Hi everyone! I've been lurking around here for a while but have yet to type out my story. It feels weird talking about my poop LOL anyway, I"m just going to lay it all out. Maybe someone has some ideas or suggestions...
I've had "stomach problems" off and on for years. About 3 years ago I started having daily diarrhea. Like, get up in the morning and run to the toilet diarrhea. Every day, 6-8 times a day, mostly in the morning, but a few times at night too. I tried everything including, imodium, pepto, probiotics, alkaseltzer, prilosec, zantac, tums, anything and everything that aids in digestion, stomach upset, etc. No help. Even the imodium didn't stop the diarrhea. I started having pain in my lower left abdomen. Sometimes severe, sometimes extremely uncomfortable, but always there. I get horrible bloating, cramps, and severe nausea.
I've seen my GP, and 2 GIs, had a colonoscopy, several CTs from ER visits and a SBFT. I was tested for celiac, parasites, etc. and had my stool sample tested. Everything comes back normal. I've been prescribed bentyl, lomotil and trazodone. The trazodone is supposedly supposed to help with pain management? but does nothing except make me sleep and gives me restless legs. The bentyl does nothing. The lomotil does help control the diarrhea but makes me feel extremely weird and light headed. I've also somehow managed to gain almost 10 pounds. I can't figure out how since nothing seems to stick LOL
I just started seeing a new GI at a digestive health center at the local medical school (VCU-Richmond, VA) and I am hopeful for some help.
THanks for suffering through that
Chandra
I've had "stomach problems" off and on for years. About 3 years ago I started having daily diarrhea. Like, get up in the morning and run to the toilet diarrhea. Every day, 6-8 times a day, mostly in the morning, but a few times at night too. I tried everything including, imodium, pepto, probiotics, alkaseltzer, prilosec, zantac, tums, anything and everything that aids in digestion, stomach upset, etc. No help. Even the imodium didn't stop the diarrhea. I started having pain in my lower left abdomen. Sometimes severe, sometimes extremely uncomfortable, but always there. I get horrible bloating, cramps, and severe nausea.
I've seen my GP, and 2 GIs, had a colonoscopy, several CTs from ER visits and a SBFT. I was tested for celiac, parasites, etc. and had my stool sample tested. Everything comes back normal. I've been prescribed bentyl, lomotil and trazodone. The trazodone is supposedly supposed to help with pain management? but does nothing except make me sleep and gives me restless legs. The bentyl does nothing. The lomotil does help control the diarrhea but makes me feel extremely weird and light headed. I've also somehow managed to gain almost 10 pounds. I can't figure out how since nothing seems to stick LOL
I just started seeing a new GI at a digestive health center at the local medical school (VCU-Richmond, VA) and I am hopeful for some help.
THanks for suffering through that
Chandra