Constipation, twitching stomach for 3 weeks. What is going on?

t all started Easter night (Sunday, April 1st). After having spent my day eating kilebasa, mashed potatoes, green been casserole, and pie with family, I went off to bed like any other night. Pretty much as soon as I laid down the middle of my chest started fluttering. It was literally like a fish flopping around right by my heart.

I am 31 years old, by the way, and slightly overweight with a history of eating a regular American diet with occasional salads and fruits. No bowel issues ever.

However, I have had PVC’s and PAC’s in the past, but I knew this "fluttering" wasn’t those. I could not fall asleep. I began to get worried when I had brief moments of sweating and when it felt like my upper abdomen was bleeding/vibrating on the inside.

Over the next week or so, the fluttering/spasming/twitching/pulsating (whatever it was) went away for good, but only after I went to urgent care to see what it was. I got an EKG and was told my heart was normal. They said the twitching/spasming was likely “trapped gas” in my stomach and recommended me Nexium. They said it wasn't an aortic aneurysm either.

I did not take Nexium and instead decided to try to get better on my own with diet and exercise. Well, within days the fluttering went away but I began having constipation. I was going to the bathroom maybe once every other day, with little, hard stool coming out after pushing super hard.  I took milk of magnesia to get my bowels moving. I actually only took one dose but it had its effect.

After the constipation subsided (but has since come back), I started having a strange stomach reaction to pretty much everything I ate. My stomach began vibrating/buzzing/gurgling after every meal. I began not being able to drink even two sips of beer/alcohol without my gut/abdomen going crazy for hours on end, even though less than three days prior I was out with friends throwing back whiskey and coca cola and not having any issues!. 

I also couldnt fall asleep because the vibrating/buzzling/gurgling started to affect what feels like my heart. My heart began thumping and thudding pretty much whenever I ate and even hours after. It seems like nothing sits well with me anymore. I also have to push really hard to pass gas still.

Over the last week or so I’ve been running about a mile a day and eating nothing but yogurt, bananas, soup, eggs, tea, etc, as these foods seem to be giving me the least amount of problems/spams/stomache reaction. I tried kombucha and kefir but I think the fermentation gives me a headache. I cant drink those without feeling brain fog afterwards. I’ve eliminated bread, dairy and other junk food in general. I have been tested for Celiac before and do not have it.

Does anyone have any idea what this might be? I got a blood test this week and it was perfect, I am told. My thyroid and complete metabolic test show I am “normal” and that there is no infection. I was not tested for h.pylori, however, even though I told my Dr. I wanted that tested. Might I have h.pylori? Or some other bacteria? E.coli? My blood pressure is normal,though I am overweight.  

Might my symptoms be a result of antibiotics (Penciliin) I took several weeks ago for a 6 week bout of sore throat/tonsilitis? My throat pain is gone but my tonsil is still a little inflamed. Could the virus be working its way though my stomach? Or is the last 3 weeks (going on 4) of my stomach issues/constipation more of an isolated thing? I have no real pain. Just these weird buzzing/virbating feelings after I eat and irregular bowel movements.I sometimes feel lightheaded after I eat. My primary care essentially thinks I am crazy.Any advice is greatly appreciated!

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