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Question: i have neck shoulder and jaw pain. I havegeneral anxiety disorder, and fibromyalgia. i take anxiety medications, and lexapro. the more pain i have, the more anxiety is associated with it, how can i stop the cycle. have seen doctor, but no help with pain.
Brief Answer:
Standard treatments.
Detailed Answer:
would include aspirin like drugs, muscle relaxants of the non-controlled type, antidepressants....but more so physical therapy and exercise. One might in addition.....1) get imaging studies to evaluate if there is an underlying spinal condition. 2) yoga/body awareness techniques 3) relaxation techniques with cognitive behavioral therapy.. this is both for anxiety and also muscle spasms.
The more commonly used antidepressants in fibromyalgia work by having stress hormone effects and this can be a problem in anxiety conditions. Lexapro is quite safe and UNlikely to cause anxiety.
Last, anti-epileptic drugs have been used in both these include pregabalin and gabapentin but, wouldn't be my top choices.
Standard treatments.
Detailed Answer:
would include aspirin like drugs, muscle relaxants of the non-controlled type, antidepressants....but more so physical therapy and exercise. One might in addition.....1) get imaging studies to evaluate if there is an underlying spinal condition. 2) yoga/body awareness techniques 3) relaxation techniques with cognitive behavioral therapy.. this is both for anxiety and also muscle spasms.
The more commonly used antidepressants in fibromyalgia work by having stress hormone effects and this can be a problem in anxiety conditions. Lexapro is quite safe and UNlikely to cause anxiety.
Last, anti-epileptic drugs have been used in both these include pregabalin and gabapentin but, wouldn't be my top choices.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
can you recommend any simple exercises that i could try here at home, with out going to physical therapy? This whole thing has been going on for about 2 weeks, and is just about to get the best of me. Is walking good? with the anxiety disorder, my mind tells me that every nasty thing in the book is happening to me..heart attack, stroke, etc. Is it just a matter of resting the affected area and taking the anxiety meds and pain relievers, until things get better...OR should i be up, gardening mowing and all the activities i usually do?
Brief Answer:
Not really.....
Detailed Answer:
not without an exam...general range of motion. personally I find it helpful under awarm shower
toe touches
arma sraight and moving to each direction
shoulder isolations
neck isolations....
Not really.....
Detailed Answer:
not without an exam...general range of motion. personally I find it helpful under awarm shower
toe touches
arma sraight and moving to each direction
shoulder isolations
neck isolations....
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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