My friend, who is on 2 types of anti depressants, started having a painful nervous stomach 3 days ago. ?!
Question: My friend, who is on 2 types of anti depressants, started having a painful nervous stomach 3 days ago. .?
Two days before the stomach pain came, she had her first full blown panic attach that lasted about 3 hours. She didn't recognize it as a panic attack and thought that she was dying. If you have ever had one, you know what I am talking about. Anyway, her stomach is hurting her so bad that sometimes she doubles over in pain. She has also been having diarrhea along with the stomach pains. She said she knows it is because her stomach is nervous but she doesn't know how to stop it. She is making me nervous because she is now taking more of the medications that were given to her to try and get rid of this feeling.
Please help me to help her. How can we get rid of this nervous stomach pain.?Health Question & Answer
Please help me to help her. How can we get rid of this nervous stomach pain.?Health Question & Answer
Answers:
she needs to talk to her doctor. she should not under any circumstance increase her meds on her own without her doctor permission. that it highly dangerous with psychotropic drugs. nor should ever stop taking them without his knowledge. sometimes when a patient has been on the same meds for awhile you can start having problems with them. that is why she needs to call her doctor and find out if it has anything to do with her meds or if she has some kind of stomach bug. the stomach bug is going around right now. both my husband and i have had it. if she has not had the flu shot she might want to think about getting it.in the mean time with the stomach problem, until she can get in to see her doctor, have her drink warm weak tea and nibble,like a mouse as mu dad used to say, on saltine crackers. also have her lay on her right side to drain any stomach acid away from her stomach. take two washcloths wet them down with warm water ,make sure that they are just damp not wet, lay one on her forehead and the other on her throat. put her in an area where there are only a few or even just one light on so that she can relax and see what happens. the pain will,hopefully, relax and the weak,warm tea and crackers should help with the stomach pain and any other stomach problems that should arrive. Hope she feels better soon.Health Question & Answer
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