Diahorrea

[candyfloss66]

Hi, I have been suffering with Health anxiety for over a yr & have had ailment after ailment. I had a very sympathetic Dr who ran a lot of blood tests that all came back normal. However I am have been suffering with Diahorrea every morning for months. I don't have any pain atall the need to go happens the minute that I wake up. Up until a couple of weeks ago I was going 2-3 times the space of half an hr it seem's to have slowed down to once then that's it until the following morning there isnt any blood but it just isn't formed or if it is it's very soft in bits. I went to see a Gp & she put it down to my anxiety or IBS & also prescribed Amitriptyline 10mg she said to take one at night & it would calm me down. I have read up about the tablets & I really don't want to take them.The Dr said to take them for a month & she felt confident that the symptoms would stop. I have made an appt to see her next week I'm so worried this can't be normal..

Hey you have posted about this before haven't you. Sorry you are still struggling. I remember talking with you about it before. It sounds like anxiety induced runs or IBS to me, did then still does now. Much more importantly your GP has taken you seriously, has investigated and has found things ok.

Why do you not want to take amitryptiline? Why not see if it is indeed the anxiety causing the runs? what have you got to lose?

Yes it's me again Madmouse,thankyou for replying. I am still struggling but like I say it's now once first thing in the morning opposed to having to go several time's before leaving the house. I have tried watching what I eat but it make's no difference. I am worried sick as I don't have any other symptoms no stomach cramps or anything it's strange. It sound's crazy but every day I wish that it was normal & because it's been like this for so long I don't know what normal is. I'm very nervous about medication even if I have a headache I tolerate it. The tablets are an antidepressant but I don't feel depressed & life is good at the moment that's why I can't understand why I'm having these symptoms. I started CBT last week but my next session isn't until May the lists are very long.I'm just hoping that the diahorrea is anxiety a lot of things are going through my head at the moment as to what it could be ..

Amitryptiline is not just an anti-depressant. It works well on anxiety and specifically on IBS too - so I can totally see why your GP chose this drug.

It is worth it to snap out of this circle of having the runs because you're anxious then being anxious because you're having the runs.

I could tell you that the fact that it has improved all by itself is a sure sign that it is nothing serious but that will probably not help.

If I sound relaxed about this it is because I have IBS that is very sensitive to stress, what I eat, even the frigging weather I sometimes think, and I've long ago stopped worrying about consistency.

I feel so much better for talking to you Madmouse,but with HA rational thinking for me goes out of the window. It doesn't help that I keep reading & hearing on the radio about diseases that start with diahorrea. I am worried even though it is once a day oppossed to two or three. I'm not convinced that it's IBS as I don't have the symptoms i.e wind, cramps etc.
Maybe I will give the medication a go but the thing that worries me is if the diahorrea continues. I know I shouldn't think that far ahead. I feel for you with IBS it's very unpleasant I hope that you start to feel better:-(

Yes, give the medication a try and if it doesn't help tell yourself that you can ask for further investigation.

You don't have to feel for me with IBS, it's part of life triggered by a very stressful childhood and problematic eating and it's perfectly liveable with! There's an awful lot worse.

Sounds very much to me that it is caused by your anxiety. I used to get this too when I was working. I would get diahorrea first thing in the morning but only on the days I worked. I think it was the stress of getting up and out of the house. Now I've stopped work I don't get it anymore.

I doubt very much there is something more serious wrong, particularly as you've had a lot of tests that were all clear. I would try the amitriptyline, it could really help you.

I didn't explain in my previous post but the blood tests were a year ago not recently.My anxiety is very high today about the diaherrea as I went twice this morning the second time was very bad. I'm so worried that it's been on my mind all day that there is something wrong although I have been trying to be positive by thinking that it's the second day of my period so maybe that has had an effect. I won't see my Dr until next Wed then it's the waiting. Every morning I hope that when I go to the loo it's going to be normal I am for some reason very scared now as it's the same very day more or less:-(

Do you think you can give the amitriptyline a try?

I understand that severe anxiety can make your fears spiral out of control and it's no point someone else trying to tell you to think rationally, because anxiety takes hold and stops you seeing rationally. But FWIW, I do really think that your diahorrea is caused by your anxiety. Anxiety can and does have physical effects on the body.

If you give the amitriptyline a go, what have you got to lose? Give it at least a month to work and then re-evaluate how things are.

Bless you thankyou for replying hun. My hubby isn't understanding about HA & keep's telling me to think positive if only it was that easy.
I am praying that it is anxiety causing this every day & I am so worried & tired of it all now.I think because it happens every day & is never formed I can't rememeber when it was as it's been so long strange I know but I never have cramps. I know that I should give the Amitriptyline a go but I'm also concerned about pills. I just have it in my head that I have something sinister. Thankyou for listening & being so understanding ..

Ah you poor thing. I have anxiety issues too, although mine are around insomnia and fear of not sleeping. If you were to tell me that it's silly to be scared of insomnia, I would agree with you, but it wouldn't make my fear go away. I guess it's the same with you and your fears around your health. You can't make them go away regardless of how irrational you know them to be. Hugs. You will get through this. I've been under the crisis team lately and one of them told me that he'd never seen anxiety in a person go on and on. It will get better. Please give the amitriptyline a try. I do understand that you don't like taking pills, I am the same. But the AD I am on has really helped me. They are not just for depression, they treat anxiety too. It's worth it for a bit of quality of life don't you think?

Our fears are pretty much the same hun, mine has been going on for over a year now & it's one thing after another.I hope that you feel better soon it's so difficult. My next CBT isn't until May the waiting lists are long. I think that I will have to give the medication a try but at the moment I don't feel optimistic that they will help the symptoms everything is very negative at the moment tbh. I can't understand why I have diaherrea because I don't feel anxious when I wake up so what triggers it I don't know maybe I have been anxious for so long that I don't know what normal is if you know what I mean.Your right though I need to give the Amitriptyline a try :-)

Candyfloss - sounds like we have quite similar symptoms (just different associated worries). I would love to hear how you get on with the amitripyline if you do go ahead with it. Best of luck x

Hi candy floss, my iPad won't let me write your name properly grr! As you know, I have the exact same symptom as you and found this thread at about 3am this morning whilst trying to distract myself about what my tummy would be like when proper morning came!

I would be very tempted to take your amitrypline as Im sure I read last night that someone said it was good for ibs and anxiety. I have been prescribed sertraline and my plan was to start that this evening (have cleared the diary of anything important for a 2-3 days and got dh off work as I'm so worried about side effects). But actually when my GP prescribed this I was having anxiety about feeling faint and fainting while in out with my children. So maybe he would have given me the same meds as you if he had an up to date picture?

I can't believe you have to wait til May for CBT :(.mine is by phone which I don't really like, feels too distant. Also don't think I'm opening up enough to the therapist as I find it all really embarrassing.

How's your tummy today? Mine is better today after refusing to go to the loo yesterday even though I needed to until 3pm yesterday! Yes I'm mad but am just so angry about all. So I went this morning and it was NORMAL! A nice change but I know it will be back to normal tomorrow am :(