I'm 22 and Stomach Pain makes me want to die, I don't know what to do. Neither does Doctor

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Hey so I just want to start by saying don't mind my grammar and rambling, and thank you in advance for taking the time to try and help me it really means a lot. So I've been having this severe stomach pain for over 2 years now. The pain started off not so bad and I've always hated going to the doctors because I always believed they were way to much money and never helped at finding problems other than obvious ones. Well after about 6 months of going thru the pain and trying to self medicate with weed I realized it wasn't getting better so I had to get Insurence which is way overpriced I pay $250 a month because they assume I make a decent living. But I live on my own with my Fiancé and 2 year old daughter who I love more than anything and really there the only thing keeping me fighting. Problem is I don't know what I'm fighting. Any time I sit/stand up my heart starts racing at about 125 bpm and then I get the worst stomach pain all over. When when I actually push on my stomach there's no pain except for the right side under rib . Any time I move the pain starts off at about a 5 then rises up to a 10 in a matter of 5 minutes and I just start throwing up for about 20 minutes and I just have to be in fetal position while sitting in so much pain for awhile until the pain starts going down again. Then I get back up and it starts all over and over. My dad owns a paving company so I used to labor, pain got so bad I couldn't do that so I started estimating. Driving around all day then measuring up a driveway for 10 minutes in the worst pain and having to manage for an hour to get pain relief just throwing up and sitting in my truck. I did this for about a year and a half just getting by, while going to the doctors it has been the worst years of my life when they should be my best. They first tested me for kidney stones now keep in mind every appointment is over a month -two month wait in Washington state (thanks obama for nothing) so while so when they first told me it had to be kidney stones I did a complete lifestyle change, drank a gallon of water a day ate everything healthy. A month later I had a CT, another week goes by and my primary Doctor (young new kid because every doctor is taken because everyone's forced to have Insurence) thinks it's still Kindney stones because there's was a tiny tiny tiny white dot in my kidney, another 2 weeks goes by while still drinking a gallon a day. I see a urologist who immediately dismisses me saying there is no way I have kidney stones and if I did they were so so small the amount of pain I was having would never match. So another month goes by doing blood tests / urine tests. All clear, another month goes by and they wanted me to cut out dairy and gluten. Now I'm in terrible pain every day trying to only only eat whole healthy foods. Pretty much gave me an eating disorder. I lost over 20 pounds. I was 6' 167 unfit then I got to 143 just changing my diet and throwing up so much because I was still working. Now times starting to really play an affect on my mind because I was still in pain for so long, my work performance decreased, my relationships all started taking big tolls on them because I couldn't go out and do anything. Including with my fiancé and daughter. I had an ultrasound done for my gallbladder and all was normal. They tested me for celiacs disease, they started trying out all sorts of pills for ibs / muscle spasms. Nothing worked, they would never give me pain pills or any relief because they said I was young and could get addicted. After all that it was probably another 3 months. They had me do a Colonoscopy and Endoscopy and everything came back normal. My Insurence lapsed for 2 months and they cancelled my Insurence which I've already paid 5000$ toward my premium and was really starting to get in debt. I also have a 2014 pickup I bought when i was healthy making money, so money is really starting to take a toll on me. Doctor bill after Doctor bill coming in the mail. My Insurence was lapsed for 2 months and wasn't able to re sign up with them until ObamaCare re opened. I then had about a month worth of doctor bills with no Insurence help what so ever. I got Insurence again but this time with a different company and tried going to the hospital in the richest city in Washington hoping for better doctors. When I got there they were convinced I had anxiety because I had all tests done. Makes sense after living in pain for so long that's all I think about, everything I do revolves around my pain. They had me see a phycologist and psychiatrist. I started meditating and doing yoga which was really hard for me and still is and no relief. The put me on Zolof for a month for anxiety / depression , and didn't work, they tried just giving me hydroxyzine which just made me sleep. They tried amitriptyline for a month and didn't work. I tried muscle relaxers Cyclobenzaprine and nothing. I tried Dicyclomine Ibs for month and nothing. I tried Nortiptyline ibs/functional dyspepsia for a month and nothing. I've tried taking multi vitamins, magnesium, iron, b12, all sorts. They tried Ondansetron for nausea and nothing. I gave up on work about a month ago because I was getting very very depressed just being in pain so much. So now I just sit in bed pretty much all day which takes the pain away a little but even brushing my teeth or getting food just gets me so sick. I went to the doctors and told them to give me a HIDA scan which the Doctor didn't think was the problem but we did it anyways and came back normal. I tried taking a trigger point injection shot in my side and nothing. The Doctor put me on Librax hoping it is Functional Dyspepsia which is $400 for a month and nothing. I had enough and kind of forced my primary to give me pain meds after they sent me to two different pain management clinics and no help. They gave me 5-325mg Hydrocd - Aceta and it barley helps but the catch with this is the Doctor made me take a drug test and said I can't smoke weed which is the tiny bit of relief I get. I took for about a week 4 a day and helped I could walk around and do things. They don't work any more I think I'm building tolerance and my pain is just so bad. So i just stopped taking them and now I'm not taking anything except I'm smoking here and there again so watch the Doctor not want to give me any other pain meds. But I see not point in getting on pain pills if there not strong enough. Oh and I also tried quitting weed for over 2 months to see if it might be Cannabanoid Hyperemisis and nothing. I just can't function any more I'm about to lose my house, truck , credit . probably my fiancé because I don't see how anyone can put up with a sick person for as long as she had and she has helped me so much I see it's taking a huge toll on her and my mom and my brothers. Waiting day by day for the doctors to figure something out. Anyone have any ideas I'm completely out and I'm really in need of help. Thank you to whoever read this, it's like a book

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    hi Tbounager21 I am just a message away if you want to try the remedy I tried for my mother who suffered from chronic pain while she was battling cancer.. we just went all natural....
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    Hi, I know this discussion is from a year ago and hope you are already feeling better. If not there is a rare syndrome, median arcuate ligament syndrome, might be worth ruling out. Also it sounds like the pain is when you stand and walk around not while laying down on your back, so you could specifically ask for an ultrasound with a radiologist so they can aim the probe at you while you are upright.
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    Second kristin on that MALS possibility. Especially if you look more like Michael Phelps than your friends do.

    Also, you might consider ACNES. You can rule that out or in by learning how to do Carnett's test yourself, and doing the test on the pain spot.

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    p.s. also if your high heart rate lasts for five minutes after standing then google MALS-POTS
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    I have been going through these same pains longer. I am 37 years old. Every test done. Tried cannibis, stopped cannibis. Evert medicatio, every test. You are not alone. Have you ever tried praying. That is the only thing that I believe has helped. No one on earth wants to help me or believe me. I thought I was the only person feeling like I am dying. It has gotten worse as I age. It has gotten worse since I have been in Church this past year. It may be some kind evil, devil, attack on us my brother. What can we do but pray to God. If u are still around you should contact me. I am tired like living like this too. F$#% the doctors who call me a liar and think I just want drugs. One of My best friends could never even get me to take advil. I just want to eat and live life. I feel like I mess up any get together. It sucks to live like this with never ending pain and being hungry. I use to be about 200 # and got down to 120 which scared me because I became so frail and weak. Are we the only people who can not be helped or believed? Try to contact me for reals. We need to talk and compare. I have done everything and all asked by the doctors.
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    I have been going through these same pains longer. I am 37 years old. Every test done. Tried cannibis, stopped cannibis. Evert medicatio, every test. You are not alone. Have you ever tried praying. That is the only thing that I believe has helped. No one on earth wants to help me or believe me. I thought I was the only person feeling like I am dying. It has gotten worse as I age. It has gotten worse since I have been in Church this past year. It may be some kind evil, devil, attack on us my brother. What can we do but pray to God. If u are still around you should contact me. I am tired like living like this too. F$#% the doctors who call me a liar and think I just want drugs. One of My best friends could never even get me to take advil. I just want to eat and live life. I feel like I mess up any get together. It sucks to live like this with never ending pain and being hungry. I use to be about 200 # and got down to 120 which scared me because I became so frail and weak. Are we the only people who can not be helped or believed? Try to contact me for reals. We need to talk and compare. I have done everything and all asked by the doctors.
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      There is nothing, nobody can tell me. I have tried everything and anything anyone on this site can say or think of, so please dont ask me, if I tried this or that, Im tired of everyone and there opinions and what about this. Nobody but God himself has the answer. Please in Jesus name take this pain away from me and my brother.!!! In Jesus name stop this death pain, that nobody on earth can explain.
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    Hi,

    Have you ever heard of a fecal transplant? (yes im serious) It could help, ask your doctor, and also since you live in Washington, is it possible that you could receive Canada's healthcare?

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