Asking the impossible???

[RoniB]

I have just completed seven weeks on Sertraline and after a rocky couple of weeks I gradually felt better. I’d would now say I’m back to my old self which is great. I decided that it was a good time to try to improve my acid reflux using lanzoprazole which I had been prescribed in the past and despite not using them for more than a year was still on my repeat medications. After a day I began to have diarrhoea. It didn’t worry me because my husband had mild diarrhoea too and we concluded we had either eaten something or picked up a virus. After a couple of days his was fine but mine has carried on. I stopped taking the Lanzo two days ago but I still have the dreaded diarrhoea ( nearly a week now). It’s not as bad as it was, it’s not walking me up and I feel well in myself.

I’m not sure if it’s the Sertraline (it didn’t cause this symptom when I first started taking it) the combination with the lanzo or IBS which I was diagnosed with a few years ago.

I’m also on Levothyroxine and have B12 injection every 8 weeks and I only have one kidney as one was removed 11 years ago due to a 15.8 cm cancer. The original scan for that, which I saw, showed quite a large stone in my gall bladder. The surgeons said they wouldn’t do anything about it if it didn’t cause any problems and I don’t think it has over the years. I continued to have CT scans for 10 years and it was never mentioned again. Reading this through I realise that I’m not exactly typical and my diarrhoea could be caused by so many things.

Even with all this confusion, if anyone has any ideas I would be very grateful. Basically I guess I’m asking: A. Could it be the Sertraline. B. Could it be the Lanzo. C. Could it be both of them?

Apologies for rambling on!!!!