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Expertise
Can answer general questions about symptoms, how to cope with them, getting help, relationships with others, employment concerns, family support, personal experience with drug related treatments vs behavior techniques. How panic attacks increased my awareness of the world around me. I can`t answer what medications would be best for you, whether you should or should not disclose your illness to others, substitutions for seeing a physician or other medical advice that should come only from a professional.

Experience
I have had panic disorder/attacks for 20 years, the first 8 were spent in an agonizing search for a diagnosis and eventually cost me a career of 20 years. I can relate well to any employment or socialization problems caused by PD. Over the years I have developed many ways to cope with PD on a daily basis but also know that nothing will substitue for professional help. I have done a lot of research on the disease including past and future medications, genetic tendancies (I now believe my mother suffered from PD) and personal self-esteem issues. On the "flip" side-learning to cope with panic disorder/ attacks actually increased my awareness and sensitivity to others and the world around me.

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Panic Disorders/Attacks - Anxiety Attacks

Expert: Sally - 10/29/2009

Question
I have IBS and there are times I am not able to digest certain foods. They basically come right out of me an hour or so after eating them.
I was recently put on a medication called Pristiq to help with my anxiety attacks that I am having. I have been on it almost 3 mo and it doesn't seem to be helping at all. My doctor even upped my dose. The one thing I have noticed from the very beginning of taking it is that every morning around 9:00 I would have diarrhea and what looked like the pill I took the night before (I take Pristiq before I go to bed)was in my stool. I didn't think much of it, but I couldn't find anything to say that was "normal".
I have been reading other people's questions similar to this and it has me very worried.
If this pill is in my stool every morning does this mean that my body is not absorbing it AT ALL? Could this be the reason I am not seeing any positive results with it?
I am very worried because if I am unable to absorb the medication in this pill, how am I supposed to get better??
I appreciate any helpful answers you can give me.

Thank you,

Answer
Hello Stacie and thank you for your inquiry. I am unfamiliar with this medication so can't really give you much insight. However, I believe you should make an appointment with your doctor and let him know what is going on. It could be you are not absorbing enough of the medication but only a blood test would give a positive answer. It's always best to keep your doctor informed of any changes or "no changes" so that either the medication can be adjusted or changed.
Don't try to change or stop the medication on your own. Hope this helps and good luck !

Sally
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