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Originally Posted by PoppyRoad
Okay, first of all SSRI's are usually very helpful for IBS. Even a low dose of an SSRI can calm your gut.
Please read everything you can find online & even check out some books about IBS. It is a very real, extremely disabling, and surprisingly common condition that just takes some figuring out to discover what works for you. IBS and anxiety disorder often go hand-in-hand. So much so that medical science has come to the conclusion that the two disorders are interrelated.
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Thank you for all of those resources, I will definitely look into them. I've been on a multitude of medications over the past few years. I was on Prozac for a while but I finally convinced my doctor that it wasn't doing anything (depression is not my concern, the anxiety causes some severe bouts of depression)
If you or anyone else experiences similar symptoms to mine, I'm really interested in what medications, types of therapy, other ways to help you that you use. I've tried so many things and it's just getting tougher. Any insight is better than none and I would greatly appreciate hearing any of your thoughts, experiences, or tips.