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Anxiety is usually diagnosed by a primary care physician, or a mental health professional, who will ask questions about certain symptoms. 1  Make Text Smaller. 2  Make Text Larger.
The physician is reliant upon her clinical judgment and. index of suspicion to distinguish between anxiety disorders and the medical. problems that mimic them. Pollard and Lewis suggest the following guidelines. A medical or substance induced cause of anxiety is more likely when the first. presentation is after age 40, there is fluctuation in the level of consciousness, or. there is evidence of autonomic instability. An anxiety disorder is more likely.