I feel like I have had fibromyalgia way before it reared it’s ugly head. I had a very stressful job, was working weird hours, then my Granddaddy passed away. My body went to war against me. I started having panic attacks, the pain was crazy. I had to take a leave from work and ended up filing for disability. So, long story short, yes it seems to have flared up with panic attacks.

My husband and his entire family have anxiety and panic attacks. My husband was also in pain. Our primary care doctor tried him on Zoloft which made him sick. He then was put on Paxil 20 mg which helped and then our doctor upped him to 40mg which stopped the anxiety and panic after he was on the dosage 30 days. He was still in pain. They did different tests and he has osteoarthritis and he also has neuropathy in his feet to his hips. He is on Gabpentin 800 mg three times a day for the neuropathy. He is so glad to have the anxiety and panic attacks under control. Since it was under control and he still had pain they determined they were two separate issues. That is when the neurologist found the neuropathy and another doctor found the Ostearthritis. Please let us know how you make out as I say we all have a lot in common but no two of us are the same. Hugs and prayers. God bless.

Hey! I’ve had high anxiety all my life and I’ve found that if my pain is bad it’ll make my anxiety bad and vice versa. My psychiatrist just prescribed me Lyrica I’m only on my second day. Keep in touch and I’ll let you know how it is in case you decide to try it out

Lyrica works for some. But it caused me to gain weight and I have a fear of being heavy. So I stopped it. I wish they could find other ways to help us.

I have panic attacks, but it not because of fibro. My stems from years of abuse and physical and mentally. I have PTSD also. Fibro makes it worse when I have the attack. The phyic dr. Put me on advan 3 times a day, and I'm on wellbutrin sl and trazodone for bipolar. Try and stay stressed free, the best thing that I know, but I realize it's not easy
Life itself is stressful. Pain I'm on 60 mg a day morphine for chronic pain and 30 mg percocet daily. My fibro has been flaring up from circumstances that is out of my control. Making a dr appt for rheumatoid arthritis. I don't believe it's just the fibro that is making my joints hurt.