headaches & panic disorder

matty · Silver Member Joined: 22 Jun 2000 Posts: 292

I often have headache, more than 15 days per month. I also have panic disorder. when I take medication for anxiety, I don’t have headache. Is there some relation between headaches and panic disorder?

decuir · Silver Member Joined: 01 Dec 2004 Posts: 277

Hi! I was interested about same issue. This is I know about relation between headaches and anxiety. Of all the disorders, major depression and panic disorder were most likely to co-occur with chronic daily headaches. Some people with chronic daily headaches have depressive disorders and some people have panic disorder. The co-occurence of chronic daily headaches with panic disorder may result from the relationship of both conditions with serotonergic dysfunction. Another theory is that because the symptoms of these conditions overlap, diagnosis is easier. My personal opinion is that some headaches are symptom of anxiety disorder.

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