anxiety and crohns?

You are not alone. I can relate. For 6 years, my GI kept prescribing antidepressants and antixylotics as he insists that stress exacerbates Crohn's. However, I kept refusing to take them. Now, I have a lot of insomnia and depression so I asked for Xanax 0.25mg. I take it daily and I'm fine.
Hope you feel better soon :)

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GERD, gastroduodenitis, ileocolitis, chronic proctitis and persistent mouth ulcers and fissures.
Current meds: Pentasa sachets 4g, Entocort 9mg, Nexium 40 x2, Pentasa, Ensure, Calcium and magnesium supplements, Imuran 100mg, pentasa enema, colifoam, budesonide enema, Zantac 600mg, Gaviscon 1x4
Pred 40 mg from Oct. 2010 till Jan.2012
Failed:Azathioprine, Methotrexate

You should see your PCP. I take Xanax .25 mg at night when I am in a flare and it helps me sleep. Xanax and Klonipin work well for anxiety, but they are both addicting, and so you shouldn't be taking it daily for a long period. Paxil is a good drug, but obviously not for you. There are other antidepressants/ anti-anxiety meds you can try. You should also consider seeing a therapist to learn coping skills, regular exercise, and yoga, all which can help with the anxiety. I get really anxious when I am in a flare and I don't know what is causing it (like right now;) When I'm in remission, I do not have anxiety. I hope this helps!!

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54 yr. old female, diagnosed with Crohn's in terminal ileum Sept-Oct. 2007. Also have GERD and IBS, gastroparesis (Dx. with c.difficile 1/12- now resolved)

MEDS: Pentasa- 6 500mg pills per day, Dexilant, Metamucil, colace, miralax as needed, Culturelle probiotics .25 xanax for sleep prn

Thanks I will talk to him at my appt. tomorrow, I am seeing my GI, hope he will help me with it, and not have to make a appt. with family doc. for it.  I would like to try xanax just for the fact I can take as needed...  minnietoty-- you said you take it daily is that perscribed that way? just wondering does it last all day? Or do you just take it bf bed?

Thanks for your responses I appreciate the input from others!!!

 

my anxiety comes from not knowing where the closest bathroom is. I do construction and sometimes we don't have keys to the houses we work on or if the home owner is home I refuse to ask them if I can use the bathroom every twenty minutes. also I have two daughters and I don't like going out in public with them because it can become frantic when trying to find a bathroom close by and having them to worry about. they are just old enough not to bring in the bathroom with me, but young enough that I worry leaving them outside the bathroom to wait on me. as far as antianxiety pills they put me on Zoloft during my first go around with crohns disease and it made me sweat so bad when I slept It felt like I wet the bed. I stopped taking it.

Post Edited (jake from state farm) : 6/1/2013 8:09:14 PM (GMT-6)