Always unwell with stomach.
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I am so fed up and depressed with feeling unwell all the time. I will have upper abdominal pain (3/4 inches above my belly button) that will last from getting up in the morning to going to bed at night. This has been going on constantly for the last 7/8 months and is starting to affect my working/home life. I am constantly exhausted with no energy; I pick up any bugs/viruses/colds and cannot get rid of them for ages. I have always suffered with acid reflux and usually take omperazole (1 x 20mg tablet in the morning) However this dosent seem be helping me anymore. I do not vomit as much as I used to, but when I do it burns my throat really bad, it feels like I am vomiting very hot water/bile. Recently my bowel movements have been light coloured and sometimes almost yellow, I am regular on the toilet and will suffer pain in my abdomen after a bowel movement.
I have been to see my doctor and he did an abdominal exam and diagnosed me with IBS and prescribed me Mebervrene, these did not help me at all. I went back to my Doctor and he did a full blood count, a stool test for H-pylori. The blood test came back all clear apart from slightly raised liver count (doctor said nothing to worry about) and my stool test was all clear. I went to my doctors again 2 weeks later and explained I was still no better; he asked if I was still taking omperazole & Mebervrene, I said yes, he said I should not be getting any pain. He seemed concerned. I was then sent for a full abdominal ultrasound scan. Again all clear with no further action needed.
I am at a loss here as what could be wrong with me. I am not losing weight and I have not lost my appetite, I am however sinking into depression. Please can anybody offer me some help or advice on what may be going on inside my abdomen?
Thanks for reading
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Not sure if you've seen a gastroenterologist or had a cat scan or colonoscopy but I would pursue some of that if you have not already try to hang in there and I know even when we can't fix it talking the others does definitely help😊
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IBS does not show up in colonoscopies or anything else. So if nothing is coming up in the tests, then it is Irritable Bowe. My doctor eventually told me not to have any more investigations because after three months no new symtoms had appeared. I started with constipation, followed by loose stools, constant stomach pain, poor memory and on off nausea.
Having countless negative tests in the end makes you panic more and you stop believing what the doctors are telling you.
I was also prescribed Mebeverine which gave me five new symptoms within minutes and I felt 50% worse. This made me panic more because I Ithought I had something serious. Diagnosis was the only thing that much reduced my pain and eliminated my panic.
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Everytime I go to doctors I come out with more than I went in with; I react to most things they give me. In fact it was two medical mistakes that brought on my IBS. The only doctor I trust is the doctor who diagnosed me.
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