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overlookng easy answers for constipation - B complex
by shoil, Mar 09, 2008 02:17PM
About five years ago I started taking Paxil for anxiety. About five years ago i also started experiencing constipation. Naturally, I attributed the constipation, a known side-effect of Paxil, to the new drug. To make a long story short, after five years of trying diet and exercise changes, laxitives, having a barium enema, and having a uterine fibroid removed only because i thought it was putting pressure on my colon (it was not) .....one day, for no reason at all, I started taking a mulitvitamin. I have been 'regular' again ever since. I looked up 'vitamin defficiencies and constipation' and found that B complex is essential for good GI health. I also learned that a B complex defficiency can cause low blood platelets, high cholesterol, and nervousness. I had all these symptoms but no doctor made the connection to B complex. My GP explicitly recommended NOT taking a mulitvitamin after she determined that I was drinking enough milk and orange juice with calcium. Apparently, she was focused on osteoporosis since I'm a middle-aged female. Is it a coincidence? Or have I just cured myself?
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