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Q: anxiety and discolored stool
asked by: evalii on June 15th, 2008
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ever since i was diagnosed with anxiety and panic attacks i ve been having diarrhea and tan yellow stools! well the anxiety has gotten much better despite all the traumatic events in my life at the moment and my stool seems like its going through a phase! now its dark green! really dark!! i eat pretty normal! i don't have any meds to take anymore! i take vitamins now! but other then that!
i don't have any pain or anything abnormal just panic symptoms some times! no fatigue or loss of weight issues i am goin to go to the doctor in july cuz my medical insurance kicks in then
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Dr. Nikola
replied on June 16th, 2008
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Anxiety and panic attacks can affect your digestive tract by causing various digestive symptoms including diarrhea. That is called irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). But before blaming anxiety and IBS for your diarrhea, some other conditions should be excluded first. Intestinal infection can be checked first so you may need to do microbiological examination of the stool (copro culture).
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antigone
replied on June 16th, 2008
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Does your vitamin have iron in it? This can cause stool to turn dark green in some people.
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evalii
replied on June 18th, 2008
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well
i just ate the other day a handfull of fiber from whole grains and my stools are in the brown family! i cant go to the doctor just yet only sometime in july when my insurecne kicks in! now since ive been eatting the whole grians and rice cakes! my stools been brown,just so you know my stools dont float.and if i didnt mention i can be abnormally GAssy!
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evalii
replied on June 18th, 2008
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Re: well
evalii wrote:
i just ate the other day a handfull of fiber from whole grains and my stools are in the brown family! i cant go to the doctor just yet only sometime in july when my insurecne kicks in! now since ive been eatting the whole grians and rice cakes! my stools been brown,just so you know my stools dont float.and if i didnt mention i can be abnormally GAssy!





i ve been feeling really great! lately! my anxiety and panic symptoms are nearly gone! but my stool issue is still there! i don't feel bad in the stomach though! but i did when my panic symptoms where hard to control back like 3-5 months ago,i had really weird stomach pain sharp!!! too but now its completely gone! my stools have gotten better but not back to normal! i do take pills there for women,i don't have them right now so i don't know if there high in iron! but they have been helping with my withdrawals from ADIVAN
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Dr. Nikola
replied on June 23rd, 2008
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Can you report me all the medicines you have been taking recently?
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evalii
replied on June 24th, 2008
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answer
Dr. Nikola wrote:
Can you report me all the medicines you have been taking recently?

complete one sourse womens multi vitamin mineral and herbs! and before that bout 2 months ago adivan its been 2 months since i took any! but i stoped with the vitamins and my stool in in the tan family tan now! no green!!!!or dark greens!
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evalii
replied on June 24th, 2008
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evalii wrote:
Dr. Nikola wrote:
Can you report me all the medicines you have been taking recently?

complete one sourse womens multi vitamin mineral and herbs! and before that bout 2 months ago adivan its been 2 months since i took any! but i stoped with the vitamins and my stool in in the tan family tan now! no green!!!!or dark greens!
oh ADIVAN 1 MG
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evalii
replied on June 24th, 2008
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evalii wrote:
evalii wrote:
Dr. Nikola wrote:
Can you report me all the medicines you have been taking recently?

complete one sourse womens multi vitamin mineral and herbs! and before that bout 2 months ago adivan its been 2 months since i took any! but i stoped with the vitamins and my stool in in the tan family tan now! no green!!!!or dark greens!
oh ADIVAN 1 MG
oh and LOESTRAN FE OR 23 i think i spelled it right its the birth control pill
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Dr. Nikola
replied on June 25th, 2008
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Loestrin Fe can cause clay-colored stools (because of the iron) but not diarrhea.
Adivan can't cause diarrhea too.
If diarrhea continues you should do copro-culture to exclude intestinal infection.
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evalii
replied on June 25th, 2008
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yes
yes i will as soon as my med insurance kicks in 1 month to go! in the mean time ill stay off the meds like im doing and eat more fiber!
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evalii
replied on June 25th, 2008
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Re: yes
evalii wrote:
yes i will as soon as my med insurance kicks in 1 month to go! in the mean time ill stay off the meds like im doing and eat more fiber!
but this all started when i was diagnosed with anxiety and panic attacks! but they have gotten way better! i don't have them anymore!well 89% gone!im pretty normal now! and as i got better there my stools did as well! but its still like i said tan,light tan and sometimes green but i even stopped with the vitamins and now its only tans
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Dr. Nikola
replied on June 26th, 2008
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How many times per day you have diarrhea?
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evalii
replied on June 26th, 2008
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Dr. Nikola wrote:
How many times per day you have diarrhea?
i dont! have diarrhea !!! my stools are just tan-light tan
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Dr. Nikola
replied on June 27th, 2008
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Can you stop looking into your stools every time you have bowel movement?
There are much more pleasant things to look in.
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CarolDiane
replied on June 27th, 2008
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That's odd
I keep tabs on my stools all the time. I have had IBS since childhood, then went into colitis and now headed for Chrones desease. I report any sugnificant changes to my doctor. I don't think I have OCB at all. I just keep want to make sure my diet is correct for Colitis, because now everything is starting to run right through me. I also have two diverticuli at the end of the decending colon.

Does that make sense?
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evalii
replied on June 27th, 2008
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Dr. Nikola wrote:
Can you stop looking into your stools every time you have bowel movement?
There are much more pleasant things to look in.
WHO ME? i thought sumthing might be wronge with me, thats all! Shocked
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evalii
replied on June 27th, 2008
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Re: That's odd
CarolDiane wrote:
I keep tabs on my stools all the time. I have had IBS since childhood, then went into colitis and now headed for Chrones desease. I report any sugnificant changes to my doctor. I don't think I have OCB at all. I just keep want to make sure my diet is correct for Colitis, because now everything is starting to run right through me. I also have two diverticuli at the end of the decending colon.

Does that make sense?
??? well not in my case,this started to happen after i was diagnosed with anxiety and panic disorder
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blueface08
replied on May 29th, 2009
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are you sure! you're over! your anxiety!!!?
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evalii
replied on May 29th, 2009
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Dr. Nikola wrote:
Anxiety and panic attacks can affect your digestive tract by causing various digestive symptoms including diarrhea. That is called irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). But before blaming anxiety and IBS for your diarrhea, some other conditions should be excluded first. Intestinal infection can be checked first so you may need to do microbiological examination of the stool (copro culture).

its is officially going to be a year since ive been waiting for my medical insurance to kick in! i didnt have the money for anything but now i do and i have a appt for next weekend.I get pain on my left side! alot i think it maybe related
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