A call for help...
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Hello all I am new to this forum and made account because honestly I don't know what to do anymore.
A little background on myself. I am a 27 year old male who has been going back and forth with health issues and mental problems for the past 2 years. Before all this I was perfectly healthy and no problems at all. Here is my story.
Back in August of 2017 I had unprotected sex with a female which I believe may be the cause of all these problems. Anyways I felt a burning sensation the next day while going to the bathroom so a week later I went to see the doctor and it turned out I was positive for chlamydia so I was prescribed the generic medication to cure it (I can list a full medication list later on if it will help.)
So I took the medication for the desired time but still felt a burning sensation so I went back to the doctor and was prescribed a stronger medication for longer. I took the medication as directed but still felt a burning sensation when going to the bathroom. So I ended up getting re-tested for chlamydia to make sure the meds were working and everything came back negative but i still have a burning sensation and weak urine stream and sometime hard to go number 1.
This is where it gets confusing. Somewhere between October-December of 2017 I started feeling very abnormal. I literally woke up one morning feeling extremely tired, like my eyes feeling super heavy, and I Just can't feel awake at all, and I have very very low to no energy whatsoever and my stools when I go the bathroom are very runny, sometimes green, sometimes really dark and I always have to wipe a lot. Its never just a normal poop. My stomach is constantly bloated. Please remember I literally just woke up one day feeling like this and these issues ive listed above have been going on for almost 2 years now!
Some days I feel like gouging my eyes out because the heaviness and tiredness of my eyes is just so annoying and unbearable that I don't know what to do. I just want to feel normal again. Same when i go to the bathroom. My energy level is so low I could literally sleep 12-16 hours a day.
Anyways the doctor refereed me to a urologist because of the on going problems. So a couple weeks later I went the urologist and told him my issues and he decided to run a tube up my urethra to see if he could help find out what was wrong and he ended up finding a lot of redness and inflammation around my prostate so a couple weeks later he did a biopsy of my prostate and ended up with the diagnosis of CYSTITIS GLANDULARIS so I ended up taking anti-inflammation meds for this and none of the meds ended up working as I still have the burning sensation to this day. So more about the stools and tiredness problems.
I went back to my primary care doctor and updated him all the things I have been feeling so I got my poop tested and numerous other blood tests and testosterone tests and so on. Everything came back negative. Everything.
He ended up referring me to a gastroenterologist. Please be aware from time I went to my primary care doctor to the time he referred to me a gastroenterologist I had taken countless different types medication to help with stool problems and nothing helped.
Anyways I went to the gastroenterologist and told him my issues and we ended up doing a biopsy of my colon and stomach and came out with the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori so I was prescribed meds to help the situation and nothing helped whatsoever. I still feel the exact same as day 1.
This is mainly what I feel everyday. Very very low energy. If im not at work you will find me in bed having a hard time keeping my eyes open. They feel so heavy, and burn. There is a strange heaviness in my eyes. like i cant get them feel awake ever! I am still bloated and have loose stools every single day. Nothing is working. I have no sex drive at all. Ive ruined countless of potential relationships because i literally feel croggy and like s**t 24/7! I don't know how much more I can take. I don't feel alive anymore. I feel like the well being of an 80 yr old trapped in 27 year olds body.
Sorry for the rant. I just want to feel normal again! Thats it. Ive been prescribed anti-depressants and those do not help. I know I am not depressed. Just my overall mood is s**t 24/7 because of the things I have mentioned above. If anyone could provide some insight or point me in the right direction I would be forever grateful!!!
Thank you
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shirley_an59859 Sam901
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Hi Sam
I'm sorry to hear you're having such a tough time - it sounds awful and you have my sympathy. Being female it's a bit hard for me to relate to some of your symptoms! I Hope a male member will give you some more useful advice. Just a thought - did they test you for thrush or candida? ME or fibromyalgia? that can affect the things you mention. Also ask if they checked for cealiac disease. I'm guessing they did if they did a colon biopsy but one should never assume! Your symptoms don't sound typical of IC and I think you need to keep going back until they come up with answers. I assume you had the triple antibiotic therapy for the HP infection - this will rid you of the infection but wont do your digestive sysyem any favours. might be a good idea to try some quality probiotics (eg megaflora) to try to restore good gut health. hope you get some more help soon!