I have tried my breathing and relaxation tape and nothing is working tonight. Five nights ago I threw up hot fire like acid and then some blood, I went to the Doctor and he said if could of been tears in my throat or an ulcer, also I noticed some blood in my stool the last 2 days {very little} and of course now I am thinking bleeding ulcer or colon cancer! This kind of started when I started a low-dose Paxil, I was so naucous I hardly ate then threw up when I did, I have been a little constipated, light hard pellet like stools, has anyone ever had this constipation from Paxil and a little blood in the stools? My DOctor does not seem to be taking this seriously, he thinks the blood was from retching and the blood in stool caused from a little straining, I have to admit the blood in the stool is not much but it scares me, to add to the fun we have a strong hurricane headed right at us this weekend! My anxiety is off the map, I am afraid to go to sleep I feel like I have something terribly wrong with my body and will die and leave my children and this hurricane is scary, I pray it weakens. My upper stomach is just burning and churning, is that anxiety? I hope so and my stomach is not perforating! I am sorry I sound like a basket case, please send prayers and advice, if anyone ever vomited a little blood, or had a little blood in thier stool and it was alright, please let me know. Thank you so much. I am sorry. Kucek.

Kucek,
I really think you should trust your doctor and believe what he is telling you. I does sound like the blood in the stool is from straining (internal hemorroid) and the other from coughing up so hard that there was a little blood. I get epigastric distress (upper stomach) all the time from anxiety. I think the problem is that you have yourself so stressed out that you can't seem to calm down and so the symptoms do not want to go away. We've all experienced that so you are not alone. But you first have to believe that you are okay. Your doctor can tell if it is stress related just by your demeanor and how you describe your symptoms. If you really aren't satisfied with him, then you should go back and talk about it again just for reassurance or go to someone else. When I went to my family physician, I didn't feel she was very thorough, so I went to an internist, and she spent about 45 minutes with me. It is going to take some time to turn this all around because your body is used to reacting this way. So it will take some work, like taking your medication, practice breathing techniques and relaxation daily, and using positive self talk. Try to distract yourself with something positive and do that throughout the day. You've been thinking a certain way for so long, it will take time to change it. We need to do this for ourselves. Hope you have a better day, Noel

Thank you very much for your reply Noel, I am trying to accept that the reasons for this is anxiety, I am having an attack now and the nausea and shaking are terrible along with the stomach pain, I think the Paxil is causing alot of this I noticed shortly after going on it is when the stool problems started. Can a person be constipated and naucous at the same time?? I always thought you get diareah when this happens, I am going to try to do some deep breathing and perhaps take a 1/2 Klonopin, my children are due home from school soon and I cannot let them see me like this, I want to call the paramedics but that will scare my children, my husband cannot leave work, I called and begged, I hope this passes I am so terrified, I know this storm has done this I am so afraid something will happen during the storm and help cannot get here. Sorry to be so scared. Kucek

Hi,

Im sorry you are having such a hard time. You have to use the relaxation tape every single day that you can to get used to relaxing again. We get sooo wound up that we totally forget how to be calm. I can understand that this coming storm would cause stress. Go to Flylady.net and print out her '11 points for being prepared for emergencies' (or something like that) and you can take control and do something about the stress. Acting on things will certainly help relieve the stress. You will be ok. Constipation can certainly cause minor bleeding. I recently started eating about a tablespoon of fresh ground flaxseed on my cereal every morning and it has helped tons with my regularity. YOu can grind it in a coffed grinder. But do it each day fresh. And drink MORE water. The nausea can certainly be caused by anxiety. If you know you have an ulcer are you treating it? You can look up on the net about ulcer treatments too. Start the program TODAY and begin getting your life back. I know a major fear of moms is something happening to us and leaving our children behind. Just know it is a normal fear. YOu will be ok. Start taking care of yourself. Being a wife and mother we tend to put ourselves last on the list. Check out Flylady.net. It really is a great place to learn about being kind to oneself, among other things.

Hugs,
Reena