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Suggest Treatment For Breathing Difficulty With Stomach Pain And Nausea

I have started having panic attacks and when I have them, it s hard to breathe. I have always been a constant worrier and have always been stressed. I get knots in my stomach that make me miserable and nauseated badly. sometimes I throw up. I can t eat like this and I lay awake most nights when this happens until 3:00 to 4:00 am. I do this at least once a week and this whole mess of problems may last up to 4 days and sometimes longer. I have gone to several physicians asking for help because I make the mistake of asking for Xanax. I took that medicine for several years and it took the problem away, then the doctor who prescribed them retired. I don t know where to turn. I had it so bad the other day, that the knots in my stomach were real high up in my stomach (right where I hurt when I had a gallbladder), but when my stomach was like that it felt like my throat was swelling shut or it had a big knot in it one. My mom gave me a Xanax and after it started working, my stomach settled down and my throat wasn t swollen any more. that was the only relief I had for 3 days of living with my stomach and throat like it was. I am 60 years old, and I m not trying to get a buzz like I have heard some younger people do, I just need one for my nerves, not to abuse, just for relief. When I had them prescribed before, the doctor gave me too many, I thought because he gave me enough to take 6 per day. I can truthfully say, if I took one it was usually one about mid-day and one at bed time. If my stomach wasn t bothering me, I took one only when I was nervous and got the shakes real bad, or at bedtime if I couldn t sleep. Why is it so hard for someone to get a prescription when they need one, that s what they are manufactured for.
Mon, 8 Dec 2014
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Hi.
hanks for your query and an elucidate history.
After reading and re-reading your history I could get is that you need Xanax.
You should consult another Doctor For a second opinion and any good Doctor would certainly after going through your history would prescribe you this .

As a precaution due to your age of 60 , you should get yourself investigated at least once and I would advise you the following:
Investigations:
*Routine blood investigations like Complete blood picture, blood sugar, urea, creatinine, liver function tests, thyroid function tests.
*Urine -routine and microscopy
*Stool: routine, microscopy, occult blood, culture and sensitivity.
*Ultrasonography of abdomen,
*Colonoscopy
All these investigations should be within normal limits for one to say you have IBS.

Treatment:
''STRESS'' = stress is the most important cause of IBS. Please remember and you must have observed that when you do not have stress your problem with IBS is reduced
Change of lifestyle.
I think 'may be' you are not coping with something.
Vacation outside of your area, mobiles phones to be off.
You must have noticed already that these changes help a lot.
Try to avoid anything which you are / have to do against your will and wish. Getr into the hobbies which make you forget the world around you. Life comes only once,
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Suggest Treatment For Breathing Difficulty With Stomach Pain And Nausea

Hi. hanks for your query and an elucidate history. After reading and re-reading your history I could get is that you need Xanax. You should consult another Doctor For a second opinion and any good Doctor would certainly after going through your history would prescribe you this . As a precaution due to your age of 60 , you should get yourself investigated at least once and I would advise you the following: Investigations: *Routine blood investigations like Complete blood picture, blood sugar, urea, creatinine, liver function tests, thyroid function tests. *Urine -routine and microscopy *Stool: routine, microscopy, occult blood, culture and sensitivity. *Ultrasonography of abdomen, *Colonoscopy All these investigations should be within normal limits for one to say you have IBS. Treatment: STRESS = stress is the most important cause of IBS. Please remember and you must have observed that when you do not have stress your problem with IBS is reduced Change of lifestyle. I think may be you are not coping with something. Vacation outside of your area, mobiles phones to be off. You must have noticed already that these changes help a lot. Try to avoid anything which you are / have to do against your will and wish. Getr into the hobbies which make you forget the world around you. Life comes only once,