Hi I just started taking dicyclomine for severe stomach pain in my upper abdomen just below my rib cage. They can t seem to diagnose what s wrong. I ve taken a number of medications Prilosec Prevacid protonix. They help for a day or two but nothings really worked long term. I started taking dicyclomine the last few days and that really helps with the pain. 10 ml 3-4 times a day. But I m having some really weird side effects. I feel slow minded. I sometimes can t form words feel really dizzy and disoriented. My heart rate was really low then gets really high. I feel anxious. My hands and feet have been feeling kind of tingly and numb and I feel uncoordinated. I don t know if all this is due to the dicyclomine and I do take other medications including Klonopin and Ativan and I wonder if the mixtureis causing some of this. I wake up really anxious with my heart racing and shaking all over. I just feel really weird and disoriented and it s very worrisome.should I stop taking this medication? My doctor is not very available to talk to. Wonder if these are normal side effects of dicycomine and if they will lessen over time. Pit really helps with the pain. But the cognitive side effects are scary.
Hi, thanks for a brief history of you.first you have pain in the left or right side. Well let's take it in general as the upper abdomen. Below the rib cage. Few questions to figure out? What is the nature of the pain? Are you having any gastric issue? Are you facing any trouble with passing urine? Have you undergone the diagnostic ultrasound scan for the abdomen region? If not please go for one as it will reveal any issues faced by the systems beneath the abdominal muscles. Now since you take medicine and feel relief it shoes the medicines are symptomatically giving you a little relief. If you have gastric issues, then your metabolism is slow for which you need to boost up your metabolism. Now question comes how? The answer is to perform some simple core Strengthening exercises. Now if you are facing with any urine related issues like low flow or if you consume less fluid in your daily routine? If that is the case kindly Chat Doctor.  Now let's come to the pain, since you said it is below the ribs then I will advise you to do some regular deep breathing exercises while placing the hand over the painful area which will also help strengthen the muscles. What your physician prescribed you was for symptomatic relief from pain. But you need to focus on improving your overall metabolism which can be possible by doing regular exercises.to come to a closer diagnosis you need to undergo a diagnostic ultrasound scan. Which will help rule out something over there. Based on that the next step of medical action can be done. So kindly visit an internal medicine specialist and get this done.in the meantime try doing some core strengthening exercises and some deep breathing exercises. Your muscles will become stronger, and you will find ease of your pain. Physician of your must-have surely tried to figure out the issue. Kindly provide the full cooperation and undergo a scan of abdomen. Taking too much medicine without medical guidance is not advisable. As self-medication on long term always have side effects, and it will lead to gastric issues which will also aggravate the pain in the same region. With the grace of God I wish you a speedy recovery.