anti-anxiety meds

For all of you out there who experience anxiety along with their IBS, do you take any anti-anxiety medications (Xanax, Klonopin) that seem to help your symptoms (twitching, restlessness, irratibility...)? Thanks for the feedback.

thanks, i appreciate the help!

i used Xannax and its reduced my abd. pain.

I am a mental health professional with IBD/UC and anxiety disorder.  Much research shows that they occur together in 90% of cases.  The benzos help calm everything in the system down since our bodies/minds are over-reactive.  (not a judgement, its just how we work).   My IBD seems a bit better and inflammation rates are about half when I take xanax.  Unfortunately, I am still on a boatload of other stuff and trying to do other calming things.  Hope that helps. 

I am also on the ulcerative colitis forum on healingwell.  Much of the info from both of these sites is helpful to the other, so you may want to take a quick view.