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'''Anxiety''' can be described as negative feelings of apprehension, worry, and general unease. These feelings can range from subtle and ignorable to intense and overwhelming enough to trigger panic attacks or feelings of impending doom. Anxiety is often accompanied by nervous ~~behavior~~ such as rumination, fretting, restlessness, and muscular tension. As an emotion it is considered as distinct from fear in that feelings of anxiety are usually an exaggerated emotional response to an undesirable situation.

'''Anxiety''' can be described as negative feelings of apprehension, worry, and general unease.<ref>Anxiety definition (medical dictionary) | https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/anxiety</ref><ref>Anxiety definition (American Psychology Association) | http://www.apa.org/topics/anxiety/</ref> These feelings can range from subtle and ignorable to intense and overwhelming enough to trigger panic attacks or feelings of impending doom. Anxiety is often accompanied by nervous behaviour such as rumination, fretting, restlessness, and muscular tension. As an emotion it is considered as distinct from fear in that feelings of anxiety are usually an exaggerated emotional response to an undesirable situation.

Psychoactive substance induced anxiety can be caused as an inescapable effect of the drug itself, by a lack of experience with the substance or its intensity, as an enhancement of a pre-existing state of mind, or by the experience of negative hallucinations.

Psychoactive substance-induced anxiety can be caused as an inescapable effect of the drug itself, by a lack of experience with the substance or its intensity, as an enhancement of a pre-existing state of mind, or by the experience of negative hallucinations.

Anxiety is often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as [[depression]] and [[irritability]]. It is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#common|moderate]] [[dosage|dosages]] of [[hallucinogenic]] compounds, such as [[cannabinoids]], [[psychedelics]], [[dissociatives]], and [[deliriants]]. However, it can also occur during the withdrawal symptoms of [[GABAergic]] [[depressants]] and during [[stimulant]] comedowns.</onlyinclude>

Anxiety is often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as [[depression]] and [[irritability]]. It is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#common|moderate]] [[dosage|dosages]] of [[hallucinogenic]] compounds, such as [[cannabinoids]],<ref>Cannabis and anxiety: a critical review of the evidence | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/hup.1048</ref> [[psychedelics]],<ref>Comparison of psilocin with psilocybin, mescaline and LSD-25 (springer.com) | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF00412109?LI=true</ref> [[dissociatives]], and [[deliriants]].<ref>Datura effects (Erowid) | https://erowid.org/plants/datura/datura_effects.shtml</ref> However, it can also occur during the withdrawal symptoms of [[GABAergic]] [[depressants]]<ref>Rebound anxiety in anxious patients after abrupt withdrawal of benzodiazepine treatment (ncbi) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6145363</ref> and during [[stimulant]] comedowns.<ref>Adverse effects of stimulant drugs in a community sample of drug users (ScienceDirect) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376871696013245</ref></onlyinclude>

====Panic attacks====

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-'''Anxiety''' can be described as negative feelings of apprehension, worry, and general unease. These feelings can range from subtle and ignorable to intense and overwhelming enough to trigger panic attacks or feelings of impending doom. Anxiety is often accompanied by nervous behavior such as rumination, fretting, restlessness, and muscular tension. As an emotion it is considered as distinct from fear in that feelings of anxiety are usually an exaggerated emotional response to an undesirable situation.
+'''Anxiety''' can be described as negative feelings of apprehension, worry, and general unease.<ref>Anxiety definition (medical dictionary) | https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/anxiety</ref><ref>Anxiety definition (American Psychology Association) | http://www.apa.org/topics/anxiety/</ref> These feelings can range from subtle and ignorable to intense and overwhelming enough to trigger panic attacks or feelings of impending doom. Anxiety is often accompanied by nervous behaviour such as rumination, fretting, restlessness, and muscular tension. As an emotion it is considered as distinct from fear in that feelings of anxiety are usually an exaggerated emotional response to an undesirable situation.
-Psychoactive substance induced anxiety can be caused as an inescapable effect of the drug itself, by a lack of experience with the substance or its intensity, as an enhancement of a pre-existing state of mind, or by the experience of negative hallucinations.
+Psychoactive substance-induced anxiety can be caused as an inescapable effect of the drug itself, by a lack of experience with the substance or its intensity, as an enhancement of a pre-existing state of mind, or by the experience of negative hallucinations.
-Anxiety is often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as [[depression]] and [[irritability]]. It is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#common|moderate]] [[dosage|dosages]] of [[hallucinogenic]] compounds, such as [[cannabinoids]], [[psychedelics]], [[dissociatives]], and [[deliriants]]. However, it can also occur during the withdrawal symptoms of [[GABAergic]] [[depressants]] and during [[stimulant]] comedowns.</onlyinclude>
+Anxiety is often accompanied by other coinciding effects such as [[depression]] and [[irritability]]. It is most commonly induced under the influence of [[dosage#common|moderate]] [[dosage|dosages]] of [[hallucinogenic]] compounds, such as [[cannabinoids]],<ref>Cannabis and anxiety: a critical review of the evidence | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/hup.1048</ref> [[psychedelics]],<ref>Comparison of psilocin with psilocybin, mescaline and LSD-25 (springer.com) | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF00412109?LI=true</ref> [[dissociatives]], and [[deliriants]].<ref>Datura effects (Erowid) | https://erowid.org/plants/datura/datura_effects.shtml</ref> However, it can also occur during the withdrawal symptoms of [[GABAergic]] [[depressants]]<ref>Rebound anxiety in anxious patients after abrupt withdrawal of benzodiazepine treatment (ncbi) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6145363</ref> and during [[stimulant]] comedowns.<ref>Adverse effects of stimulant drugs in a community sample of drug users (ScienceDirect) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376871696013245</ref></onlyinclude>
 ====Panic attacks====