Posted by yxibow on February 3, 2007, at 0:26:33
In reply to Re: Diarrhea, posted by elanor roosevelt on February 2, 2007, at 21:38:24
> effexor or celexa
> i used to carry chewable anti diarrhea meds and always dosed myself before eating out
> let's see... depression or public humiliation
>Its a hard choice... :/ But untreated anxiety also caused a form of possible irritable bowel syndrome in me for several years and was embarassing to say the least.
Loperamide as mentioned, definately stops things in their track, at least for me. It may take a few hours but it is a OTC wonder drug (medium hard strength opiate with its molecules reversed so it cant cross the blood-brain barrier) for bad diarrhea caused by anything, period.Some may respond more to pepto-bismol tablets.
In the long term though one would have to switch between such medications because tolerance to the effect might develop, or obstructed bowel syndromes could occur.
Generally after a period of time, however, the body adjusts to the 5HT3 onslaught and the need for gastrointestinal medications reduces. Can't say this for everyone unfortunately but it does happen.
As for your case -- maybe those classes of medication weren't for you even in the long run. There are a lot of hard choices to make in treating biological disorders and none is easy.
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