Guest guest Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 I was a very high strung and anxious kid from the time I started school. By the time I got to junior high, I started having panic attacks. By high school, I was miserable, anxious, and panicky throughout the school day. I had to transfer to an independent study high school (a rarity back then) because I couldn't take the stress anymore. But my anxiety kept getting worse, to where I would have panic attacks in my own home. My crohn's symptoms started at 19, and I was diagnosed at 21. As soon as my crohn's was treated, my anxiety quickly started to dissipate. I went from being agoraphobic one month, to going out to dinner with family the next. I was able to start college the next term. I had about 2 years of minimal anxiety, and then it came back full force and I had to drop out of college for awhile. Now I take Effexor for my anxiety. I'm hoping that within a couple years of SCD, I might be able to quit taking it. So did a bad gut cause my anxiety problems, or did my anxiety problems help bring on the crohn's? It's something I've wondered about. Holly Crohn's SCD 12/01/08 > > It's also hard to tell which comes first- chicken or egg. Gut issues or anxiety- since having to go through tests, doctor visits and so on does make you anxious. Then they tell you to treat the anxiety. The SSRI's are being recommended now for IBS- but did the anxiety cause the IBS or the other way around? > > SSRI's are also used in some cases of autism. Kids with high functioning autism can have improved behavior on them because they tend to treat anxiety. And the gut is full of seretonin receptors. > > This was the reasoning for my GP's advice to take Lexapro, but I could not tolerate it at all. > > PJ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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