Symptoms
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Anxiety can manifest itself in a number of ways, whilst quite arbitrary, symptoms can be grouped together as:
Psychological.
- Inner tension
- Agitation
- Fear of loss of control
- Dread (that something catastrophic is going to happen - blackout, seizure, MI, death)
- Irritability
- Depersonalisation
- Derealisation
Physical.
- Cardiovascular - tachycardia, palpitation
- Respiratory - dyspnoea, hyperventilation, chest tightness
- Gastrointestinal - borborygmi, urge to defecate/ loose bowels, dry mouth, epigastric sensation (butterflies), nausea
- Uro-genital - urinary urge
- Motor - tremor
- Autonomic - sweating
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