Definate link between the two.However I don’t know of any studies done . From my own experience, good treatment diminished the majority of my anxiety but not all, I still can’t fall to sleep a lot and sometime get that fluttery senation in my chest and a strong urge to just take off and run away. But no where near like it was in my teens and 20’s. Email me if you would like to, take care Michellemichelle R