What are the symptoms of depression and anxiety?

In life, many people lack confidence in themselves and feel that they are inferior to others in everything, so they develop an inferiority complex and become troubled as a result. This is one of the manifestations of anxiety disorder. It makes many patients feel extremely bad and their attitudes become negative and bad. It not only seriously stimulates the nervous system, but also causes extreme pain. So what are the symptoms of depression and anxiety?

symptom

When the disease attacks, the patient suddenly feels panic, shortness of breath, and suffocation. Some feel that they are going to die, and some feel that they will go crazy if they can't get through this. For a while, they sweat all over, their limbs are weak, and they can't even move. In fact, they may not die or go crazy. Patients often have a strong desire to seek medical treatment, but they usually go to the internal medicine emergency room or cardiovascular department for treatment. In extreme typical cases, there are patients who spent 400,000 yuan on repeated examinations but still failed to get a diagnosis.

Cardiac symptoms of neurotic anxiety disorder: chest pain, tachycardia, irregular heartbeat.

Respiratory symptoms: shortness of breath, difficulty breathing.

Neurological symptoms: headache, dizziness, vertigo, syncope, and paresthesia. There may also be sweating, abdominal pain, a feeling of blockage in the throat, cold or fever in the body or hands and feet, etc. The manifestations of autonomic dysfunction associated with acute anxiety attacks involve various systems and lack specificity.

Anxiety is an unpleasant, painful emotional state accompanied by physical discomfort. Anxiety disorders are a group of emotional disorders with anxiety symptoms as the main clinical manifestation, which often include three groups of symptoms:

1. Physical symptoms: When patients are nervous, they often have symptoms of autonomic hyperfunction, such as palpitations, shortness of breath, dry mouth, sweating, trembling, flushed face, etc. Sometimes they may feel like they are dying, and feel extremely uncomfortable and think they are about to die. In severe cases, they may even feel out of control.

2. Emotional symptoms: The patient feels that he is in a state of nervousness, anxiety, fear, fear and anxiety. What are you afraid of? Some people may be able to clearly say what they are afraid of, while others may not be able to clearly say what they are afraid of, but they just feel afraid.

3. Neuromotor restlessness. I feel restless, anxious, rubbing my hands and feet, pacing up and down, making more small movements, unable to concentrate, and I don’t know why I am so anxious.

Symptoms

1. Sleep disorders:

2. Acute anxiety disorder can cause sleep disorders, which can cause great harm to patients. Sleep is very important in human life. Sleep disorders are often accompanied by anxiety, frequent nightmares, or easy awakening. Some patients with acute anxiety disorder snore loudly at night, and after waking up they feel they have not slept all night and lack sleep.

3. Emotional anxiety:

Patients with acute anxiety disorder suddenly feel palpitations, heart palpitations, throat obstruction, difficulty breathing, shortness of breath, dizziness, weakness, and accompanied by tension, fear and a sense of dying, or feel that they cannot control themselves and are about to become insane, and may even scream and call for help.

Some people experience shortness of breath and hyperventilation during the attack. Some quickly return to normal after the attack, while others remain anxious and worried about recurrence. The author may post repeatedly for several days. Once every few weeks or months. Frequent attacks may occur several times a day, so that anxiety patients dare not get up and move around. Emotional anxiety is a characteristic acute anxiety disorder.

4. Autonomic dysfunction:

Autonomic dysfunction and physical discomfort - the two often exist at the same time and may involve various internal organs. Examination may reveal: increased heart rate, excessive sweating, muscle tension, active tendon reflexes, tremors in both hands, etc. Some patients with acute anxiety disorder complain of many symptoms, but no corresponding positive signs can be found.

After reading the above introduction to the symptoms of depression and anxiety, I think everyone should have some understanding. The disease has many symptoms and causes great harm to patients. We need to identify the symptoms of the disease and take corresponding measures to improve and treat it. We should keep a happy mood and face life with a smile.