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Posted at 12:18 PM on Oct 31, 2007 by rz67, #24712
Can anyone help me? My doctors and pharmacists can't seem to help. A GI doctor perscribed Reglan for my IBS/Constipation and after five weeks I started getting anxiety and depression. As the weeks went by it got more intense until I couldn't even drive, enjoy my usual activities or relate to my family. I have a history of moderate anxiety and the doctor never mentioned that as a side effect so it took me a while to finally search the medication with anxiety and depression and I came up with numerous people who had the same exact symptoms as me. I stopped taking it right away and in a couple of days I had such severe anxiety, panic and depression I had thoughts of suicide. It's been two weeks and I'm still suffering. My doctors and pharmacist all deny it's the Reglan. They say it's my old anxiety disorder but I was never like this! They want to give me more meds. I don't want to take anymore chemicals, I'm afraid of all the side effects! Does anyone know if these side effects will go away and when? Please.
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Reply about 1 year ago on Dec 10, 2007 by michelle3274, #3365

OK well, I am not a doctor but, I had the stuff lastnight and I thought I was going to come out of my skin. It was given through an IV so I felt the effects right away. I was fidgeting and very anxious and I was extremely aggitated. I kept telling my husband over and over that I wanted to go home. I said it almost obsseively. I could not sit down and the doctor finally gave me ativan to calm me down. According to the ER doctor who had taken it the week before, there is a small percentage of people who get that side effect and he is also one of them. I do not know if the side effects will go away but, I do know that I will never take that stuff again. I would insist on them taking you off if you can't handle it or letting them give you something else and do some research on the side effects.

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