Constant Nausea for 10 years
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Hi everyone. I hope you're all keeping well. I have been having a lot of stomach issues for the past 10 years and I am really coming to the end of my tether with it all. I will explain everything below. If anyone has some advice or is currently going through something similar, I would love to hear from you.
Okay, where to start. Since secondary school, I have been having nausea most days. Now, I call it nausea because that's the best way I can explain it. My symptoms are stomach cramps & it's like gas escaping from my stomach without me burping. It is really uncomfortable and gets worse throughout the day. When it was at it's peak, i was working in crawley (about an hours drive from where I live) and when driving home, I would have to keep pulling over to be sick out of the car (gross. Sorry).
My doctors for a long time insisted that it was indigestion. So I have been on omeprazole, lansoprazole and Ranitidine. Recently, I have been taken off those medications as I stopped taking them for a while and didn't feel any different.
I have been on citalopram for around 2 years and do feel like my anxiety is very much present in my life. I am always reluctant to talk about this to the doctor, as they love to blame anxiety on my symptoms. I know it isn't anxiety because it doesn't get worse when I am stressed and I end up feeling sick whether I am stressed or not.
Recently, I have been put of mebeverine, as the doctor seems to think it's IBS. I have been on that for about 2 weeks and it has improved anything.
About a year ago, I had a endoscopy done and they found a hiatus hernia. I was told that they don't do surgery for this anymore because in most cases medication deals with all the symptoms.
I am so tired of feeling like this everyday and it really is effecting my mood. I have my sisters wedding coming up in a few weeks and I know that I won't be able to enjoy the day fully because I will feel ill.
Every time I go out, I know that I will end up feeling ill. Below is a list of things that I have tried for at least 3 weeks.
- lansoprazole
- omeprazole
- Ranitidine
- citalopram
- Peppermint oil capsules
- digestive enzymes
- probiotic
- prebiotic
- ginger tablets
- charcoal tablets
The most recent thing that I have talked about with the doctor is increasing my citalopram, because he thinks that it's my anxiety. I don't believe that it is but I am still going to try it. After that, I don't know what else they can do. If anyone has some insite on this I would be forever grateful. As I have said, I really am at the end of my tether with this and it is effecting my mental health dramatically.
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sam18386 jenny98085
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hi jenny, that doesn't sound like anxiety! you're poorly! insist on a camera test into your stomach (an endoscopy), an acid probe test and to find if your epiglottis (the flap at the top of the stomach is shutting property). in the meantime stick to plain old fashioned gaviscon. that is the only thing that works for me. ranitidine is no longer available and certain foods can make your stomach worse. has no one offered you a dietician appointment? ask for these things 1st. keep writing down when it's at it's worse, that's what the dietician will tell you to do but if you've already done it they will have to do something else. good luck, it sounds horrible.
jenny98085 sam18386
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Hi Sam. Thank you for your reply.
Yeah, I don't think it's anxiety at all. I do tell the doctors that but they seem to want to explore it further.
I've already had an endoscopy and that's where they found the hiatus hernia. I haven't had any other tests done. I haven't been offered a dietitian appointment ever and I think that may be helpful.
I have tried all of the indigestion medications available and find that none of them work. I am always thought that it was indigestion because I get no relief from medication but I may have to give Gaviscon a go again.
Thanks again
Jenny