The past 4 years my stomach/abdomen has
been extremely irritable. Almost daily
I have been feeling either stabbing
stomach pains or aches in my lower
abdomen, but most of the time I am
nauseous (flu-like).
These feelings mysteriously come and go,
but in the past 10 days they have gotten a
lot worse. 3 of the days I had a sharp
pain in my lower-left abdomen, and the
other days I felt extra nauseous, with
chills, headaches, dizziness, and a watery
mouth. I have been taking pepto bismol
every day for the past 2 years to calm my
stomachaches.
I have a phobia of throwing up and haven't
in 4 years. When these feelings arise
they get worse from anxiety. 2 years
ago my doctor found me to be lactose
intolerant, have acid-reflux, and
irritable bowel syndrome. I am easily
irritated by mostly every meal and have
lost about 28 lbs fairly quickly in this
time frame.
I worry about this daily to where it ruins
social events and it is hard to attend
work. Some say i'm paranoid, but they
don't know what i'm feeling. Is there
something internal waiting to be
diagnosed? Could this be partially
psychological? Please, please help me.
I don't know what else to do.
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2ferano
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Posts: 3717
Posted: 06-27-04 22:55pm
Well being as ibs is brought on by and
worsened by stress, you are probably
making it worse on your own.
My advice would be to seek help for your
anxiety. Go see a counselor and maybe go
on meds to get it under control. That
would probably help your symptoms a lot.
And then, also, levsin works wonders for
ibs. At least for mine. You may want
to try that too.
Then, you also need to figure out which
foods bother you most and cut those out of
your diet. But eventually, if you get
your anxiety and stress under control your
symptoms would go away. It sucks, but at
least you know you can make it better!
Good luck.
