can't take meds for attacks - Panic Disorders Message Board

pinkie070 · 08-01-2003, 01:11 PM

I think I am experiencing panic attacks. I have been to so many different doctors now that I have no clue whats going on with me anymore. My next appointment is going to be with a GI. I started with stomach problems out of the blue that nobody seems to be able to explain. I've become partially lactose intollerant. But the worst part of the whole thing is, I am afraid to leave my house. I have this constant feeling that I am going to have diarreah (sp?). I don't always, but my stomach gets tense and bubbly when I have to leave my house.

So a psychologist was one of the doctors I saw about this and she diagnosed me with panic/anxiety disorder. But being that my stomach is so weak now, I can't handle the medications to help me through all of this. Can anybody help me?

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pinkie070

hry33 · 08-01-2003, 03:35 PM

welcome pinky, carafate or similar should calm the stomach and allow you to take valium type meds, these should enable you to leave the house
the stomach is often effected by anxiety and panic attacks
look up GERD on the net

stay with us

pinkie070 · 08-03-2003, 05:21 PM

Thank you for your help. I will look up GERD.

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immortal19 · 08-03-2003, 06:25 PM

well hello, and welcome
now im going to be straight because the same happened to me and must people with panic/anxiety dissorder. your gonna have to tolerate it for up to 2 to 4 weeks. so if you do want to get better, suck it up(not to be mean

)but i promise the side effects will go away. starting a healthy diet and exercise program will also help

pinkie070 · 08-03-2003, 07:46 PM

Really? 2-4 weeks? That doesn't sound too awfully bad except I have this thing about using public bathrooms. Not that I'm OCD or anything about it, its just I like the fact that its so open for other people to hear me use it. And being that I work in a big building, there are always other people in and out of the bathrooms.
I also have fears about the medications. I was on Paxil and I heard so many bad things about it, as well as the other medications prescribed for anxiety.
I am just really hoping that my upcoming appointment with the GI will diagnose me with something other than the anxiety. Something that will cure me. I hate feeling this way but most of all, I hate not knowing exactly what is wrong with me.

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