Jenn

thank you! had a great couple if days on my nedication and the last thing i ate seems like it got stuck again. ? however, i sm starting to wonder if ut the way I am sitting that is causing It! so I am going to try an experiment over the next couple of days...

It is such a rare occurrence and it happens typically in the south, where it is constantly hit, and in stagnant water. it's fine. Promise. unfortunately, the media likes to make it out like it is an epidemic which totally sets our anxiety into high gear.

yep. totally normal!!

So taking a new medication tonight. Not an anxiety med, but a med to help me with my esophogus, stomach, and intestine issues. I need to take it for a month and hopefully, it will clear up my issues. The thing is, I get major anxiety taking a new medication. I need my husband to be home in the case of having a side effect. I also don't read the side effects, but instead make him read it and then if I feel something, I ask him if it is a side effect. I feel like I am like this for the 1st week. Anyone else?

I personally have been on Celexa for almost two years and it has been a God send for me. My anxiety has decreased dramatically, and while I have had a recent uptick in the past couple of months again, the level is still much more manageable and I know what my trigger was. Mine took about two weeks to kick in initially.

thank you. going on a medication called dexilant Dr and hopefully that will help with symptoms! so nervous to take a new med though!

I have completely been there! Doesn't happen a lot, but it has happened a handful of times. And yes, it is normally when I am trying to suppress work stress or not focus on my health anxiety. I can't remember why I am scared, but I am scared and have this complete feeling of dread. And the worst thing is that it sticks with me the whole day. Just know you are not alone and it is normal (well, for us!! )

Hello All! So, I will start out by saying that I saw the doctor for this last month. Lost the blood work paperwork and the Rx I had been prescribed is just getting filled (took a while). But, this is intermittent and really still freaking me out. Two things are going on: 1) When I eat, food seems to go down slow. And now, I find myself obsessing about it. Every bite, every swallow, I think "Please go down normal". 2) Every couple of weeks, my stomach on the left side gets irritated on and off. Now, I do think some of that might be constipation, but not 100% sure. My doctor (bless her heart), tried to assure me and did not think I needed an endoscopy even. She wanted to try the meds and thinks that will clear up the issue. Has anyone else had that feeling with the food and started obsessing over it? I guess I am thinking that I am now psyching myself out over it and making it worse.

Let me start off by saying that I am seeing the dr. on the 15th. However, I need to see if other people have had this. I am trying SOOOOO HARD NOT to Google! The temptation is there because I am desperate for some comfort (and yes, I know that is totally the wrong place to get that). This is what has been going on: Got very constipated at end of March. Started getting irritation in my stomach and intestines. Not painful, but after I ate something, it I felt irritation. Initially, pain was closer to esophagus, then it moved closer to the other side of my stomach (I think). I had moved around a little, but not much. I also have been getting intermittent heart burn. So I took a lot of fiber, ate a lot of soft foods and liquids and it went away after about a week and a half. Couple of weeks later, it came back. Not constipated any more, once in a while (not consistent), the irritation comes back. Mid-End of April, begin to notice after bowel movement, a small amount of bright red blood on the toilet paper, looks almost diluted. Now (sorry, TMI), I feel irritated in down there when going to the bathroom. Of course, I have been trying to not let my anxiety get to me. There are lot of reasons that this stuff could happen, I'm sure. None of which have to do with Cancer. However, one of my high school class mate was diagnosed with Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer, and she is only 38, so if it could happen to hear, it can certainly happen to me (since her diagnosis, my anxiety has shot through the roof- prior to that, the past two years on Celexa has been wonderful and mostly anxiety free). Now, I am looking for any signs, totally convinced on and off that I am jaundiced. One second, I am like "Wow! I look yellow!", the next minute I look fine. Please help! Please help me stop trying to google and let me know your experience!

I've been on Celexa for about 2 years now. I don't recall getting more anxious but it has been a while. It might just be the change in your Brain's chemistry. I know that I have been feeling more anxious as of late, so I myself am either looking to up in dosage or switch. As long as it evens out in the end, then I would not change it.

Welcome! New here myself. A fellow AZ transplant. My old screen name was Lilyofthevalley.

Sounds very much like what I had 10 years ago. You are describing it perfectly. It was tension headaches. I actually saw a physical therapist and they gave me electrode therapy for it and it went away!

I'm sorry you are going through that. It is stressful what you are going through! Good news is that inconclusive does not equate to anything negative, it simply means the test did not work the way it was planned. How old is she? Does she return soon? The bathroom stuff sounds like IBS to me. With that much stressful stuff, it can mess up your intestinal system and do funky things.

I would say if your doctor feels okay about it, I would take it. Taking the medicine was the hardest part for me, but it was also the best decision I ever made. Once you get on the right medicine, it can change your life!

Hello All!! First time poster here! Found my way over here since Anxiety Zone shut down. Anyways, I have been on Citalopram for about a year and a half now and it has been a true Godsend for me. But for the past couple of months, I have noticed a very slight discoloration of skin (maybe a little smaller than a penny) on my forehead by my hairline. Wasn't painful, but I thought it was a bruise (by the way, not even my husband noticed until I pointed it out today, so very minor I guess). But today, the area got a little puffy and sore to the touch. I decided to call a dermatologist to get looked at, and of course, the very first thing the nurse says is "do you have a history of Melonoma?" No! But now I am freaking out! So of course, I lose all sense of willpower and google bruise and skin c****r and Ding!Ding!Ding! It pops up! I am completely convinced I have skin c****r now and had an anxiety attack like I have not experienced since I started taking my medicine. Which is why I am on here, I visited AZ to give moral support since I had been feeling better, but now I find myself needing to be the one who gets support from my fellow health anxiety friends!