what to do for burning....

[woollis2]

Lately my stomach's been burning and I mean bad. I have an ulcer already, and I have IBS (irritable bowel syndrome.....just what you really wanted to hear, huh) so I do experience indigestion,nausea, and burning from time to time, but NEVER this bad. Lately it's everytime I eat or if I don't eat.....basically worse when I eat......YUCKYYYYY!

This summer when my nerves were like completely shot, my stomach was bad, kinda like this. I couldn't eat ANYTHING w/o it making my tummy hurt or burn and getting diarreah. It was awful. I lost almost 20 lbs in about 3-4 weeks cuz I couldn't eat w/o those awful side effects. Don't get me wrong, I WANTED to eat, but I just couldn't and I didn't have time to run to the bathroom every five minutes and be in agony. So I drank Pepsi for energy and every once in a while at some saltines.

Alot has been going on the last week or two and I'm wondering if my nerves are shot again. I have been very depressed (lay around my jammers and do nothing....I know....don't flame me....very lazy) lately, specially since xmas break with school. My doctor put me on Librium for my nerves last year and I take them ONLY when I need them, but I'm out and I do not have the money (I don't have insurance) to buy anymore. I used to take Gingerroot for my nausea, but I'm out. I started to take Prevacid 30 mg again to see if this would help in the long run. Anacids and milk don't work.......

Is there anything to do to get my nerves calmed down? I just keep sinking in depression when I dwell on what's going on (I know...don't dwell dumbass....it's hard not too if you knew what was going on but it's not like a divorce or anything like that). Anything that I could do to ease the nerves and anything to take to make my burning GO AWAY and the diarreah GO AWAY......

 

[woollis2]

Sounds like G.I.R.D. to me.

Have you tried regular yoga, meditation/prayer, or some other daily form of relaxation?

I had IBS and GIRD form grade school until I moved out of my parents home when I was 17. I grew up in a high stress invironment where I jumped every time a door slammed. No, I was not physically abused. However, ALOT was expected of me. Perfect grades, top rankings on the track team, etc, etc...I was under SO much pressure to perform all the time. To be the best. I was consantly in fear of failing them. I was on donatol (sp) for my stomach aches from the age of about 12. I dropped out of highschool and went to college when I was 15. Things got better because I wasn't home as much. Then, when I moved out, it stopped entirely. Funny thing is, ,my parents both still have it. They don't realize how how strung they are. My point is, you can get past this without drugs.

Thanks for the confidence!!! I guess I got thru it once (the first time was marital problems) I probably can get thru it again. I 'm strong...right now I don't know what to do and I can't control the situation. I can control some of it and I'm going to have to bring us out of drowning again and above water so to speak. It's just so overwhelming.

 

[new@gettinbig]

Personally I think drugs make the situation worse..and dr's are so quick to give them to everyone..a quick fix to our problems...We all deal w/ all kinds of shit in our lives all the time...and to be depressed at times is a part of life...I think the more you exercise and get out it helps..takes your mind off things and makes you feel better...They lead to more problems anyways..you end up losing your sex drive and so on..then there is another situation you have to deal w/ on top of everything else...why waste the money? My mom has been on different things and to be honest they don't help at all...then you become dependent on some drug to make you feel semi normal?? We all deal w/ shit.....find ways like spatt mentioned to cope...mine is lifting and cardio...once i am in the gym..i have no worries or anything on my mind...

 

[woollis2]

after i graduated from one college and started a new one this fall i started working out EVERY week. it gave me something to look forward to......loved it...i talked about it all the time......that's how i vented....but.............

i used to take hot baths alot. not a bath...but a baaaaaath....the ones you just soak in. I usually had smelly bath crystals and foaming crystals with candles and new age music or classical music playing. drinking my hot herbal tea....sometimes i would relax in the tub with a book....had to be careful not to drop it....lol...

it seems like i never have time......okay now i do.....but after january it will be back to the same old thing.........

actually.....that hot bath sounds good....i could probably fall asleep in there.......

 

[diamonddiceclay]

paxil will help the anxiety

 

[diamonddiceclay]

Absolutley correct. It will will treat the symptom and not the problem.

Not to mention the kind of emergency "I need to take a dump" sides on Paxil...she has that now!

I have the exact opposite reaction to paxil-it is constipating

 

[KBgrl]

wow im glad i read this thread.... i do lots of the same things.... very jumpy...etc... like what u said spatts...about the door slamming...stuff like that....ALLLL THE TIME!.. it was much worse when i was kid and living home.... now its much better but still there.... i tend to get nervous and ANXIOUS...trouble eating from time to time..etc... i thougt about paxil etc... but decided not to go on any meds.... so what do u suggest spatts? what worked for u?

i try to set times for relaxation..... LUV my baths... like u wollis... i live for my baths...candles....music...red wine.... i also enjoy curlin up my couch in my jammies reading a book and i do get relaxed when im in the moment but it doesnt seem to help my overall mood.

well good luck grl!

 

[woollis2]

i'm glad i'm not alone. if i can "escape", i find myself not focusing on the problems....but then when i'm done....reality hits and i get depressed and upset again......my tummy hasn't been burning since i've been online cuz i'm "escaping".........

 

[wilson6]

1) Fix the stress problem or learn to live with it better.

2) Learn some relaxation techniques. Seek professional help if necessary for this and #1. Psych drugs only if necessary, they are not a long-term cure.

3) See a GI specialist and get the stomach problem resolved and healed. There are plenty of meds out there now that will help. If you let the stomach problem continue, you run the risk of developing stomach cancer and/or colitis. If that happens, the problems you're having now will seem insignificant.

W6