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Topics  Question: Constant Diarrhea for 2 years   MHerring-
Mitchell - Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:30 am  Hello, I am a 36 year old
female who has been suffering from diarrhea (watery and then
just soft but never normal anymore) for a little over 2 years
now. It started when I went back to college after having my last
child who will be 3 on Jan. 30th. I do suffer from severe
anxiety and panic attacks which is controlled with xanax (1mg.
2-3x's a day) which I have had for about 11 years after my
father passed away. When the diarrhea started I just thouht it
was from anxiety about going back to school and the stress of
trying to get into the nursing program. It wasn't that bad in
the beginning and I'm starting to wonder if that was because I
was on the Depo shot (to prevent pregnancy) and I believe it has
a small amount of steroids in it from what I was told. When I
stopped taking the Depo shot, and had a