My doctor often talks of starting me on one once I stop nursing my son. She says it should help w/ my general anxiety and usually finds that it helps ppl with their IBS symptoms. She said a man my age (21) started prozac and now has no more symptoms. It sounds too good to be true.
Has anyone else taken an AD and seen a dramatic improvement in their symptoms?
I really do have an irrational fear of passing out and dying (I know, I sound crazy) so I like to think that the AD would help me anyway. But I hate taking medications because I always think I'll get every side effect and then die. I mean, every time I have an IBS symptom I make myself sicker freaking out about it. I had D twice this morning and I have no idea why. Other than lack of sleep and stress, I'm not sure what cause could be. Anyway, I always worry and panic that the painful cramps could cause me to pass out and then have to go to the hospital and die. Why am I so crazy? I have no idea. I should know I'm not going to die, but it has turned into this crazy fear I have. Anyway, I just don't want the AD's to do more harm than good. I took Zoloft and Effexor in the past for VERY short periods of time after and eating disorder, but all they did was make me paranoid that I was going to gain weight and I eventually, just stopped taking them. I was pretty paranoid about side effects and always thought they made me dizzy. (See, I'm weird, I always worry that I'm dizzy because to me that seems like a logical thing to happen before passing out, which is my fear!)
Anyway, enough about my silliness.
If you are taking an AD, what is it? Does it help w/ IBS?
And PS my little bit of D this morning could be caused by stress, lack of sleep, or maybe diet? I've been eating dairy free choc. chips for the past few days. Maybe I had too many? I also had some homemade chicken marinade last night made w/ oil and pita chips at lunch. Do you think I had too much fat the past few days? I had a lot of green bile coloring to my D and mucus in it. Any advice?
I'm trying not to freak out about things, but I just get so worried and anxious about everything!
Any advice or anything would help me.
Thanks 
Amber
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