Anxiety

Anxiety is a common emotion caused by inner turmoil regarding something (usually an event) that has yet to happen, where the person pre-anticipates a non-desirable outcome (usually negative) before the event that would have that outcome even starts. Most people will experience anxiety in their lifetime.

Anxiety can persist after the situation causing it has passed. If the anxiety was severe enough and the cause of the anxiety hangs around long enough, it can lead to a panic attack, even a day after the cause of the anxiety has passed.

Anxiety can be caused by an isolated, uncommon life event, or can occur regularly which would be categorised as an anxiety disorder.

Symptoms

Anxiety can cause a wide range of symptoms and has a huge scale in terms of how severe it can be in one person from the next. You may feel some minor discomfort and some hand trembling, or be completely debiltated by the thought of anything. The following is some symptoms you may experience if you have anxiety, but you might have difficulties with anxiety that aren't recognised here

• Common Symptoms
  • A churning feeling in your stomach
  • Feeling light-headed or dizzy
  • Pins and needles
  • Feeling restless or unable to sit still
  • Faster breathing, with a irregular or thumping heartbeat
  • Sleep bruxism
  • Sweating or hot flushes
  • Nausea
  • Panic Attacks

.. and many more.

Role in Brainfog

Misdiagnosis

Anxiety (as well as Depression) is commonly what a brainfogged individual is told is causing all their symptoms after they have finished their doctors appointment, and this leads to a great deal of frustration for patients with doctors in general, as the brainfogged individual does not have anxiety, or they do but are convinced that the cause of their brainfog causes anxiety, and not the other way around, in most cases this is true.

See Also

{PDF} Mind UK on anxiety and panic attacks