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Old 06-20-2003, 09:56 PM   #1
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Unhappy Anxiety or Spine problem?

It all started with my stomach after dinner one night, my stomach locked up like it was not moving or digesting my food, had extreme cramping on the left side lower small intestinal area,constant bloating and gas it was so bad that I could'nt go to work for a month, lower back pains come and go during this month,stools and gas smelled awful very affensive,I had a Colonoscopy and EGD done, all normal findings, had a stool sample done because I was concerned about the smell and constant yellow and green color, findings?.. (only a little blood which cleared up), had a gluten tolerance test done results?.. (negative).I was in ER twice and after several blood and two CT scan of abdominal area was told that I was suffering from (Anxiety Disorder), the next month my stomach symtoms subsided and my head started to get sharp stinging pains from the top of my nose to the top of my head every 3 to 4 sec. then the dizziness and off balance feeling started, went into ER again two CT scan of the brain and every blood test known to man done, result?... (Anxiety Disorder), the dizziness continues and now weakness in legs and arms and when sleeping my fingers and toes are numb, I go to see my primary doc. she orders a brain MRI and puts me on paxil, results from MRI?... (normal), Im not seeing any response to the paxil except for head aches and stomach pains. Dizziness, weakness and numbness continue, my neck is stiff and cracking all the time , lower back pinching and pains, I see my primary again and she switched me to Effexor, seeing a little improvement but not much, Ativan helps a little , cant sleep very long because I wake to a feeling like im falling off the bed or moving and my neck and troat feel stiff like the blood isnt getting to my head or like im choking. Is anyone experencing this? Is this really Anxiety??? Will it ever end ??? I havnt been to work in 2 months and im losing my house and my family is worried, can anyone help me??

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Old 06-21-2003, 07:25 AM   #2
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Have you tried going to a Chriopractor?
I know that when my neck and back go out...which is often...my hands, arms, feet, legs, and sometimes even my head will feel numb and tingle.
I also get a sort of burning between my shoulders.
When my back is out my panic seems to be increased 50%.
It might be worth a try.

 
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HI Campbell,
the effexor and paxil would be to reduce anxiety, they must be taken daily and dont work properly for 3 to 8 weeks, sometimes they never work
ativan and other valium meds also reduce anxiety and a high ativan dose could be tried as an experiment, clonazepam is a benzo that lasts longer and could be an alternative, a quite high benzo dose may be needed.

I dont know what is wrong with you, have you experimented with different diets?the stomach doesnt sound like anxiety to me,but the rest could be anxiety, perhaps from the stomach problems
alfalfa or papaya tablets sometimes make the digestive system wotk better

go to the panic disorders inst website and ask the psych there about your problem
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