Q: Stomach acid problems caused by anxiety / stress?
asked by:
H4T
on June 19th, 2009
New User
Quick synopsis, I have generalized anxiety disorder and am currently receiving treatment (welbutrin, ativan and now counseling). Just yesterday I had the worst experience of my life in which my stomach was in such intense pain I thought that something inside me had broken. I felt waves of chest pain and lightheadedness which I'm thinking were panic attacks, because once I was able to mentally calm myself the stomach problems persisted for a couple hours. I called an ambulence and then went to my physician. The pain went away as I was there and he prescribed Prilosec and increased my Welbutrin dosage as well as my Ativan dosage frequency.
My question is, was the stomach acid problem unrelated to my anxiety (perhaps diet or other common causes) or would this more likely be a symptom of my anxiety? I know this is a question more for my personal physician, but I am curious about whether there is a relationship between these two things or not.
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