Other conditions associated with panic disorder
You may have another condition along with panic disorder that can make successful treatment more difficult. Other conditions include:1, 2
- Depression, which occurs in approximately 50% of people with panic disorder.3
- Anxiety and anxiety disorders, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- Substance abuse problems with drugs or alcohol, which often are a result of attempts to cope with panic attacks.
- Social anxiety disorder, a fear of being humiliated in public.
- Body dysmorphic disorder, a focus on a real or imagined defect in physical appearance.
- Hypochondriasis, a fear of having a serious disease based on real or imagined symptoms.
- Somatization disorders, the presence of physical symptoms that are caused by mental conditions.
| Author: | Douglas Dana Sabra L. Katz-Wise Ralph Poore | Last Updated: January 11, 2007 |
| Medical Review: | Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine Andrew Swan, MD, CCFP, FCFP - Family Medicine Lisa S. Weinstock, MD - Psychiatry | |
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