Hypnotics and Anxiolytics: Part 2.

From the previous post, I'm sure that you have already catch a glimpse about what hypnotics and anxiolytics mean. In this post, I'm going to discuss about the types of anxiety disorders. There are three types, known as,

• Generalized anxiety disorder.
• Panic disorder.
• Socialized anxiety disorder.

Patients with generalized anxiety disorder possess additional exclusive symptoms other than the symptoms of mild and severe anxiety. Such symptoms include,

• Excessive anxiety.
• Worries that are hard to control.
• Poor concentration.
• Blank mind.
• Restlessness.
• Fatigue.
• Muscle tension.
• Sleep disorder.
• Irritability.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

On the other hand, most panic disorder patients exhibit the following symptoms,

• Depersonalization.
• Fear of losing control (like dying or to become mad).
• Abnormal distress.

Panic Disorder

Socialized panic disorder differs from the other two in the way a particular patient is scared of being scrutinized, embarassed or humiliated by people around him or her. Some examples of feared situations are,

• Talking with strangers.
• Addressing people.
• Eating or writing in front of others.
• Speaking in public.

Additional symptoms that often accompany patients with socialized anxiety disorder are blushing and diarrhea. In the next part, we will move on to the goals of such treatments related to the discussed disorders above.

Socialized Anxiety Disorder