Or rather ...Anxiety and not Eating.

[Zoe1313]

I guess i would have to say it's been getting worse,just this past month.
Mom has been dealing with anxiety for several yrs now and has been taking Celexa and Ativan and everything was fine.She was doing all her routine stuff(shopping,cooking,...ect)

But for the past month...she sleeps all the time..no energy due to her not eating.She complains of burping which leads to gagging and then puking.So she does'nt eat.It's a vicious cycle! She eats Tums like it was candy and is constantly drinking Pepto.Then she either gets constipated or Diareha  I'm sure once she get some energy she'll feel much better...that's why i bought her some Ensure(meal supliment)
What more can i do to help?

[Brenndy]

Zoe,
Your statements above, ("She eats Tums like it was candy and is constantly drinking Pepto," is  VERY alarming one, as is the regurg/vomiting.  The latter can cause pneumonia.
This is so straightforward.   As stated, it FTT; failure to shrive, which, if a person keeps doing, leads to death. No ifs, ands, or buts about it.  This is SERIOUS stiff.
Please make and take her to the GI appointment.  Please let me how it goes.

[lynn57]

I have these same problems.  It's part of anxiety sometimes.  I have to take prilosec or protonix to lessen the stomach acid.  She really should go to a doctor.  She needs to make sure whats causing the GI discomfort and the fatigue. Good luck and happy Thanksgiving.

[Brenndy]

woe. chill zoe. just trying to explain/help.
lol. HT.

[Zoe1313]

Well...i can't say i don't blame her! She's 73yrs old..plus she has to deal with me,who is also trying to deal with personal demons.lol

[Brenndy]

Schedule an appointment with a board-certified gastroenterologist and insist that she go if she gives you any heat.  Sounds like she practicing what the medical community calls failure to thrive.

Best wishes.