I personally hated the antidepresants myself- I was dead against them- They prescribed me Paxil- I took it for 4 days and it was such a terrible feeling- groggy, disconected, tired, "out of it" as you said- so I stopped taking them- then a month later all I was doing was crying because I was tired of the cramps and pain- Eating wasn't enjoyable anymore. So my GI doctor stared me on a low dose SSRI- they say that it raises the pain tolerance. Well I started on 25mg of Zoloft for a week then went up to 50 mg- The side effects only lasted about 4 days- I didn't feel a big difference in my pain and I was still crying alot. My family and friends all said hang in there- everyone is different- it takes a while for the levels to build up- especially being on such a low dose. So I stayed on them- my family doctor bumped me up to 75 mg because I still felt very depressed and it has been about 7 weeks- and I can feel a difference emotionally- I wouldn't let a day go by without taking it now. As for the full feeling- Yes I feel full all the time- I have abdominal distention (visible), not just a bloated feeling. But I am hungry to if that makes any sense... I have alot of gas in the morning, and at night- I twold say the normal amounts throughout the day though. The morning is the worst gas for me though. Why are you on the can't eat anything for 3 days??? Because you haven't had a bm and you feel full? You need to have something to eat- Oh beleive me when my pain gets bad I haven't eaten for 3 days either- and that only made it worse for me. Try to eat something... Even it's it just rice. And drink water.. Water even made my pain worse sometimes I thought. I had bad days still but no matter what I force myself to eat- I had a very bad 2 months in January and February for some reason- and I wasn't eating for days at a time- then I'd feel better and I'd eat for a couple days, then feel sick again- and stop eating again- I lost 11 pounds in 2 months- 11 pounds I didn't want to lose --- I am 35, 5'6" and now I weigh 110. I look sickly... Haas your doctor tried you on miralax? I see alot of good results here with that. What did your doc tell you to do after he said you had IBS-C?
-------------------- Melissa
Pain predominant w/occasional C.
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