Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | My experiance with Celexa

Hi all, It's been a long time since I posted, although this is the place I come to every morning with breakfast.

On to my subject,

I will tell a condensed version of my story.... (maybe)
Thanksgiving 2002 my first significant IBS attack...spent the next 3 MONTHS sleeping on the bathroom floor and eating teaspoons of jello or mashed potatos. I was so nauseaous, and had such terrible D I was afraid to eat....lost 55 lbs.
Finally stopped sleeping on the bathroom floor in July of 2003, felt alittle better seemed to be getting things under control. In May of 2004 I had my gallbladder removed, pathology reports stated chronic gallbladder inflammation.
The removal of my gallbladder didn't have a big affect on my IBS. By now, having been sick everyday for 2 years I was afraid...of leaving the house ! Hadn't been anywhere but the grocery store for soooo long, repeated cancelled appointments, because the stress of leaving the house gave my D.
I began getting pains all over and just felt horrible, complained to doc about every little thing.

Well, on November 2nd my doc prescribed my Celexa, by the second day I felt like a different person. My anxiety decreased and I had lost alot of my fears, I actually got in my car, put in a CD and just drove for awhile. It was like being alive again. All my mysterious aches and pains are gone, the IBS unfortunately is still here, I have D if I don't pay attention to what I eat. The D episodes no longer make me nauseous or fearful and I have most of my life back.

There is more to the IBS mind-gut thing than we realize....I didn't realize I was worrying so much, I had resigned myself to doing things around the house and living like I was. I was terrified when planes flew over the house, I didn't notice until someone told me that I didn't cringe.
We live in fear alot having IBS, some justified, some not. Retraining your mind is a good first start some of us need help getting started. My hope is to take this med for a time and hopefully wean off it at some point ad take control myself.

Thanks all for reading, I hope this helps someone.

Colby

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There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.
--Bern Williams

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