Depression relief was the primary driver of disease improvement among patients with fibromyalgia and prominent anxiety and depression symptoms.

Lynne Matallana (she/her) still remembers the day she walked out of her doctor’s office. She had been experiencing bouts of pain and fatigue, and was seeking help for her symptoms. Her provider, ...

Between four and 10 million people in the U.S. have fibromyalgia. Many doctors look askance at the disorder, leading some patients to seek pain relief from substance use.

Fibromyalgia is one of the chronic pain conditions that fall under the “biopsychosocial model”, 1,2 meaning that many variables affect the disease, both internal and external. Some of the external ...

In patients with newly diagnosed fibromyalgia who have prominent symptoms of anxiety and depression, remission of depression — not pain reduction alone — determines clinical improvement.

“This is the primary reason people with fibromyalgia search for a compassionate provider,” says Kevin V. Hackshaw, MD, a board-certified rheumatologist who specializes in fibromyalgia at UT Health ...