Re: Ridiculous side effects!
09/02/04 07:21 PM
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jendear
Reged: 08/18/04
Posts: 5
Loc: Missouri, USA
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dear everyone ~
i can't even begin to tell you what encouragement this website and all the posts have been in my life! i always thought i was just "paranoid" or nutso to be scared of my tummy, scared to eat, and so stressed out over everything. it feels good to not be alone. 
casey ~ i am so worried about you! *hug* i think everyone on here would honestly say we've had moments where we just don't want to be alive while we're experiencing an attack (of any sort!) as my best friend fellow ibs sufferer says, "can't i just rip my tummy out and go on with my life?!"
i'm excited to hear people share their positive experiences with effexor ~ my dctr prescribed it to me yest, b/c the wellbutrin wasn't working. for me, my nausea and anxiety correlates directly with my ibs attacks (that stat that says 60% of ibs sufferers are diagnosed with depression or an anxiety disorder makes SO much sense). i have generalized anxiety disorder with depression, and have found that my weekly counseling and yoga are helping immensely. hopefully the effexor will help too.
i get worried about the affect all my probs are having on my easy-going-never-have-a-pain-care-or-worry husband. (how did he fall in love with me???!!!) i feel so bad trying to explain my seemingly baseless fears of throwing up, having a heart attack, or passing out. any thoughts? he is so supportive, and i hate the idea of my issues affecting him negatively, b/c sometimes i know i'm hard to live with!
btw, i SOOO feel the crazy side affects thing! i think my doctor said it best yesterday, "OK jen, rule #1 - when i give you this medicine, you are NOT, i repeat NOT, to read the side affects, because if you DO, you WILL get them. just do not read them. do NOT!" lol. it is SO true. i know that legally they have to put EVERY SINGLE side affect on those little pamphlets for legal purposes, and i figure that for those meds that treat nausea, and for some peeps caused nausea, it just didn't work for those peeps, and wasn't necessarily the CAUSE. does this make sense?
anyway, sorry so long winded. love to all my ibs guys and gals...
~ jen
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