What Should I Do If I Have Anxiety Symptoms?

Question:

What Should I Do If I Have Anxiety Symptoms?

Answer:

If you have anxiety symptoms and don’t know what to do, here are four things you can do right now:

1. Discuss your symptoms with your doctor

We recommend discussing all new, changing, persistent, and returning anxiety symptoms with your doctor since some medical conditions and medications can cause anxiety-like symptoms.

If your doctor concludes your symptoms are solely anxiety-related, you can be confident there isn't a medical or medication cause. Generally, doctors can easily tell the difference between anxiety symptoms and those caused by a medical condition or a side effect of medication.

However, doctors aren’t infallible. If you have concerns about your doctor’s diagnosis, you may want to seek a second or more opinions. If all opinions agree, you can be assured that anxiety is the cause of your symptoms and confidently rule out a medical or medication cause.

2. Learn more about your anxiety symptoms

If your doctor attributes your symptoms to anxiety, check through our anxiety symptoms list to see if your symptoms are listed. If they are, click on their links to learn more about your symptoms, such as common descriptions of those symptoms, why anxiety can cause them, and what you can do to get rid of them.

If one of the symptoms doesn’t have a link, you might want to consider becoming a member of our Recovery Support area. Chapter 9 in the Recovery Support area is our Symptoms section. It contains and explains all anxiety symptoms in detail.

The Recovery Support area was developed to help those who want more information about anxiety, anxiety disorder, and recovery. It contains a wealth of recovery support self-help information.

You can learn more about the Recovery Support area and what it offers here.

3. Learn more about anxiety disorder and how to overcome it

Knowledge is power, and it’s particularly powerful when it comes to overcoming anxiety disorder. The more you know, the better off you are.

Many people struggle with anxiety disorder because they don’t understand it or what’s required to overcome it. Gaining this vital information can make a significant difference in your recovery.

You can start your learning by viewing the various public pages on our website. If there is a particular topic you are looking for, you can search for it by using our search feature or any search engine and then typing in what you are looking for, followed by anxietycentre.com.

For example, if you are looking for the “numbness and tingling” anxiety symptom, you would type “numbness tingling anxietycentre.com” (without quotations) into the search bar. The search result should appear with every “numbness and tingling” reference on our public pages.

If you are seeking more comprehensive information, consider joining our Recovery Support area. It's a valuable resource, packed with self-help information to support your recovery journey.

Many of our Recovery Support members have said it’s the best anxiety disorder recovery resource on the internet.[1]

4. Therapy

Working with an experienced anxiety disorder therapist is the most effective way to overcome anxiety disorder. Since anxiety disorder is caused by underlying factors, until they are identified and successfully addressed, they generally continue to cause problems with anxiety and its symptoms.

An experienced anxiety disorder therapist can help you identify your specific underlying factors, as well as help you make healthy behavioral change. As each of your underlying factors is addressed, unhealthy anxiety diminishes, and along with it, anxiety symptoms.

We began offering therapy in 2004 because so many anxiety disorder sufferers experienced only limited success using a self-help approach.

Working with an experienced therapist is the “Gold Standard” treatment because of its effectiveness.[2][3] It’s especially effective when the therapist understands and is equipped to successfully address the many underlying factors that cause issues with anxiety.

All of our recommended anxiety disorder therapists have experienced anxiety disorder themselves, have successfully overcome it, are medication-free, and have years of professional training and experience helping anxiety disorder sufferers. All of them are highly trained in identifying and successfully addressing anxiety’s underlying factors. Any of them would be an excellent choice to help you with your recovery.

They are passionate about helping people overcome anxiety disorder because they know the hardship anxiety disorder can cause but also know the road to recovery and the freedom that can be attained.[4]

If you are struggling with anxiety disorder, any of our recommended therapists would be honored to help you along the road to success.

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