It’s normal to experience anxiety during stressful situations. But if your anxiety overwhelms you, making it hard to function, schedule a consultation with Rachel Smith-Bowery, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, of Copperas Cove, Texas. Rachel is a psychiatric mental health specialist who diagnoses and treats anxiety disorders and depression through her telehealth practice. She’s licensed in Texas and Florida. Call today or schedule a consultation using the online booking button.
Anxiety is the uneasy feeling you get before a big test or job interview: fear, worry, and/or nervousness. It can cause physical symptoms like shaking and sweating.
These feelings are your body’s stress response and help you get through the stressful situation. Once it’s behind you, your feelings of fear, dread, and worry go away.
But you could have an anxiety disorder if you have overwhelming anxiety or anxiety that affects your ability to function normally, and it never seems to go away.
Anxiety that causes physical symptoms like headaches and stomach aches can indicate an anxiety disorder. Many anxiety disorders have different triggers and symptoms.
Types of anxiety disorders include:
People with GAD experience overwhelming fear, worry, and/or dread about everyday things like health, finances, and relationships. The anxiety is so severe that it makes concentrating difficult and can cause physical symptoms like headaches.
People with panic disorder experience frequent, unexpected panic attacks. Panic attacks cause intense feelings of terror that trigger physical symptoms like sweating, shaking, and shortness of breath.
Social anxiety disorder is an extreme fear of social situations brought on by overwhelming worries of self-humiliation.
Phobias are intense fear of specific places, events, or objects, like fear of needles or fear of heights.
Depression and anxiety disorders are two separate mental health disorders. While it’s not uncommon to experience both at the same time, they each need their own treatment.
Under specific circumstances, depression is a severe mood disorder that causes ongoing sadness and disinterest in activities that bring joy.
Rachel provides mental health services for depression and anxiety for people 8 and older.
You can expect a compassionate and attentive psychiatry consultation with Rachel about your anxiety.
Rachel asks about your symptoms, when they started, and how they affect your life. She reviews your personal medical and mental health histories, as well as your family health history.
Rachel talks to you about your mental health. Then, together, you develop a treatment plan that can include medication management, psychotherapy, or both.
Anxiety and depression are common, treatable mental health conditions. Call Rachel Smith-Bowery, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, today or book a telehealth appointment online to get the help you need.