I'm new to this site also. I found it about a couple of weeks ago, when I was desperately searching for information on IBS-C and taking antidepressants to help with it. I bought both books and have found them very helpful as well as this site. Last summer I had an ulcer and I think everything went down hill from there after treatment (2 weeks of heavy duty antibiotics). I had very painful spasms, gas, bloating, and constipation. I couldn't eat any hard veggies. My doc put me on Elavil to help with the spasms and told me to take metamucil. Elavil was a great help, but I gained 10 months in 3-4 months, would sleep 10/day and had nighmares some times. I went to see another doc. about 3 weeks ago, she put me on lexapro. I'm suppose to try it for a month. The first week on this med was very frightening, my mind was racing a mile a second, plus heart palpitations (blood pressure up), couldn't sleep at all. But now I with three weeks on this med, I feel a lot better. I'm actually going to the bathroom more and able to sleep now, no spasms. I can actually eat almost anything. But I'm still going to try the diet, because I don't want to be on meds all my life. Plus I'm worried about other side affects that this med causes (besides the sexual side affects). Anyways, just wanted to tell my story and to tell you to hang in there. This site has a lot of helpful information and friendly people.
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