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Tue 07 Jul 2008Living with constant, intense and inexplicable anxiety
MEDICAL MATTERS:General anxiety disorder is a chronic condition that often goes undiagnosed
IMAGINE LIVING in a secret world of continuous intense anxiety and worry, whether it be about health, job, family and so on; imagine living with a constant sense of foreboding about potential impending disaster; suffering from persistent mental and physical fatigue, irritable bowel syndrome-type symptoms (abdominal pain, cramps, alternating diarrhoea or constipation), poor memory and concentration, sleep difficulties and nightmares.
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