4-5 years of no diagnosis someone help me understand

Hi everyone.

So for a long time, I have always had what I called a 'funny stomach'. It just meant I felt sick a lot and it would go away. When I was about 14/15, I started having bouts of intense stomach pain and vomiting. I would then completely lose my appetite for up to a month which meant I was eating sometimes less than 1000 calories a day for over a month. You would think I excessively lost weight but that was the strange thing. I barely lost any weight. Anyways, so it got to a point at ages 16 and 17 where I was vomiting nearly every morning and often not making it to school as I would be lying on the bathroom floor for hours. I was going to multiple doctors but nothing was coming up. I was tested for heart conditions, stomach ulcers, intestinal problems, anxiety and depression, bacterial infections and nothing was coming back. Many doctors have said that they believe it is a parasite of some kind but have never been able to identify one. Other doctors have told me its all in my head an that it is anxiety which is definitly not it at all. I took medication for giardia and nothing happened. I am now 18 and recently went on holiday to France where I threw up and had bad diarrhoea nearly every morning, my stomach cramps were so bad my boyfriend nearly took me to the hospital and nothing made it better. I was put on medication at 17 for acid reflux, nausea and depression and nothing has made it better, finding that I am still experiencing extreme abdominal pain and vomiting.

Someone, please help! I am going to university soon and I don't know how to deal with this alone. I can't keep skipping class because I can't leave the bathroom floor. I don't know what to do. If you have any ideas please let me know.

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