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Feeling Fatigue And Stomach Discomfort After Eating. Diagnosed With Anxiety. On Clonazepam. Worried

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Posted on Sat, 18 Aug 2012
Question: Hi, been feeling tired/fatigue for a couple days. No fever but I have stomach discomfort about 1.5 hours after I eat. I have been eating a lot of red meat lately. Yesterday and today I noticed a small 4 mm groove along the entire length of my stool. I am concerned. 25 y/o, smoke about 10 cigs a day, and average 2 to three beers a night. Been diagnosed with anxiety, take .5 mg clonazepam daily, and this sure doesn't help my anxiety lol.
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Answered by Dr. Ketan Vagholkar (1 hour later)
Hi,
Thanks for writing in.
Increasing tiredness along with post prandial abdominal discomfort is highly suggestive of a stomach problem. You also have predisposing factors like increased consumption of red meat, tobacco and alcohol. In view of all these factors I would suggest you to undergo endoscopy at the earliest to look for any gastric ulcer.
Regarding the stool problem a per rectal and proctoscopic examination is mandatory as well to find the cause which is creating the groove.
I hope this answers your querry.
With regards
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Feeling Fatigue And Stomach Discomfort After Eating. Diagnosed With Anxiety. On Clonazepam. Worried

Hi,
Thanks for writing in.
Increasing tiredness along with post prandial abdominal discomfort is highly suggestive of a stomach problem. You also have predisposing factors like increased consumption of red meat, tobacco and alcohol. In view of all these factors I would suggest you to undergo endoscopy at the earliest to look for any gastric ulcer.
Regarding the stool problem a per rectal and proctoscopic examination is mandatory as well to find the cause which is creating the groove.
I hope this answers your querry.
With regards