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SYMPTOMS LIST

The following list of symptoms is intended notfor diagnosis, but to reveal patterns in symptoms and disorders and to provide a starting point for research or discussion with a health care provider. Not every symptom with all of its accompanying disorders could be included.

A

Admiration, need for
narcissistic personality disorder

Aggression
Alzheimer's disease
antisocial personality disorder
borderline personality disorder
conduct disorder
intermittent explosive disorder
may occur with tic disorders
may occur with vascular dementia
oppositional defiant disorder
paranoid personality disorder
substance intoxication

Agitation
Alzheimer's disease
major depressive disorder
substance use, abuse, or dependence

Agoraphobia
may occur with panic disorder

Amenorrhea (loss of menstrual periods)
anorexia nervosa
bulimia nervosa

Amnesia (memory loss)
acute stress disorder
Alzheimer's disease
dissociative amnesia
dissociative fugue
dissociative identity disorder
post-traumatic stress disorder
vascular dementia
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

Anxiety
acute stress disorder
adjustment disorder
agoraphobia
borderline personality disorder
generalized anxiety disorder
may occur with tic disorders
nightmare disorder
pain disorder
panic disorder
schizotypal personality disorder
separation anxiety disorder
sleep terror disorder
social phobia
specific phobias
substance abuse
substance intoxication

Apathy
dysthymic disorder
feeding disorder of infancy or early childhood
Internet addiction
major depressive disorder
may occur with Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
schizoaffective disorder
schizoid personality disorder
schizophrenia
schizotypal personality disorder

Appetite, loss of
major depressive disorder
postpartum depression
seasonal affective disorder
substance dependence
undifferentiated somatoform disorder

Arousal, sexual
from receiving pain: sexual masochism
from administering pain: sexual sadism

Attention difficulties
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
major depressive disorder
nightmare disorder
post-traumatic stress disorder

Attention-seeking behavior
histrionic personality disorder
narcissistic personality disorder

Aversion to sex
hypoactive sexual desire disorder
sexual aversion disorder

Avoidance
acute stress disorder
agoraphobia
of conflict or disagreement:
dependent personality disorder
of pleasure: schizoid personality
disorder; schizotypal personality
disorder
of relationships: schizoid
personality disorder; schizotypal
personality disorder
of sex: hypoactive sexual desire
disorder; schizoid personality
disorder; sexual aversion
disorder
of social situations: avoidant
personality disorder; seasonal
affective disorder; separation
anxiety disorder; may occur with
tic disorders
of specific feared situations: social
phobia
of specific feared situations or
objects: specific phobias

B

Binge eating, followed by purging
bulimia nervosa

Bizarre behavior
brief psychotic disorder
delusional disorder
schizoaffective disorder
schizophrenia
schizophreniform disorder
schizotypal personality disorder

Blood pressure changes
substance abuse
substance intoxication

Body image issues
anorexia nervosa
bulimia nervosa

Body temperature, raised
sleep terror disorder
substance abuse
substance intoxication

Bowel movements, in inappropriate
places
encopresis

C

Calculations, difficulty performing
mathematical disorder

Cataplexy
narcolepsy

Catatonia
brief psychotic disorder
major depressive disorder
schizophrenia
schizophreniform disorder

Cold hands and feet
anorexia nervosa

Communication. Seelanguage
difficulties

Compulsions
obsessive-compulsive disorder
See alsourge.

Control, need to
obsessive-compulsive personality
disorder

Coordination impairment (motor skills)
Asperger's disorder
childhood disintegrative disorder
developmental coordination
disorder
Rett's disorder
somatization disorder
substance intoxication
vascular dementia

Criminal activity
antisocial personality disorder

Cross-dressing
gender identity disorder
transvestic fetishism

Crying, intense
separation anxiety disorder

D

Daily activities difficulties
Alzheimer's disease
childhood disintegrative disorder

Decision-making difficulties
dependent personality disorder
major depressive disorder

Defiance
oppositional defiant disorder

Delusions
Alzheimer's disease
brief psychotic disorder
delusional disorder
schizoaffective disorder
schizophrenia
schizophreniform disorder
shared psychotic disorder
substance abuse

Dementia
Alzheimer's disease

Denial
Internet addiction
subtance dependence

Dependence on others
dependent personality disorder

Depersonalization
acute stress disorder
borderline personality disorder
depersonalization disorder
dissociative identity disorder
panic disorder
post-traumatic stress disorder

Depression
Alzheimer's disease
bipolar disorder
borderline personality disorder
cyclothymic disorder
dysthymic disorder
major depressive disorder
may occur with pyromania
may occur with sexual dysfunctions
pain disorder
postpartum depression
seasonal affective disorder
substance abuse
substance dependence

Derealization
dissociative identity disorder

Desire. Seeurge.

Destruction of property
conduct disorder

Developmental delays
feeding disorder of infancy or early
childhood

Diarrhea
somatization disorder

Discomfort with one's anatomic sex
and gender
gender identity disorder

Dissociation
acute stress disorder
borderline personality disorder

Dissociative amnesia
acute stress disorder

Distress upon separation
separation anxiety disorder

Dizziness
substance intoxication

Dramatic behaviors
histrionic personality disorder

Dry skin
anorexia nervosa

E

Eating inedible items (like hair)
pica

Emotions. Seeinstability, emotional

Empathy, lack of
narcissistic personality disorder
schizophrenia

Erectile dysfunction
male erectile disorder
somatization disorder

F

Fatigue
agoraphobia
anorexia nervosa
bipolar disorder
breathing-related sleep disorder
circadian rhythm sleep disorder
generalized anxiety disorder
hypersomnia
insomnia
Internet addiction
major depressive disorder
narcolepsypain disorder
postpartum depression
seasonal affective disorder
undifferentiated somatoform
disorder

Fear of being alone
dependent personality disorder

Fear of embarrassment or humiliation
social phobia

Fear of specific object or situation
specific phobias

Feigning symptoms
malingering

Flashbacks
acute stress disorder
post-traumatic stress disorder

Food, fear/avoidance of
anorexia nervosa

G

Gastrointestinal complaints
somatization disorder
undifferentiated somatoform
disorder

Grandiose fantasies or behavior
narcissistic personality disorder

H

Hair loss
anorexia nervosa

Hair pulling
trichotillomania

Hallucinations
Alzheimer's disease
brief psychotic disorder
may occur with postpartum
depression
narcolepsy
schizoaffective disorder
schizophrenia
schizophreniform disorder
substance intoxication

Headache
anorexia nervosa

Head growth, slowed
Rett's disorder

Heart palpitations
agoraphobia
sleep terror disorder
substance intoxication

Hospital admissions, multiple
factitious disorder
Munchausen syndrome by proxy

Hostility
oppositional defiant disorder

Hyperactivity
attention-deficit/hyperactivity
disorder
bipolar disorder

Hypomanic episode
bipolar disorder
cyclothymic disorder

I

Identity disturbances
dissociative identity disorder

Impulsivity
attention-deficit/hyperactivity
disorder
bipolar disorder
borderline personality disorder
substance intoxication

Inactivity
pain disorder

Inflexibility (temperament, not
physical attribute)
autism
obsessive-compulsive personality
disorder

Insomnia
acute stress disorder
circadian rhythm sleep disorder
major depressive disorder
nightmare disorder
pain disorder
postpartum depression
post-traumatic stress disorder
Rett's disorder
substance abuse

Instability, emotional
borderline personality disorder
histrionic personality disorder

Internet use, excessive
Internet addiction

Interpersonal problems
borderline personality disorder
generalized anxiety disorder
Internet addiction
may occur with sexual dysfunctions
pain disorder
paranoid personality disorder
pathological gambling
may occur with pyromania
substance abuse
substance dependence

Irritability
anorexia nervosa
bipolar disorder
borderline personality disorder
cyclothymic disorder
feeding disorder of infancy or early
childhood
generalized anxiety disorder
Internet addiction
may occur with vascular dementia
nightmare disorder
postpartum depression
Rett's disorder
seasonal affective disorder
substance abuse or dependence

L

Lack of interest
in activities normally enjoyable:
major depressive disorder
in sex: hypoactive sexual desire
disorder

Language difficulties
Alzheimer's disease
Asperger's disorder
autism
brief psychotic disorder
childhood disintegrative disorder
expressive language disorder
mixed receptive-expressive
language disorder
phonological disorder
schizoaffective disorder
schizophrenia
schizophreniform disorder
schizotypal personality disorder
substance intoxication
vascular dementia

Learning difficulties
Asperger's disorder
learning disorders

Legal problems
pathological gambling
substance abuse

Listening difficulties
attention-deficit/hyperactivity
disorder

Loss of skills
childhood disintegrative disorder
Rett's disorder

Lying
antisocial personality disorder
conduct disorder

M

Manic episode
bipolar disorder

Math, difficulties with
mathematical disorder

Medical history, vague or inconsistent
factitious disorder

Memory impairment
substance abuse
substance dependence
substance intoxication
See alsoamnesia

Mental clarity. Seethinking
impairments

Misinterpretation of events on regular
basis
schizotypal personality disorder

Mixed episode
bipolar disorder
cyclothymic disorder

Mood, abrupt changes in
cyclothymic disorder

Movement difficulties
Alzheimer's disease
developmental coordination
disorder
slowed movements: major
depressive disorder
See alsocoordination impairment

Movement, involuntary
medication-induced movement
disorder
tardive dyskinesia
tic disorders
vaginismus

Muscle, loss of control
narcolepsy

N

Nausea
agoraphobia
bulimia nervosa
social phobia
somatization disorder
substance intoxication

Nightmares
nightmare disorder
post-traumatic stress disorder
separation anxiety disorder

Normal development, then loss of
skills
childhood disintegrative disorder

Numbers, difficulty with
mathematical disorder

O

Object needed for sexual arousal
fetishism

Obsessions
obsessive-compulsive disorder

Odd beliefs
schizotypal personality disorder

Orgasm difficulties
female orgasmic disorder
male orgasmic disorder

P

Pain
administering: sexual sadism
during sexual intercourse:
dyspareunia; female sexual
arousal disorder; somatization
disorder; vaginismus
pain disorder
receiving: sexual masochism
undifferentiated somatoform
disorder

Panic attacks
may occur with tic disorders
panic disorder
substance use; substance abuse

Paranoia
borderline personality disorder
paranoid personality disorder
schizotypal personality disorder
substance abuse

Perfectionism
obsessive-compulsive personality
disorder

Personal care difficulties
Alzheimer's disease

Preoccupation with fears of serious
physical illness or injury
hypochondriasis

Preoccupation with others' reactions
social phobia

Preoccupation with particular body part
body dysmorphic disorder

Preoccupation with seeking and using
substance
Substance dependence

Preoccupation with weight/body
image
anorexia nervosa
bulimia nervosa

Producing symptoms deliberately
malingering

R

Reading difficulties
reading disorder

Recognition difficulties
Alzheimer's disease
vascular dementia

Regurgitation
rumination disorder

Relationship problems. See
interpersonal problems

Repetitive movements
autism
childhood disintegrative disorder
Rett's disorder
stereotypic movement disorder

Responsibilities, failure to live up to
pathological gambling
substance abuse
substance dependence

Restlessness
attention-deficit/hyperactivity
disorder
generalized anxiety disorder

Rigidity, muscular
medication-induced movement
disorder
Rett's disorder
See alsoinflexibility

Risk-taking behaviors
substance abuse

Rule violations
conduct disorder

S

Sadness. Seedepression

Scars, multiple
from surgery: factitious disorder
on hand from self-induced
vomiting: bulimia nervosa

Seductive behavior
histrionic personality disorder

Seizures
Rett's disorder
substance intoxication

Self-esteem problems
dependent personality disorder
major depressive disorder

Sensitivity to criticism
social phobia

Separation distress
separation anxiety disorder

Sexual dysfunctions
substance abuse
substance dependence
substance intoxication

Shaking. Seetrembling

Sitting up suddenly in bed
sleep terror disorder
sleepwalking disorder

Sleep attacks
narcolepsy

Sleep cycle disturbances
circadian rhythm sleep disorder

Sleep, disturbed nighttime
insomnia
may occur with tic disorders
narcolepsy
nightmare disorder
post-traumatic stress disorder
Rett's disorder
sleep terror disorder
sleepwalking disorder

Sleep paralysis
narcolepsy

Sleepiness, excessive daytime
hypersomnia
insomnia
Internet addiction
nightmare disorder

Sleepwalking
sleepwalking disorder

Snoring, sometimes followed by
periods of silence
breathing-related sleep disorder

Social skills impairment
acute stress disorder
adjustment disorder
Asperger's disorder
autism
avoidant personality disorder
childhood disintegrative disorder
reactive attachment disorder of
infancy or early childhood

Spasms, muscular
medication-induced movement
disorder
tardive dyskinesia
vaginismus

Speak, refusal to
selective mutism

Speech. Seelanguage difficulties

Stealing, repeated and uncontrollable
kleptomania

Stressful event, or stressor
adjustment disorder

Substance use despite legal and
interpersonal problems
substance abuse
substance dependence

Suicidal threats or behavior
borderline personality disorder
major depressive disorder
may occur with schizophrenia

T

Thinking impairment
Alzheimer's disease
anorexia nervosa
insomnia
major depressive disorder
schizophrenia
substance intoxication
vascular dementia

Tics
tic disorders

Time, excessive amounts
spent on the Internet: Internet
addiction

Tolerance to a substance
substance dependence

Trauma
acute stress disorder
post-traumatic stress disorder

Travel, unexpected
dissociative fugue

Trembling
agoraphobia
developmental coordination
disorder
medication-induced movement
disorder
Rett's disorder

U

Unsteadiness
developmental coordination
disorder
Rett's disorder

Urge for sexual activity with a child
pedophilia

Urge to expose oneself
exhibitionism

Urge to rub against a non-consenting
person
frotteurism

Urge to set fires
pyromania

Urge to watch others when they are
unaware
voyeurism

Urination, in inappropriate places
enuresis

V

Visual problems
developmental coordination
disorder

W

Wandering
Alzheimer's disease

Weight, fear of gaining and refusal to
maintain at normal level
anorexia nervosa

Withdrawal symptoms (actual
symptoms vary with substance)
substance dependence

Writing difficulties
disorder of written expression