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Updated: March 20, 2009 12:30 a.m.

Medical conditions can mimic or provoke anxiety symptoms

A 56-year-old man has recently become jittery, tense, anxious and irritable. In addition, he has experienced unexplained weight loss. His wife and children repeatedly ask what's wrong with him, and he keeps saying, "I don't know." He isn't under any major stress that he can identify. So, tired of the semi-conscious worry and fear that they will continuously nag at him, he goes to his doctor for a check-up. The doctor diagnoses an overactive thyroid, ...

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