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Hi,

Due to muscle pain , head ache,fibro frog and several other symptoms of fibromyalgia person tends to loose confidence and bemoces emotionally weak , as I said fibro frog it leads to confusion and lack of concentration. Just to gain confidence patient will cross check things what he or she has done and also increases doubt on what thing we have done. According to my 5 yrs of fibromyalgia experience these problem increases as physical & mental stress increases and also it highly correlated to sleep. More you sleep more you feel fresh. Kindly observe yourself when you have really sound sleep your symptoms of OCD or irritation are greatly reduced.

I have tried many anti depressents like SSRI, Dopamine, SNRI, Tri Cyclic Antidepressants, Tetra Cyclic Antidepressants. But I got real relief from GABA ie Clonozepam and I take this as maintenance dosage to keep myself active ie away from muscle pain and emotional breakdown and really helps for sleep.

Hi Carrie,

For many years Doctors have said and some still do, the old adage, "It's all in your head".

Well as you may know after extensive research and many many people who have suffered over the years, they now know it's not in our heads, certain symptoms do not coincide with anxiety, but others bring it on due to it's severity and debilitating changes it can make in peoples every day lives.

My personal story, I was told to go away and lose weight and it would help my ever growing muscle and back pain, so I did, I lost 8 stone in fact, walked, danced, pushed myself until I fell really ill for 3 weeks, you see after I'd lost the weight the pain worsened so I thought exercise would help, it brightened my mood, I gritted my teeth through the pain, as at that time hated painkillers.

After the illness and losing another 2 stone in that 3 weeks, finally being able to walk again, the tests started, hospital nearly every day, that's when I was diagnosed, found out some other stuff too, the bad depression and anxiety came at a later date.

As you can see that's just my story, but everyone is different, all I'm saying is they're now seeing FM as a physical disability now and not something in our heads xx

Surely you are joking??? If you have fibro you would know it is nothing like anxiety. The pain is all-consuming. I feel as though I am being crushed in a huge machine. I have great difficulty walking, I cannot dress myself without help, shoes and socks are impossible to put on alone. I climb the stairs on my hands and knees. Yes, I get a bit anxious too, it would be strange if I didn't, given that one never knows from one day to the next which symptoms will be the most difficult to bear each day. But to compare or confuse fibromalgia with anxiety is impossible as far as I can see. Have you seen a pain specialist and been tested positive for fibromalgia? Because lots of people think depression, anxiety and fibromalgia are more or less the same thing. I can promise you THEY ARE NOT. Depression and anxiety are much easier to treat for one thing, even though the treatment can be long, at least one can be cured. With fibromalgia there is no cure, just pain treatment to make life a bit more bearable. Good luck anyway, I hope you don't have fibromalgia, if not you are in for a long rough ride. Buy a few good books on Fibromalgia and read up on the real symptoms, you will learn that anxiety is just a small part of the problem. Take care, Julia

Hi Carrie,

I agree totally!  Check out everything! I met a lady that had been diagnosed with Fibro for 6yrs. Suffered considerably.  She had gone to another dr because of relocation and she found out it was her Back.  They treated her and Her pain was no more.

I always tell everyone that have been diagnosed with Fibro to make sure they go to a Rheumatologist and get a second opinion.  

But I didn’t know that anxiety could mimic Fibro symptoms.  Thank you for the info because my symptoms have been worse lately as I have been under a lot of extra stress with anxiety.

Lori

I am suffering from same. I am suffering fom severe ocd and health anxiety after my mum had brain stroke. Since then i used to panic for simple things. Once I got ocd blasphemic thoughts. It trigerred panic attacks as I had no control over my thoughts. Since childhood, I am a firm believer of god. Never realized how my mind could think badly about God. This caused me automomic nervous system to go hayware. Last december, I suffered from tinglings, pins and needles, eye bluriness, headaches, tight and heavy legs.

I thought it could be Multiple scelerosis symotoms and went into hyper panic mode. The symtoms amplified much more. I visited numerous docs and had many tests, brain scans . All tests were clear.All the three neuros told me its anxiety. After 3 months, all the symptoms stopped in feb.

Then from mid feb I started experiencing pain in hips, biceps and thigh. Since then pain level varied from day to day. I had an appointment with rheumatalogist. He did all kinds of tests for autoimmune disorders. All test were clear except for slightly high CRP. He didnt diagnose with me fibromyalgia as I dont suffer from fatigue, less sleep, fibrofog and tender points

It is frustrating to be in a limbo..😔

I think you know when you have fibromyalgia because you ache all over and in pain 24/7 and anxiety doesn’t cause pain it’s a whole different symptom if you’ve seen a Rheumatologist and he has done your pressure points and you suffer insomnia and really sore joints and if you over do it then you struggle the next day by the pain you have after over doing definitely a big difference in anxiety and fibromyalgia most people with fibromyalgia have anxiety and mostly because you suffer insomnia and stress is our evil because that just causes a dominos effect I guess you and your body should know the difference or see a GP and a Rheumatologist to get a diagnosis that will put your mind at ease hope that’s helped you and studies say you can get fibromyalgia after truma like surgery or any forms of trauma minecwe thing was after having my hysterectomy but I believe it started 2 years ago they put it all down to menopause but it wasn’t that if was fibromyalgia my Aunty has it and it sometimes runs in your family ❤️