Anxiety is a complex mental, emotional, and physiological response to perceived danger or stress. While anxiety is a normal response to real threats, excessive worry and fear in the absence of any real threat can be signs of an anxiety disorder.

Proper treatment is essential to prevent anxiety from interfering with your daily life. Anxiety can make working, participating in school, and connecting with others difficult. The sooner you seek treatment for anxiety, the sooner providers at Avazach Psychiatry Services can help you develop the tools to cope with these persistent feelings.

Avazach Psychiatry Services treat many types of anxiety via a secure telehealth platform. The most common include:

• Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
• Social anxiety
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
• Separation anxiety disorder
• Agoraphobia
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Panic disorder
• Specific phobias

While many types of anxiety exist, no two patients are alike. Your symptoms might not fit perfectly into a single category. To ensure that you receive the proper care you deserve, your provider completes comprehensive diagnostic testing and tailors your treatment to relieve your particular symptoms.

Anxiety affects every person differently. You could exhibit a few symptoms or many, depending on which form of anxiety you have. The common signs of anxiety include:

• Restlessness
• Irritability
• Persistent worry, dread, or fear
• Insomnia
• Nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea
• Increased sweating
• Rapid heart rate
• Fatigue
• Weight loss or gain
• Headaches
• Jaw pain
• Muscle tension
• Difficulty concentrating

Anxiety symptoms can mimic those of other underlying medical conditions, like thyroid disorders, so an accurate diagnosis is essential to getting the treatment you need.

Avazach Psychiatry Services use several tools to diagnose anxiety disorders. Along with reviewing your medical history, lab work may be ordered to investigate your symptoms.

A complete clinical assessment, administration of self-reported questionnaires, and comparison of your symptoms to the diagnostic criteria outlined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) are also conducted.

Avazach Psychiatry Services takes a dynamic approach to anxiety treatment that focuses on helping you develop positive coping methods to manage your symptoms and improve your quality of life. Effective anxiety treatments include:

• Psychotherapy (particularly cognitive-behavioral therapy)
• Mindfulness
• Relaxation techniques
• Medication management (except controlled medications)

With a personalized approach to care, Avazach Psychiatry Services can adjust your plan to suit your changing needs.