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Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Anxiety
• Wide range of psychiatric and medical conditions; however, for a diagnosis of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) to be made, a person must experience anxiety with coexisting physical symptoms the majority of the time continuously for at least 6 months.
• Parkinson’s disease
• Myasthenia gravis
• Hyperthyroidism
• Consequence of recreational drug use (e.g., cocaine, amphetamine, and PCP) or withdrawal (e.g., alcohol or benzodiazepines)
• Cardiovascular or pulmonary disease
• Wide range of psychiatric and medical conditions; however, for a diagnosis of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) to be made, a person must experience anxiety with coexisting physical symptoms the majority of the time continuously for at least 6 months.
• Parkinson’s disease
• Myasthenia gravis
• Hyperthyroidism
• Consequence of recreational drug use (e.g., cocaine, amphetamine, and PCP) or withdrawal (e.g., alcohol or benzodiazepines)
• Cardiovascular or pulmonary disease
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