Chronic diarrhea, gerd, stomach pain,nausea,, fatigue, belching,

I am a 57 year old female. I was diagnosed with gerd a year ago after having a endoscopy. For most of my life I have suffered from acid reflux off and on with upper quadrant pain, right and center . About 2 years ago I was on Augmentin for sinus and 3 months later doxycyline for a skin infection. 2 months after finishing the doxycyline I became very sick with body flu and also diarrhea and acid reflux with stomach pain. I got over the flu but not the diarrhea or acid reflux. I had an mri and they only found a liver cyst of no concern. My symptoms did not improve but gradually got worse. After 3 months I had an endoscopy that showed possible barrettes esophagus and they did biopsies, the results were gerd and I was put on Nexium. The Dr told me I would maybe be on it for life. I lost about 10 lbs during this time. Not good, I am 5 ft 6 " and weighed about 103 lbs at this time. The nexium worked wonders, within 3 days I was back to eating and my stools had improved. I was however concerned about the drug and after 1 month I weaned myself off and changed my diet to the blood type for O+ added enzymes, probiotics and larch powder. I seemed to be doing better. I also went to see a naturopath and he put me on some supplement also. My blood panel he did looked pretty good. I carried on with life and was feeling pretty good. Gave up coffee , was eating right although still having my daily 2 glasses of wine. During this time and a few years prior to ,my daily bowel habits were about 4 per day all food motivated but normal. I felt pretty good though and would have occasional burgers , dessert of no consequence. About 2.5 months ago I started having gerd symptoms again and had introduced coffee back about 4 months ago. I made sure though I only had a 1/2 cup. I took my enzymes and probiotics every morning along with my Larch powder and was also taking prebiotic to build a healthy biome. Eating pretty healthy with occasional burgers etc. My reflux seemed to be acting up pretty regular and I came down with a sinus infection mid April 2018. I was getting ready to travel to Mexico City and went to my Dr for my sinus, she put me on Augmentin. 2 days in I developed morning diarrhea. I figured since it was morning and not all day I would get over it after I finished the course. I didnt, I went on my trip and it continued but was not severe. Day 5 of my trip I developed a situation of nothing but mucus and gas for about an hour which then turned into diarrhea. I had cramping pain but made it to my flight home ok. I figured I picked up a bug and it would pass. I have spent the last month believing I would be over this soon. Upped my probiotics and tried to eat carefully. 4 days ago I went to see my Dr after 2 days of explosive diarrhea she suggested based on my story it could of been started from the Augmentin and then maybe picked up a bug or parasite. She did not test my stool though. This was a guess. She put me on Metronidazole and 3 pills into treatment I had to stop. Had severe stomach pain ,nausea belching, acid refux, still diarrhea, feeling angry and disoriented. Terrible side effects including a white tongue. She then called in Cipro for me ,that I did not pick up for fear of the side effects that go along with that drug. I am in misery, still doing probiotics eating the brat diet, tea, water, still yellow ragged stool and yellow diarrhea, upper gastric pain, stomach pain, feeling like I am fading away, very tired and pale. At this point I am waiting for tomorrow when my Dr returns to discuss what is next. I considered putting myself on Nexium just to see if it doesn't help but am afraid because If I have something like cdiff , it could get worse ,and Nexium scares me. I am trying to eat as much potatoes and soup as I can to keep my body with nutrition although I don't even feel hungry. Not sure what to do? Could this be nothing more than Gerd/acid reflux that is causing my diarrhea or something else more sinister? Been to a lot of sites reading and am really baffled why the brat diet has not helped. Would love to hear any good ideas out there, similar stories and how to approach this and the outcome.

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