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Steven
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Triple therapy and PANIC

Post by Steven »

Afternoon,

Can anybody advise please.

Recently started triple therapy, amoxicillin, clarithromycin and lansoprazole. I also suffer with intermittent anxiety including panic attack’s etc.

I’ve been on the therapy for 6 and a half days now and feel dreadful. All my panic symptoms have flooded back to the point were I ended up in a&e. The doctors there said it wasn’t the therapy causing my symptoms, rather me panicking about it.

Has anyone else experienced similar? Is 6.5 days of the 7 enough as can’t take much more of this?

Thanks in advance. Great forum.

Steven

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Re: Triple therapy and PANIC

Post by HelicopterPylaros »

Hello Steven,

You are not the only one who had panick attacks. I did not have it as severe as you, but I was also fighting with panick attacks. They went away after some time.

PS: Also from my side a big thank you. This forum is really great.

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Re: Triple therapy and PANIC

Post by Steven »

HelicopterPylaros wrote:
Mon Aug 20, 2018 9:38 pm
Hello Steven,

You are not the only one who had panick attacks. I did not have it as severe as you, but I was also fighting with panick attacks. They went away after some time.

PS: Also from my side a big thank you. This forum is really great.
Thanks for your reply.

What do you think is causing the panic we have/had? The antibiotics, the PPI or just our minds making that association?

I hope this triple therapy does the trick!

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Re: Triple therapy and PANIC

Post by Helico_expert »

I think it's the constant worry that cause the panic attack. too much anticipated stress on things that may or may not happen.

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Re: Triple therapy and PANIC

Post by HelicopterPylaros »

Probably. I’ve noticed that issues with the digestive system has a lot of influence on the mood. Also, that the reason that you feel it constantly, you are permanently aware that something is not alright.

Steven
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Re: Triple therapy and PANIC

Post by Steven »

I tend to agree expert and pylaros, thank you kindly.

I finished the course anyway and felt ok. Then the GP informs me this morning that blood results from prior to therapy show my iron is a bit low which might indicate bleeding somewhere. Appointment with him in a couple of hours :shock: .

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Re: Triple therapy and PANIC

Post by Helico_expert »

H. pylori can lead to low iron. we have seen many cases where iron level increase after eradication of H. pylori.

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Re: Triple therapy and PANIC

Post by Steven »

Helico_expert wrote:
Tue Aug 21, 2018 10:12 pm
H. pylori can lead to low iron. we have seen many cases where iron level increase after eradication of H. pylori.
I didn’t know that. You’re a font of knowledge, thank you.

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Re: Triple therapy and PANIC

Post by Steven »

Hello again.

I finished the antibiotics 3 weeks ago and have just cut down from 60mg to 30mg of Lansoprozole. Been on them 6 weeks in total.

Stomach feels better on the whole. Lost 8lbs. Early days.

I’m due for an endoscopy examination in the next 2 weeks which I haven’t had before. I asked GP if I should come off the PPI now so examination would show if HP is still present. He’s of the opinion that I should stay on them for a few more more weeks and just check the condition of my stomach first and have blood/breath test at a later date.

Thing is I think the PPI (or stress) is giving me an incredibly dry and sticking throat sensation. It’s like a sensation of not being able to breathe properly. Should I switch to Ranitidine, or even Gaviscon Advanced and stop a day or 2 before exam? Hopefully by then my throat will feel more lubricated and also I’ll know my HP status as well as my stomach condition.

Thank you.

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Re: Triple therapy and PANIC

Post by Helico_expert »

you should stop PPI for at least 2 weeks before endoscopy. try talk to your doctor about switching to ranitidine. you can have ranitidine until the night before endoscopy.

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