Does anyone suffer with anxiety with this Fibromyalgia?

[Kerry29]

Hi,

I have noticed i get anxiety with this Fibromyalgia and i just wondered if anyone else has this and how common is this anxiety and Fibromyalgia and how do you cope?

[loop]

I have mega anxiety, Ive found doing relaxation can help, also some antidepressants help with anxiety too. hope you find something that works for you. x

[Kerry29]

Hi loop,

Is that part of the Fibromyalgia do you know?

From Kerry29

[wiccamom]

hi, yes iyt can be part of this illness and if you suffer from it i sympathise. i have been prescribed two lots of anti-depressants and they help a little. make sure you get the right doc to deal with your condition!

[gandalf]

Hello ! yes I suffer with Anxiety and have done since I was diagnosed with Fibro some 10 yrs ago..I try to relax as antidepressants did not work for me though relaxing is easier said than done when you have anxiety .good luck Kerry xx

[jazher]

Hi kerry,

I had really bad anxiety and i went to cbt through my doctors and it has helped so much, i still dont know how it did but i am not half as bad now. I can go shopping in a supermarket now and sit in a car. Things that i couldnt do unless i really had to.

I have never taken antidepressants for it.

hope you get it sorted soon as it is not nice.

hugs kel xxx

[Kerry29 in reply to jazher]

hi,

ive had .c.b.t but i don't feel it did much for me tho? i don't know why.

[Hidden]

I suffer severe anxiety and as a result it makes me agoraphobic at times. Having CBT like Jazher helped, i can now walk to the docs/counselling without an inhaler, i dont freak out in supermarkets well unless they are packed in which case i walk straight out and as i dont drive being enclosed on a bus caused major ones but now as suggested by counsellor i sit near an exit put my music on through headphones and ignore the people coming on.

I have propanalol for the anxiety and severe tremors i still get the tremors but only mild anxiety now.

Hope you can find something that works for you. xx

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Oh i had this before i was diagnosed so not sure if part of it bt then i had most other symptoms as well so im not wholly sure. I know got worse since.

[diane63]

yes i do ..... i am becoming more agrophobic, the thought that i have to go somewhere the next day freaks me out... i am ok if i feel ok on the day then i will go out. ie not far but maybe to food shop with my husband or down to visit my sister by car... no one get this.. i take diazpam sometimes to help me. but doc not to keen on giving me it... i find this website here helps me alot.. just knowing others feel the same and most of all understands xx hope ur all well today xx