Tricylics Antidepressents as a cause of IBS-D

[James99]

Hi everyone. I know that Tricyclic antidepressants are normally used to treat IBS-D, but I'm growing suspicious that it might be causing my symptoms.

I originally went on Anafranil last year for OCD. I was constipated as hell at first, but over time the stools got kind o greasy and messy after a while. I stopped taking anafranil for a while and i still had the same problem for a few months and I gradually became constipated as anything. I ended up using metamucil to deal with the constipation.

After about 4 months of not being on anafranil and dealing with constipation, I went to a new psychiatrist, thinking the constipation was caused by stress and was put back on anafranil. It really had no effect but made me more constipated. However i started needing less and less metamucil, and eventually the diarrhea returned.

Is it possible that a drug like Anafranil can cause some one to be more constipated for a month or too and eventually cause one to have chronic diarrhea later on?

Thanks,
James