SO, Im 46 year old male.....runner, workout, always able to eat healthy...salads, pasta, chicken, whole wheat....ive had panic disorder on and off for 20 years...only illness......i take a subtherapeutic dosage of prozac 7mg......it helps for my panic...and klonopin(like a xanax drug) for any major attacks...i faint during my major attacks so it can get pretty bad......usually, i have no issues in my corporate job and live a pretty active life with running, etc etc....
So, 1 month ago, I started doing these intense crunches at the gym and thats when i realized that my stomach seemed more distended and solast week, after eating salad at work(been eating it every day for years), I got CRAMPS during a meeting...ran to bathroom and had a BM after forcing a bit....felt better....went back to meeting...it started happeneing again.....except this time the cramps were intense waves throughout my stomach..like a baby kicking...i ran and had the explosive diarhea......which led to a massive panic attack.......since then, im scared to eat at work since im afraid of having to leave meetings....I was eating tuna annd lettuce on whole wheat for lunch this week and wasnt really having the normally great BMs that i had when i ate the salad daily ...so on friday, i tried the salad again and 30 minutes later, the same thing happened as 1 week ago friday.....and again, it led to running out of a meeting....pushed a bit, had a small bm...went back to meeting and then major cramps and ran out again and explosive d....then massive panic attack......went back to meeting after taking klonopin and almost fainted in meeting......
So, does this sound like how IBS starts....distended stomach from situps...all of a sudden not being able to eat salads suddenly.......if it wasnt for my panic attacks, i could handle this better but everytime i get the explosive D, it makes me feel faint/panicky and then im useless at work .....im now fearing meetings ....how do i break this cycle....should I not push for BM during the day so that it doesnt start the cycle? is it really just the salad causing this(i wont be eating it again).....could this be just stress thats causing these violent episodes....i never had this before and with panic disorder have had so much stress in my life......Also with salads, is it just the lettuce that causes it? OR could it be the broccoli, eggwhites, croutons, chick peas and olive oil? I dont know how to eat healthily anymore....still have the oatmeal in the AM but for lunch...tuna and the processed meats...ie fat free turkey/chicken have tons of sodium.......what else can lunch be without salads for it to be healthy?
Should I increase the prozac....has that helped for anyone...ie SSRIs? Take Klonopin daily to calm down ....?
Tons of questions, i know.....I am seeing a gastro for first time on Wed....Dr Gerson in NYC>..he seems to specialize in IBS if that is indeed what i have ....he has a website......
Thanks for listening......
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