- Other names
- Generalised anxiety disorder
- Specialty
- Psychiatry , psychology
- Symptoms
- Excessive worry, restlessness, trouble sleeping , feeling tired , irritability, difficulty concentrating, muscle tension, sweating, trembling
- Complications
- Paranoia , depression , heart disease , suicide
- Usual onset
- Childhood to early teenage
- Differential diagnosis
- Panic disorder , post-traumatic stress disorder , social anxiety disorder , borderline personality disorder , antisocial personality disorder , obsessive–compulsive disorder , specific phobia
- Treatment
- Counseling , medication
- Medication
- Anxiolytics , antidepressants
- Frequency
- 3–5% (lifetime prevalence)