I have had stomach pain for i know 7 yrs
and have been put through the ringer
trying to find out what it is. First off
the pain is in my upper abdomen between my
rib cage. it is painful at differant times
of the day sometimes on an empty stomach
sometimes on a full. almost always after a
heavy fatty meal. It has sent me to the
emergency room about 3 times in the past
year. i am only 26 and dont know why i
hurt so much. I have been checked for
gallbladder and had 2 endoscopy tests in
the past on the endoscopy they saw
irritation but nothing else. i was sent to
a specialist who for an excessive amount
of h. pylori. I was treated for it and the
pains returned the only thing that helps
is to do low fat low cal dieting but that
is so hard for me. I also have chronic
headaches but I am not sure if they are
connected. I have no insurance and an 8 yr
old daughter. I do have symptoms of
depression and have for a long time but i
dont think it causes this but the stress
definantly makes it worse. Any ideas????
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red007
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Jan 2008 Posts: 1 Location: Beijing, China
Hida Posted: 01-12-08 20:58pm
Did you have the HIDA scan or an
ultrasound of the gallbladder function? I
have been going through the same thing for
3 months now, and 2 weeks ago I requested
to have this test and they found
gallbladder disease and 3 polyps. I'm
having my gallbladder out this week and
can't wait, the pain is constant and
severe. I hope you get answers!!
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playsafe
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 11 Jan 2008 Posts: 23
Posted: 01-13-08 11:00am
You have irritable bowel syndrome. There
are nerves from your head to your stomach
some of which are very excitable and when
they become excitable it causes stomach
pain and yes your depression is also
related to it.
Hence, you need to treat your depression
and your stomach will automatically be
healed.
You need to take Clomfranil. Start of with
10 mg for first the week. Once a day 4
hours prior to sleep. The next week
increase dose to 25mg and then continue to
add 10mg every week until it reaches 75mg.
Then gradually decrease the dose just like
you increased it
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brigget
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 3
Posted: 01-13-08 15:59pm
Yes i had the hida scan and ultrasound
they had mentioned irritable bowel before
but when put on the meds i got severe
diarrhea. Had to stop it i am going in
tomorrow for my depression i just had
thoughts of driving my vehicle off the
road so i need help.
