Posted by Ritch on February 25, 2003, at 10:10:40
In reply to GAD AS A DIAGNOSIS, posted by TommyTommy on February 25, 2003, at 0:35:44
> The more I read about GAD or General Anxiety Disorder, the more I know that is definitely me. One phychiatrist diagnosed me with Obsessive Compulsive and said that's why I was depressed. He was way off. My current pychiatrist has consistently wanted to put the BiPolar title on me even though I sway heavily towards the depressive side. Bipolar II is more like this but the diagnosis doesn't even compare to me like GAD does. GAD seems to focus more on Anxiety's that will cause social distress and of coarse you can have depression along with GAD. If anybody out there can shed some more light on this I would be very grateful. Where does GAD fit in to the "Diagnosis" seen?
GAD has to do with negative rumination about the *future* concerning all sorts of things: social stuff, bills, terrorist attacks, your car's transmission, taxes, landscaping DECISIONS,etc. Basically, super-generalizing small negative and relatively inconsequential facts into catastrophic for sure going to happen bad stuff in the future things in your mind. It is the "hand wringing", "worry wart" anxiety flavor. I have that comorbid with bipolarII. The bipolar can "fuel" the GAD and vice versa, but I can have symptoms independent of any bipolar symptoms (and vice versa). Usually all it takes is for something to break! Decision making can be greatly impaired because you try to anticipate all possible outcomes for every decision (you analyze everything to death). ADD seems to be commonly co-morbid with GAD as well.
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