I have been diagnosed with lupus for almost 10 years now. Ever since I started my medications: Plaquenil, celexa, Parriet, Zyprexa, I've noticed that I sweat alot, get stomach cramps and then diarrhea after I eat (but not all the time), I would say this happens at least 4 times a week after meals.
My question is, is this being caused by all the meds I am taking or do I have some sort of bacteria in my stomach? My doctor has asked me to do some fecal test (3 days of sample) but I can't seem to get a sample for 3 days in a row, because sometimes I don't have to go for a day and this messes up the consecutive samples that I need for 3 days.
Is there any other way of checking, eg. blood samples to determine whether I have H. Pylori bacteria in my stomach? or is this the only way that I will be able to find out by taking 3 days consecutive of fecal sample.