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Have dealt with anxiety disorder for a long time. I don’t believe screening is the answer, likely leads to over-diagnosis and then medication to handle the volu
by alphabettsy 4y ago
Have dealt with anxiety disorder for a long time. I don’t believe screening is the answer, likely leads to over-diagnosis and then medication to handle the volume. Education might be a good start.
Early on my severe and reoccurring anxiety was dismissed as normal anxiety. It’s still common for people to think the normal worrying we all experience is the same as having anxiety disorder.
Knowing what I was experiencing and how it’s different would have been great for me and my peers.
- septic-liqueur 4y agoWhen did it occur to you that it was a "disorder" and not "normal" anxiety? How would you differentiate between the two? I would be worried about labeling. Anxiety comes and goes, usually in waves, you can have periods where you're not anxious and periods where you are not
- pph 4y ago> you can have periods where you're not anxious and periods where you are not I'd say in that case there's not much to worry about ;)
- septic-liqueur 4y agoTypo of course :-) You get the point
- alphabettsy 4y agoI saw a doctor after the second time I went to the ER thinking I was having a heart attack. I still have regular anxiety and nervousness. The panic attacks are something completely different though.
- simmerup 4y agoI remember all throughout school having constant stomach ache, which was anxiety but the doctors misdiagnosed it as IBS. It wasn’t until uni that I realised what was going on. How did you cope with it?
- alphabettsy 4y agoI’ll let you know when I figure it out for sure. I also had a doctor suggest it might be IBS. Anxiety for me also affects my stomach. When I’m really anxious I have to avoid certain foods because they make it worse. Other than that I found coping with my anxiety more generally improved the stomach symptoms as well.