So what is an Unspecified Anxiety Disorder?

It is an anxiety disorder which is responsible for an individual’s inability to perform in social situations. The term anxiety here refers to the fact that the person has symptoms of several anxiety disorders thus it becomes difficult to give a specific label to it. Its causes are various environmental, mental and physical stress leading to chemical imbalances in the brain. No matter the cause, treatments are available to cure it completely.

What are the causes of Unspecified Anxiety Disorders?

• Fear: Intense fear or phobia of certain aspects like height, water, darkness, evil spirits, etc. can lead to anxiety disorders. The phobia increases the mental stress thus resulting in abnormal behavior and frequent panic attacks.
• Stress: Stress is a major factor behind any kind of mental disorder. It could be work stress, environmental stress, stress caused by physical activities and social media too. This stress creates pressure on our brain causing it to function inappropriately.
• Depression: The depression could be a result of scoring low marks in an exam, not getting promoted in workplace, more struggle but negligible or less outputs, less income, detachment from someone, etc. These unfruitful situations too have a huge impact on our brain’s functioning.

Symptoms of Unspecified Anxiety Disorders

• Irritability: One gets irritated very often for silly or no reasons.
• Panic Attacks: Job loss/ loss in business, death of a loved one and other mental and physical conditions lead to panic attacks.
• Nervousness: Feeling of restlessness, intense worry or fear leads to nervousness.
• Trembling: It occurs because of regular consumption of alcohol, drugs. It is also due to a stroke, brain injury.
• Muscle Tension: Frequent pain in muscles and joints causing continuous discomfort.
• Difficulty in concentrating: The mind goes blank because of anxiety and worry.
• Sleep Disturbance: Difficulty falling or staying asleep leading to unsatisfying sleep
• Increased Heart Rate: The heart rate seems to be increased tremendously.
• Dizziness: Feeling light-headed and lack of control on one’s body.
• Numbness and Sweating: Excess of sweating in certain situations and tingling sensations.

Types of Anxiety Disorders

• Generalized Anxiety Disorder: It includes persistent anxiety and worry about various activities.
• Anxiety disorder due to a medical condition: Anxiety or panic du to any health problem like heart disease, diabetes, respiratory disorders, thyroid problems, etc.
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: It is a mental condition categorized by recurring thoughts and images that are experienced at frequent times during the disturbance, as disturbing and inappropriate leading to marked anxiety or distress.
• Panic Disorder: Recurrent unexpected panic attacks that are not caused consistently because of an object or certain situations wherein one loses control on his behavior completely.

• Separation anxiety disorder: It is a childhood disorder its very harmful toward the child's overall growth and development relating to separation from parents or others who have parental roles.
• Social anxiety disorder: It is a mental condition caused due to social situations.
• Substance-induced anxiety disorder: It involves intense anxiety or panic which are results of over-consumption of drugs, being exposed to toxic substances or withdrawal from drugs.
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): It is a mental condition that is triggered by a terrifying event either by witnessing it or experiencing it including a sense of reliving illusions, hallucinations and dissociative flashback episodes. These moments could be of serious threat or injury.