Why Do I Pay Doctors?
To start off with this post, if you are not aware, I have two very different sides of me, the one that is pretty depressed, and the normal me. Most people don't know the depressed me, and apparently he totally freaks people out when he posts on this blog. Anyhow, that side of me is generally pretty under control, but I was depressed last night, so that's why the last blog post came to be.
On my seemingly endless search to figure out what is wrong with me, I have started to look at things from a different approach. Up to this point, I have been under the impression that there has been something physically wrong with my stomach or digestive system. Standard treatments such as antacids and diet changes have been completely ineffective though. Additionally, every anti-nausea medication I've taken has done nothing for me. I've taken three of them so far, and at least two of them I've looked up and they show the most common use is for chemo-therapy patients, so I know they are pretty decent medications. Yesterday, the scope of my stomach showed nothing wrong. So, if there is nothing physically wrong, I have started to see if it is maybe a mental dysfunction.
I began with trying to understand the mechanism in the brain that causes nausea. It seems that serotonin has a lot to do with how you brain processes nausea. This stuck out to me as I have been taking a medication buspar to change serotonin levels in my brain to help with my anxiety. On top of that, this nausea issue did start around two months or so after I started taking buspar. I looked up more information and it looks like there are other reporting very similar issues after taking buspar. I believe at this point, I am going to be contacting my doctor and looking into switching my medication. The only problem is, I think any other medication for anxiety is going to be even stronger and possibly have more effects. I will have to discuss this with the doctor though. I may have to look for other treatments for the anxiety as well, because I think I would rather face the anxiety and panic attacks, than deal with the nausea.
On my seemingly endless search to figure out what is wrong with me, I have started to look at things from a different approach. Up to this point, I have been under the impression that there has been something physically wrong with my stomach or digestive system. Standard treatments such as antacids and diet changes have been completely ineffective though. Additionally, every anti-nausea medication I've taken has done nothing for me. I've taken three of them so far, and at least two of them I've looked up and they show the most common use is for chemo-therapy patients, so I know they are pretty decent medications. Yesterday, the scope of my stomach showed nothing wrong. So, if there is nothing physically wrong, I have started to see if it is maybe a mental dysfunction.
I began with trying to understand the mechanism in the brain that causes nausea. It seems that serotonin has a lot to do with how you brain processes nausea. This stuck out to me as I have been taking a medication buspar to change serotonin levels in my brain to help with my anxiety. On top of that, this nausea issue did start around two months or so after I started taking buspar. I looked up more information and it looks like there are other reporting very similar issues after taking buspar. I believe at this point, I am going to be contacting my doctor and looking into switching my medication. The only problem is, I think any other medication for anxiety is going to be even stronger and possibly have more effects. I will have to discuss this with the doctor though. I may have to look for other treatments for the anxiety as well, because I think I would rather face the anxiety and panic attacks, than deal with the nausea.