Anxiety Treatment Centers in Florida

Generalized Anxiety Disorder 

Individuals with a generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) display excessive anxiety or worry about loved ones, health, work, social interactions, and everyday life tasks. The frequency of GAD symptoms is difficult to control and occurs most days over six months.

Other anxiety symptoms include: symptoms include:

• Feeling restless, tense, or edgy
• Easily fatigued
• Difficulty concentrating
• Brain fog or blanking out
• Irritability
• Muscle tension
• Inability to fall or stay asleep
• Restlessness
• Insomnia and resulting tiredness

An anxiety diagnosis typically involves a thorough assessment by a mental health professional, which may include clinical interviews, self-report questionnaires, and possibly physical examinations or laboratory tests to rule out other medical conditions that could be contributing to anxiety symptoms.

Panic Disorder

Panic attacks are intense bouts of fear with a rapid onset, reaching their peak within a few minutes. Individuals with panic disorders suffer from frequent unanticipated panic attacks.  These debilitating panic attacks occur unexpectedly or respond to a trigger, such as a fearful situation, object, or interaction with a particular person.

During a panic attack, people may experience symptoms such as:

• Heart palpitations
• Accelerated or pounding heartbeat
• Sweating
• Trembling
• Shaking
• Shortness of breath, choking or smothering
• Feelings of impending disaster
• Feelings of no control

To prevent a panic attack, people with a panic disorder may avoid specific situations, social interactions, behaviors, or visiting places they associate with panic attacks. The anxiety of a potential panic attack and the effort put into preventing panic attacks cause significant problems in various life areas, further adding to their anxious feelings. Panic disorder treatment involves a combination of therapy, medication, and lifestyle changes aimed at reducing the frequency and intensity of panic attacks, managing symptoms, and improving overall quality of life.

Separation Anxiety Disorder

The fear of being separated from a person to whom you are attached and an underlying fear that something detrimental will happen to that individual once separated is known as a separation anxiety disorder.

Individuals with a separation anxiety disorder may avoid being alone and experience nightmares about being separated from attachment figures. Physical separation anxiety symptoms like stomach pain and headaches may appear when the separation occurs.

Social Anxiety Disorder

Intense fear of public situations, such as in the classroom or workplace, are symptoms experienced by a person with a social anxiety disorder. Worrying about the embarrassment and negativity associated with social anxiety disorder, these individuals often avoid social situations and then experience the negativity of isolation. The pressure to perform publicly is particularly frightening.