Anyone Take Anxiety Meds?
Does anyone take anxiety medication to control their IBS?
Or do you take Anxiety medication but it makes IBS worse?
While I can't share any personal experience with you, I wanted to link a couple of articles and forums from people who have taken anxiety medication:
https://irritablebowelsyndrome.net/stories/ibs-and-gerd (you can also read the comments), https://irritablebowelsyndrome.net/stories/ibs-is-harder-when-you (shared their experience with Xanax in a comment), https://irritablebowelsyndrome.net/living/dealing-anxiety. I hope other community members will chime in soon and share their experiences with you.
Karina (team member)
Cambium, I have had a prescription for Xanax for many years. I take half a pill only when needed, which I reserve for attending large gatherings. This is due to anxiety about my IBS flaring up and possibly resulting in a bowel incontinence episode—something that has happened to me many times due to the combination of IBS and an injury when my first child was born. I rarely need a pill anymore because my confidence has increased as I’ve successfully had numerous public outings without incident. Having supplies and a plan for emergencies is also very helpful. Anything that relieves anxiety can help to alleviate it from triggering a flare up.
cambium re anxiety meds
Hello. I take amitriptyline
Thank you for sharing! Does it work well for you?
Other community members have also shared that Amitriptyline helps them, as in this forum: https://irritablebowelsyndrome.net/forums/amitriptyline-1 - I'm just linking that for anyone who might be interested in trying it.
Karina (team member)
Interesting. I have yet to take any... really trying hard not to. Meds mess up our system in the long run.
I feel that. How have you been doing lately?
Karina (team member)
