RESPOND TO THE TWO CLASSMATES BELOW INDIVIDUALLY 175 WORD COUNT EACH
Maddy Niebauer
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder or GAD for short is a disorder marked by
chronic anxiety that may develop over a variety of activities and/or
situations. Specific criteria of GAD include feelings of anxiety or
worry that occur on most days for at least six months. For this feeling
of worry to be clinically significant, the feelings must be described as
“difficult to control” (Butcher, Hooley, & Mineka, 2014, p. 188).
To be diagnosed with GAD, the individual must have multiple worries
about different things unrelated to concurrent disorder and have thrr of
the six following symptoms: Restlessness or feeling keyed up or on
edge, easily fatigued, difficulty concentrating or mind going blank,
irritability, muscle tension, and/or sleep disturbance (difficulty
falling or staying asleep, or restless, unsatisfying sleep) (Butcher,
Hooley, & Mineka, 2014).
As for treatment, individuals suffering from GAD have two major
options for treatments. The most common method is through the use of
drugs. Benzodiazepines have been used to treat GAD but have a sedating
effect and can lead to physiological dependence if taken incorrectly.
Other drugs, such as antidepressants, have shown to also have positive
effects on GAD but require a period of time before the effect may be
observed. Cognitive behavioral therapy may also be used to assist the
individual with GAD in reducing their anxieties.
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Debra Guzman
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As our reading material indicates generalized anxiety disorders,
people experience a general sense of diffuse anxiety and are constantly
thinking and worried about bad things happening and can sometimes lead
to a panic attack. It is described as someone who worries a lot about
bad things occurring in their life or around them. Anxiety disorders
have a number of symptoms one that is mentioned a lot is sleep
disruptions as people who are constantly thinking about their worries,
can sleep less. Generalized Anxiety Disorders can be treated through
medication, counseling sessions, coping mechanisms, and also known as
psychological treatment. It is important for people with such symptoms
to seek professional treatment in order to ensure that panic attacks
don’t occur, or the problem worsens.
My younger sister was diagnosed with anxiety, she describes herself
as someone who is constantly worried about bad things happening. She is
28 years old and still fears sleeping in the dark. She often sleeps with
the light on in her bedroom. She informed me that she still has this
issue and cannot explain why or how she started feeling so worried about
so many things.
Reference:
Butcher, J. N., Hooley, J. M., & Mineka, S. (2014). Abnormal psychology (16th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.
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