Anxiety and Stomach Issues - Anxiety Message Board

dbirchum · 02-28-2006, 09:33 AM

Ok, so i always had a lot of anxiety, issue. That i can accept (I guess). However, a couple of months ago, my stomach started to get worse. I always had minor stomach issues in the past, nausea, etc, but now it happens a lot more and is quite constant. I hate it. I asked my Dr. about it and he chalked it up to anxiety.

But - i need some relief! Help!!

Any suggestions?

I tried once taking Ginger pills, however, this was around the same time i was having dizzy spells/brain fog, etc, and i stopped as i wasn't sure if it was adding to this cause.....

hry33 · 02-28-2006, 10:55 AM

read up about GERD and acid reflux on the net, these often go with anxiety, the new antiulcer meds sometimes are prescribed

Mr. Jeff · 02-28-2006, 11:33 AM

Both my brother and mother have stomach issues "nervous stomach" including mostly diarrhea. They were started on very small doses of Klonopin It was originally an ati-seizure medication, so therfor helps as an anti-spasmotic
Their problems went away almost immediatly
Mr. Jeff

dbirchum · 03-01-2006, 07:36 AM

Really?? Klonopin, hey?

Interesting.....

smileybrunette · 03-01-2006, 09:57 AM

You may have gastritis which is something I wound up with because I get extreme anxiety attacks that last for weeks sometimes (depending on circumstances in my life). I've had nausea and stomach pain and was put on Prilosec which helps, however, it's very hard to stop once you start because your stomach acid rebounds when you try to get off it. I'm now weaning myself off with the help of Zantac, which I would recommend over Prilosec because it's not a proton-pump inhibitor, it just neutralizes stomach acid. You can take up to 600 mg of that a day. I finally had an endoscopic exam after two months of feeling bloating, pain and nausea, and they found quite a bit of inflammation in the upper third of my stomach around the esophagus. So excess acid produced during anxiety can inflame your stomach. I've been on the Prilosec for 6 weeks, so with the help of Zantac, I hope to get off anti-acids in a few more weeks as it takes a couple of months for it to heal up.