| Anxiety illness is more popularly known as GAD, | | | | depression or anxiety disorder. So a doctor might |
| Generalized Anxiety Disorder. This is the most | | | | consider that the patient has any of those disorders. |
| common anxiety disease found in approximately 5-6% | | | | Moreover, there are many people suffering from |
| of the population. This kind of anxiety is different from | | | | anxiety illness who also have other mental health |
| normal anxiousness due to its uncontrolled nature and | | | | disorders at the same time, so the chances are, the |
| can drastically affect one's life. | | | | doctor might diagnose some other problem without |
| | | | | even realizing that you may be having anxiety |
| Doctors do not diagnose anxiety illness in their patients | | | | related illness. |
| at once. It takes quite a long time to actually get a hold | | | | Anxiety related illness often results in real aches and |
| of the disease. Patients spend months and years | | | | pains, so a doctor may only try to find a physical |
| paying visit to their doctors, before it's finally confirmed | | | | reason behind the problem and quite possibly overlook |
| that they are suffering from anxiety illness. There are | | | | the chances of a mental health problem. The doctor |
| many reasons for this illness being so hard to | | | | might take the physical symptoms as a sign of heart |
| diagnose. Here are some of those reasons discussed: | | | | disease or any other physical problems. |
| Most of the people suffering from the illness are not | | | | Especially for the older adults in society the diagnosis |
| even aware of the fact that they are suffering from it, | | | | of the anxiety illness or the anxiety disorder is very |
| they feel it's all normal and there is nothing unusual | | | | much tough luck as they consider mental illness as a |
| about it. They assume that this is how everyone goes | | | | stigma. Due to which, it becomes hard for older folks |
| through. Though they are right to some extent, as | | | | to speak about it. And since personal interview is the |
| anxiety is normal for a human being but when it | | | | only available solution till date, no therapies can be |
| crosses the line of normality, it becomes very | | | | applied, till the history of the patient is known to the |
| important to visit a doctor and talk to them. | | | | doctor. As a result a lot of older people suffering from |
| Some people feel, as they were born that way as | | | | anxiety illness are being treated wrongly and appallingly |
| natural worriers, it cannot really be possible that there's | | | | and the reason is seen to be their age. However |
| something wrong with them and so any doctor cannot | | | | researches have started to look closely at this field of |
| help them in any way. It is a fact that just half of the | | | | treatment so that some excellent therapies or some |
| people with anxiety disorders see a doctor. A few of | | | | techniques may be developed. |
| the symptoms of anxiety illness are very much alike to | | | | Because of the above mentioned reasons diagnosis |
| the symptoms of various other mental problems, like | | | | of anxiety illness is still hard to do by Doctors. |