I am about to head off to college but I am
extremely nervous because I have suffered
from anxiety my whole life. When ever I
get in unfamiliar situations such as
school, or appointments I get very nervous
and get this feeling and my stomach starts
to hurt and then I get diarrhea. I hate it
so much because it hinders me from doing
so many things even hanging out with
friends. Most of the time I feel like I'm
so weird for acting like this and that I'm
the only one in the world with this
problem. I am so embarrassed by this and
only my family knows I suffer from this. I
want to know if there are other people out
there who can still live normal lives
while living with this? I often wonder
this because I think if one day I get
married my husband will have to see
this...which is another fear and just
thinking about that will cause me to have
anxiety attacks. I would just like to hear
other peoples stories about how they
manage this problem and still have a life.
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CarolDiane
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I Will Join You Posted: 10-12-07 06:12am
When I was a child just in grammer school,
I use to get a really bad stomach ache
before school (I was always picked on and
not part of the peer group) and every time
I would have to sit on the toilet for
sometimes what seemed like hours. Later on
in life as it never went away, I went and
had a colonoscopy which was then diagnosed
as spastic colon. All due to stress and
anxiety. I too have suffered from aniety
all my life. As I got older the diagnosis
of spastic colon went into colitis which I
still have. There are medications out
there, but I choose not to take them
because of the high narcotic effect it has
on you. It has belladona and phenobarbital
in it. Called "Donnatol". Been on that
many times and can be very addicting. So I
opted not to take it anymore. The only
thing I don't like about having this, is
alot of times it comes without warning and
I can't go out anywhere for fear of a blow
out. In fact, it just happened last week
and had it for two days straight.
So, you are not alone at all. It has
everything to do with Stress and Anxiety.
Unless. you dig deeper and doctor finds
something else is an issue.
Good luck and I know you will do just
fine.
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liya
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Posts: 2
Thanks Posted: 10-12-07 12:01pm
Sad to hear you have to suffer from this
also. My mom took me to the doctor when I
was little because she thought there was
something wrong with me but the doctor
told her that is was probably happening
because I was just nervous. It has got
considerably better as I've got older but
I worry it will cause problems in the long
run from this cycle that I go through on
what seems a weekly basis.
