Stomach knots/butterflies feeling

[Anon9621]

Stonack knots its not ior adrenakine surge is not letting me sleep at night , started seroxat (paxil) last week updated my dose today to 10mg, im stil anxious about taking meds. Any advice how to eliminate these stomach knots pls? And after when will i start see the benefits of the med?

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Hello Anon9621

Those stomach knots are so unpleasant had them so many times over the years and the more anxious you get the tighter they feel as the muscles get more tense

The only thing I know to do is to try and do some relaxation exercises which when you are feeling anxious can be difficult and why I practice them when I am feeling more relaxed so they are easier to do when I am not as calm and ride through the feeling knowing it will go and it is anxiety

It could be playing on your mind you are taking the medication , I know at the moment I am taking some for something else and actually have just taken day 5 of them and the moment I started to swallow the med I could feel my anxiety going up , yet I have to tell myself I have to give them a good go or how will I know if they would work ?

I also tell myself what have I to loose if they don't work I will be no worse of and if they do I will feel better than I do now and I think this is a good way to try and think

The will take time to work though can be up to a month before you really start to feel the benefits and worth sticking with them till at least then to see how you feel

I hope you are feeling a little better now than when you did your post and just take this a day at a time you will get there x