorder, but in reality these people are just letting their anxiety disorder control them. 

If you can recognize the signs and symptoms of an anxiety disorder you can begin to do something about it.  Anxiety disorders affect as many as 19 million American adults and not all of them are seeking treatment.  Here are some of the more common symptoms to keep an eye out for.

1. Agitation: You consistently begin to feel agitated or anxious before the event or trigger that is causing your anxiety. 

2. Fear: Normally mild events give you extreme fear and may even last for days afterward, when other people have returned to normal.

3. Tense: You have trouble relaxing, even when there are no potential triggers or events coming up.

4. Stress: An inability to deal well with stress and stressful situations.  Leaves you feeling flustered, snappy, angry or ready to cry.

5. Worry: A tendency to worry about your triggers, when you may encounter them again.  You may even worry about things from the past or make up scenarios to worry about.

There are more signs and symptoms of anxiety disorders, several of which are physical symptoms like excessive sweating and even heart palpitations.  That’s partly why it’s so important to identify a disorder so you can get on anxiety medications to help you feel more normal and relaxed.