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I can understand why you feel so exhausted by this. When you have experienced intense panic attacks and digestive symptoms together, your mind can start becoming extremely alert to every sensation in your body. Even when there is no immediate danger, your brain may remember the previous frightening experience and start sending you the same “something bad is going to happen” signal again. That can create a cycle: you notice a stomach sensation or anxiety → you become afraid something is wrong → the fear increases the physical symptoms → you interpret those symptoms as danger → you feel the need to go to the hospital or keep checking yourself. The fact that it keeps returning does not mean something terrible is necessarily about to happen. It can be the anxiety cycle repeating itself. Hormonal changes around your period can also make anxiety and digestive symptoms feel more intense for some people. But because you are having recurrent panic, fear of being alone, repeated reassurance/checking, and carrying medication with you because you are afraid something will happen, I would really encourage you to speak with a qualified mental-health professional and your doctor. You don't have to fight this alone. Also, please don't change, stop, or increase medicines such as Petril MD or Amitone on your own. Take them only as prescribed and discuss their continued use with the doctor who prescribed them. Most importantly, please remember: feeling afraid does not mean you are actually in danger. Your nervous system can learn to feel safe again, but it may take consistent treatment, reassurance, and gradual rebuilding of confidence. If you ever develop genuinely new or severe symptoms—such as fainting, severe chest pain, difficulty breathing, blood in stool/vomit, or another symptom your doctor has told you requires urgent care seek medical attention rather than assuming it is anxiety.

You’ve described how the fear keeps returning, to the point where you’re afraid to walk alone and feel you need your medicines with you wherever you go. After experiencing panic attacks, it makes sense that your mind has become hyper-alert to every bodily sensation. The good news is that this cycle can be changed; you don’t have to keep organising your life around fear. In therapy, we can work on gradually facing the feared sensations and situations rather than reassuring or avoiding them, while teaching your body that anxiety is tolerable. If you’d like, we can work together on a structured plan to help you regain that freedom.

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I’m really sorry that you’re going through this right now. It sounds like this has been weighing on you and affecting you emotionally. Thank you for sharing it with me—it takes courage to talk about.connect with psychologist to resolve inner conflict

Anxiety about health corcerns is normal and keeping medicines handy is not wrong.All you need to understand is that you know the cause and you know the treatment related to it. Stressing about the situation increases anxiety,you should understand that this is your body needing some extra caution and attention. Everyone has some or other health issue but try living normally and positively.This is not permanent.

Hi What you’re describing sounds like a fear and panic cycle that has become closely linked with your IBS symptoms. When you notice stomach changes or other body sensations, your mind may immediately interpret them as danger, which brings more anxiety, panic and the thought that something bad might happen. Repeated hospital visits, checking and carrying medicines for reassurance can then keep the cycle going. The fact that it becomes worse around your periods can also happen because physical and emotional sensitivity may increase during that time. This doesn’t mean that something is seriously wrong with you. Health anxiety and panic are very treatable with CBT. Therapy can help you understand the fear cycle, reduce reassurance and checking behaviours, and gradually rebuild your confidence in going out and being alone. Please continue your medicines only as prescribed and discuss any changes with your doctor. For counselling, you can connect with me on nine two six six seven two six zero six five.

Hi... These are all psychosomatic symptoms and you will need 2-3 years of regular weekly therapy sessions (Psychologist) to completely get over it. Panic attacks, Fear and Severe Anxiety will recover within 3-4 months of weekly sessions, but the root will take time to identify and address. Also, you are consuming anti-anxiety and anti-depressant medications, I hope they are prescribed by a Psychiatrist. If not, please consult a Psychiatrist for Diagnosis and Medications. Deep psychological (subconscious or unconscious) distress and dysfunction has a potential to distort gut health (IBS, Digestive distress, loose stool, etc.) and mensuration cycle. But it also get hampered by various physical health issues. Therefore you need to consult a Gastroenterologist to rule out any physiological cause before attributing your symptoms to psychological factors. Typically, a combination of medications (anti-anxiety, anti-depressant and in some cases, antipsychotic) are used to control precipitating symptoms along with Therapy to address the issues. Long-term treatment requires commitment, trust, and lifestyle change to sustain the recovery. As the person gets better, medications are reduced to minimum and Therapy takes over for Long-term recovery and support.

Your anxiety may be making you feel unsafe without your medicines and repeated check-ups. A psychologist can help you gradually reduce these safety behaviours and regain confidence through CBT and exposure based therapy

I can understand why carrying your medicines makes you feel safer, especially when you’re worried about having loose stools or becoming unwell outside. At the same time, I’m noticing that your anxiety is making you feel that you must carry your medicines everywhere in order to be safe. Let’s separate the actual medical need from the anxiety. Having an occasional loose stool does not necessarily mean that something serious is going to happen. Your mind may be preparing for the worst-case scenario, and carrying the medicines gives you temporary relief. But when we repeatedly depend on that reassurance or safety behaviour, the anxiety can actually become stronger over time. You don't need to stop carrying your medicines suddenly. Instead, a psychologist can gradually work on helping you feel capable of going out even when you don't have complete certainty that everything will go perfect. We can work on this gradually together.

For physical problems related to periods, do consult a gynaecologist. Have hope as fear and anxiety can be worked upon using CBT and BT. Start listening to sound healing instruments to calm your nervous system. Proper diet and 10 hours sleep is essential.