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My psychiatrist went on vacation and I need advice as to what to do.

I already had sleep problems before, was on Lexapro + Benzos for a month and the doctor said to stop cold turkey I had serious withdrawal issues and I have switched the psych recently.

Currently day 7 on wellbutrin.

Diagnosis is Panic Disorder, MDD and Somatic disorder due to IBS/IBD differential diagnosis. I also have a problem with looking up medication side effects and panicking during the adjusment phase, but I'm trying so hard to wait this out but I'm scared because of the heart palpitations and lack of sleep. I think I'm getting barely 2-3hrs each night.

I was put on Wellbutrin XR 150mg in the morning with 12.5mg Seroquel at night. Seroquel gave me body pains and delirium like I wasn't in my body and after 2 days I was switched to 75mg pregabalin evening and morning and Sulpiride 50mg afternoon.

Since I started wellbutrin I am barely sleeping and not feeling tired at all. Pregabalin doesn't seem to help with sleep. I get constant heart palpitations that are worse when I try to sleep and when I wake up in the middle of the night. I also feel very anxious during the day, I suppose it's because of lack of sleep. I do feel more like myself since starting wellbutrin and my erectile function and libido is great because Lexapro ruined it even after quitting.

I also have Xanax prescribed 0.5mg as needed but I tend to not take it. What should I do, I'm scared of pregabalin addiction but it helps with restless legs.

I also have body jitters when trying to sleep.

I also have headaches and sinus pain between my eyes that seems to worsen when I close them, doctor says all these side effects are normal, but shouldn't pregabalin stop the jitters.

I started 12.5mg Seroquel last night and 150mg XR Wellbutrin today, woke up multiple times during the night on Seroquel and it has been difficult to get out of bed, my body felt weak. I took Wellbutrin but i still have brain fog and I am unable to go to sleep. Doctor wrote 12.5-25mg seroquel at night. Should i take it earlier or try to go to 25mg?

I have a series of unresolved health issues and have been dismissed by drs a lot. This caused my health ocd/hypochondria and spiraled me into severe chronic anxiety. I also have trouble sleeping and i have sleep apnea. Are there any meds that have helped you without destroying your gut or worsening brain fog. I also have mitral prolapse, nothing severe but yeah. I used to be on lexapro and it didn't help.

I have a series of unresolved health issues and have been dismissed by drs a lot. This caused my health ocd/hypochondria and spiraled me into severe chronic anxiety. I also have trouble sleeping and i have sleep apnea. Are there any meds that have helped you without destroying your gut or worsening brain fog. I also have mitral prolapse, nothing severe but yeah. I used to be on lexapro and it didn't help.

I have had GI issues for about 4 months.

Edit: I lost 17-18kg in the process

Started off with bright yellow stools, diarrhea, sometimes constipation, bloating, and right side abdominal pain, with undigested food, mucus in stool. Was put on metronidazole and ppis for about a month.

April

Crp normal, cbc normal, calprotectin 700

Pancreatic amylase mildly elevated, urine amylase 3x the norm

After 3 weeks (may)

Calprotectin 151

After one more week

Calprotectin 400

May

Did an abdominal CT scan, showed meteorism and mesenteric and ileocecal swollen lymph nodes.

Intestinal ultrasound showed edema in the terminal ileum

June

Started colonoscopy prep, did blood tests one day before, CRP went up to 5 times the norm.

Calprotectin was 40

Did colonoscopy and gastroscopy

Results are as follows:

Gastroscopy - Chronic atrophic gastritis, insufficient cardia and negative h. pylori.

Colonoscopy - Chronic unspecified colitis, sigmoid colon. Terminal ileum showed no signs of inflammation. I will post exact biopsy results later, but the doctor said this is just a bad case of IBS.

How can IBS cause swollen lymph nodes and colon inflammation.

Is there any way this is a small bowel crohn in an early stage. My stools are normal color but still kinda soft and having undigested food. I also have burning pain in my right abdominal side and i only hear gurgling on my right side. I have joint pain and brain fog, brain fog especially after eating. I also have trouble sleeping. My iron is low but not anemic, ferritin is also on the lower side. Vitamin D mildly low, folic acid low. My amylase is still elevated and not dropping, mildly elevated in blood, 3-4x in urine.

I also suspected chronic appendicitis, but i don't know.

I have had GI issues for about 4 months.

Started off with bright yellow stools, diarrhea, sometimes constipation, bloating, and right side abdominal pain, with undigested food. Was put on metronidazole and ppis for about a month.

April

Crp normal, cbc normal, calprotectin 700

Pancreatic amylase mildly elevated, urine amylase 3x the norm

After 3 weeks (may)

Calprotectin 151

After one more week

Calprotectin 400

May

Did an abdominal CT scan, showed meteorism and mesenteric and ileocecal swollen lymph nodes.

Intestinal ultrasound showed edema in the terminal ileum

June

Started colonoscopy prep, did blood tests one day before, CRP went up to 5 times the norm.

Calprotectin was 40

Did colonoscopy and gastroscopy

Results are as follows:

Gastroscopy - Chronic atrophic gastritis, insufficient cardia and negative h. pylori.

Colonoscopy - Chronic unspecified colitis, sigmoid colon. Terminal ileum showed no signs of inflammation. I will post exact biopsy results later, but the doctor said this is just a bad case of IBS.

How can IBS cause swollen lymph nodes and colon inflammation.

Is there any way this is a small bowel crohn in an early stage. My stools are normal color but still kinda soft and having undigested food. I also have burning pain in my right abdominal side and i only hear gurgling on my right side. I have joint pain and brain fog, brain fog especially after eating. I also have trouble sleeping. My iron is low but not anemic, ferritin is also on the lower side. Vitamin D mildly low, folic acid low. My amylase is still elevated and not dropping, mildly elevated in blood, 3-4x in urine.

I also suspected chronic appendicitis, but i don't know. Im tired of being dismissed by GIs and being sent to a psychiatrist

I have sleep apnea AHI 5.2 but that's because I barely slept during the sleep study

EEG wasn't done so i don't know about RERAs or other stuff, I might also have UARS

I have a deviated septum and my nose gets very dry and clogged.

Which mask to get and is autoPAP a good choice for start, the doctors said that the PAP isn't indicated, but I have so many symptoms.

I had a respiratory poligraphy last night and I have been diagnosed with mild sleep apnea. One of the apneas was central, some were obstructive and there were a lot of hypopneas.

My AHI was 5.2 although I barely slept, woke up every 30-60mins and then needed 30-60mins to fall back asleep so I think it would be more severe if I had slept more.

I also have very bad insomnia with this and idk how to tackle both. I am unable to sleep during the day and any kind of light wakes me up.

I had so many health things happen to me and I developed severe health anxiety and OCD around symptoms. I also have MVP and mitral valve insufficiency, cardiologist said it was very mild, so I am wondering whether anyone has any advice on dealing with this, since I saw that most antidepressants aren't safe for MVP

I've had abdominal discomfort in my LRQ for about 3 months now after what was supposedly a gastroenteritis.

CT showed Mesenteric and Pericecal Lymphadenitis and Meteorism.

I've been brushed off as IBS, but my stools are regular, just loose, I also have loss of appetite and nausea sometimes.

Appendix not visualized.

The pain is a bit subsided now, sometimes RLQ, sometimes hip pain, sometimes appendix area pain, back pain, pain under right rib, pain when peeing etc.

Went to the urologist, did the tests, was told it could be the nerves or chronic appendicitis

I found a surgeon who is willing to operate but I would need to spend my whole salary for the surgery.

My right leg also started hurting, which I think is not connected, since my abdomen was hurting way prior to this.

I went to ER, they said it may be chronic appendicitis but they can't operate since it's not acute.

I need guidance on what to do, should I go for the surgery, anyone had a similar experience. Please.

Could the appendix cause some nerve pain?

For some time, approx 3 months, I had issues with sleep, waking up gasping sometimes, night sweats/chills, night time need to urinate, brain fog, high blood pressure, muscle spasms and aches, palpitations when lying down, anxiety, depression etc.

My gf says I've been making choking sounds sometimes in my sleep for a while, I notice it sometimes too while falling asleep, like a bubble of spit/phlegm would choke me.

I have a really bad case of deviated septum since I was 5 yo but I never really thought of it until all this started happening. It also seems to get clogged when I lay down.

ENT doc says I have to do a surgery, but I think I should do the apnea thing first.

I also have an overbite and I notice that my lower jaw is really behind my upper jaw, also have had some teeth taken out and I have crooked teeth so I guess all this contributes.

At first, I thought that my sleep problems were caused by stress, so I went to see a psychiatrist, got SSRIs and Benzodiazepines, which worked for one day and then I got both SSRI induced insomnia and my gasping for air worsened.

One day I was given some more sedatives with my antidepressant meds and I slept throught the whole night but ever since I awoke that day I had high BP, body pains and headaches. I suspected that meds made me not wake up when I should have woken up and I quit them.

I went to cardiologist for the high BP and I was told I also have mitral valve prolapse, but that it's fine.

I am also worried I have developed insulin resistance because of this, because my HDL-cholesterol is low and my fasting glucose was at the max of the normal range yesterday.

I wake up multiple times a night now, not feeling like I'm gasping, but my nose stays clogged and sinus pain throughout the whole day. I have also noticed that my BP is almost low now.

I am getting a polysomnography on Monday but I think they aren't using EEG and I'm worried about this being UARS and that it will go undetected and that I will just waste money. The clinic that does EEG as well is 3x the cost of the other one, and I can't afford that right now.

When I wake up to pee during the night, I have severe fatigue and vision issues. Also some of my hormones are really imbalanced because of what's happening, I have hugh DHEA-S, low prolactin, slightly high FT4 and high morning Cortisol.

Will the people in this sub help me with self diagnosing if the sleep study doesn't show apnea?

Male, 24

After a couple of months of GI issues and constant RLQ appendix area pain here is my story so far:

Started one day as a headache, vomiting and rlq abdominal pain. Diarrhea

Went to ER, was given anti-nausea injection

Went to the dr who said i have a stomach bug, and was given a ppi and enterofuryl.

Complete loss of appetite, constant nausea and weight loss.

Vomiting episode again with pain.

Went to ER, was given a buscopan injection and was told it's not their job to cure me??

Went to GP, was told this is IBS (which should be a diagnosis of exclusion).

Went to gastroenterologist, high calprotectin, slightly elevated amylase and lipase, all other tests normal, h pylori, c diff negative, yersinia negative, candida isolated in small amount but was told this is normal. Campylobacter negative etc.

Pain started worsening, made it very difficult to sleep.

Started getting brain fog and constant malaise, sometimes low-grade fever, sometimes feeling feverish but no fever, appetite was even worse.

Doctors shrug this off as IBS even though my calprotectin was 700.

CT with contrast showed enlarged gallbladder (i was told this is normal because i'm tall) and mesenteric and pericecal lymph nodes. Appendix was not visualized.

Pain did not improve, i was told this is all in my head, sent me to psychiatrist, was started on ssris and benzos that worsened my sleep and anxiety. Long story short, i quit those meds.

Calprotectin dropped, amylase still mildly elevated.

I tried every kind of diet for a couple weeks, gluten free, low fodmap, dairy free etc. Nothing helped.

Did colonoscopy, showed mild chronic inflammation - chronic unspecified colitis (doctor said this is just a bad case of IBS????????)

Gastroscopy showed chronic atrophic gastritis and gerd but I think I have had GERD since i started high school.

I also started getting pain when urinating and my appendix area pain worsened when my bladder was full.

Pain started spreading to testicle and leg. Makes it difficult to walk or lay or sit. Went to ER two days ago, was told it's probably chronic appendicitis and that it looks normal (5mm) on ultrasound, although the radiologist mentioned that the appendix looked like it was making a slipknot, also the lymph nodes were smaller than before, but now they were matted. The ER doctor that examined the ultrasound and the X-Ray initially thought it was colic/kidney stone pain but after examining the Xray he said it seems like appendicitis and I should go see a surgeon.

I was sitting in pain for 2-3 hrs and was finally examined by a surgeon who said it's probably appendicitis and that they can't operate because it's not acute and not an emergency and that I should do CT or MR enterography.

I have pain on palpation in the appendix area but not guarding so I was dismissed.

I came back that night because the pain was worse but since I had no guarding and they still said it's not an emergency, I was told to go home and take painkillers.

I scheduled an appointment tomorrow with a private clinic to ask for a laparoscopy, ever since the first day I've been telling doctors it's the appendix, I was told there were no indications etc.

Hopefully they will agree on laparoscopy since I don't have much of my private insurance left and I don't wanna do more disgnostics. Wish me luck.

Hello everyone, 24m here, 194cm height, currently 69kg. Working remotely in IT, not physically active in the past 2 years.

I had 84kg when this started.

This all started in april, I had smoked weed one night and had dinner, went to sleep, and had a very bad headache.

I took ibuprofen and started feeling very very dizzy, took sugar with water cause I thought I had low sugar and I vomited, felt like I was going to faint. Went to the ER, they gave me an anti-nausea injection, I went home and managed to sleep. In the morning, I was feeling ill, had multiple diarrhea and had an urge to vomit. I went to an internist and was told I have a stomach bug and given pantoprazole 40mg and enterofuryl and was told to eat toast and soup for the next couple of days.

More context, every time I started taking PPIs, I got a severe panic attack, the worst feeling I felt in my life, like I was going to die.

Taking pantoprazole completely ruined my appetite, and after finishing a box of enterofuryl, I decided it was time to go on a normal diet.

I did so and still had those panic attacks like I felt when I started PPIs sometimes, I brushed it off as my body giving me anxiety when I'm hungry, so I stuck up with it and it stopped. Then one day in the morning I felt sick again and had 8 yellow diarrhea after every food/fluid i took in. I went to the GP (blood tests turned out normal) and the stool test for c diff and h pylori was negative and was told I should go back to ppi + toast/soup diet 3-4 days and then go back to normal. I did so and I still felt that anxiety/brain fog from PPIs and I went back to normal diet. I felt really weird for a couple days until one day I drank orange juice and for some reason it removed both the nausea and brain fog.

The next week I felt normal. After this I ate something again and vomited, went to ER and they told me I'm faking and I'm having a panic attack. I vomited 1-2 times again, I took an electrolyte drink and took 3mg bromazepam that was at home to calm down and fall asleep. The next couple of days I had the brain fog/anxiety again, tried drinking orange juice but it didn't help.

There was an episode where my gf had choked while eating and I had to do a heimlich maneuver to save her and I hadn't slept the whole night to keep a check on her.

Tomorrow morning we came home, and I slept 12hrs but felt very exhausted when I woke up. This is where the yellow stools started again.

I went to the GP and she told me to take espumisan and pantoprazole and eat soup/toast for a couple of days.

My condition did not improve so I thought I will go to the gastroenterologist. He told me to stop ppis so we can check for h pylori false negative.

Abdominal ultrasound showed enlarged lymph nodes (10mm) in the appendix area, but the appendix is not visualized. CBC normal, calprotectin turned up 621, amylase and lipase were mildly elevated in blood.

After stopping ppis and continuing the diet, I ate rice and cooked potatoes one day, the rice was a bit too salty but edible. I felt very nauseous and vomited, went to ER, they gave me a buscopan injection. Did more blood tests the day after for the thyroid (TSH normal, FT4 raised) because of the cysts the radiologist saw since she also did a thyroid ultrasound. They also sent me to the cardiologist who wanted me to do a BP holter and some more stuff even though my BP was 130/80 when measured (I think thats my baseline because every time it was measured it was 130/80-140/80). In the evening, I ate soup and went to sleep. I felt very nauseous and had very bad right hip pain, called ER thinking it was appendicitis they told me I wouldn't be able to speak if it was appendicitis???

I laid in bed and iI saw a bulge at the bottom right of my belly, I pressed on it, I heard a bloop sound and the nausea started subsiding, so I went to sleep.

I went to give blood the day after and I felt very sick so they gave me IV electrolytes and buscopan IV and sent me home.

I decided that this clinic is just draining my private health insurance, so I switched to a different gastroenterologist who told me I have IBS and suspected IBD, gave me Rabeprazole, a probiotic, metronidazole and espumisan. I was told to stop metronidazole if it made me sick. I was also given a diet plan which did nothing. I felt very sick, had anxiety attacks and I had the same panic attack when starting rabeprazole, but I thought it was from Metronidazole, so I stopped metronidazole and continued with other meds. I started having night sweats and feeling like I had a fever with my temperature being worse. Brain fog got worse as well.

Calprotectin dropped to 170, amylase was slightly raised than the norm in blood, 3x the norm in urine. The gastro doctor ordered an abdominal CT, which showed nothing except gas in the intestines, and numerous Mesenteric/Pericecal swollen lymph nodes 13mm. It also showed an enlarged gallbladder with no signs of inflammation, I was told this is because I was tall.

My stool had mucus in it still, I repeated calprotectin, it was 400 now. My RLQ pain was still consistent in the appendix area, sometimes spreading to my leg and right testicle. I was told this was still IBS, but I should schedule a colonoscopy and gastroscopy. Intestinal ultrasound showed prominent enema in the terminal ileum, but no wall thickening

Brain fog did not improve, night sweats and waking up at night did not improve. Started thinking that I do have stress induced IBS, scheduled a colonoscopy and was told to a psychiatrist. I decided to quit gastroprazol as I was thinking it's ruining my microbiome. My calprotectin dropped after stopping ppis, but my amylase stayed the same, slightly elevated in blood, 3x elevated in urine. My urine test also showed a lot of mucus in my urine. Stool tested positive for muscle tissue, but elastase returned normal.

I did and was given Lexapro 5mg for 1 week, told to bump it to 10mg second week. I was also given bromazepam 1.5 mg morning and 3mg for sleep.

The lexapro burned my stomach in the morning even though I took it with food, and I always felt a shock throughout my entire body for 30mins when taking it for the first two weeks. My brain fog also worsened, and I felt sleepy the whole day, but couldn't sleep until the evening when i took bromazepam. Reflux started waking me up, so i started taking famotidine at night before sleep as well, it did not really help.

At 2 weeks (10mg lexapro), i complained to the psych about the sleepiness but being unable to fall asleep, loss of appetite and the erectile dysfunction, I was given 15mg mirtazapine and sanval (sanval instead of night bromazepam) at night and was told to raise lexapro to 15mg. I started this and felt very weird, brain fog was worse I had a feeling like my stomach/throat were tight. I went to the psych after 4-5 days and told her all this and that I thought we were raising the doses too fast, and was told to raise mirtazapine to 30mg and take zopiclone instead of sanval, and add olanzapine 2.5mg and that it would fix my appetite and brain fog????

I was sceptical but I did it, woke up having really bad brain fog and weird FOV (haha) and a very bad headache where my sinuses were. In the evening, I started feeling very confused, nonchalant and didn't care about anything, had high BP and had throat tightness, but I did have a bigger appetite. I got scared of this feeling and decided I would stop mirtazapine and olanzapine, and start to taper off lexapro. (I know doing this was a mistake but I thought I would be fine because this was day 5-6 of mirtazapine).

I took only the zopiclone that night instead of mirtazapine and olanzapine, and I couldn't sleep, the zopiclone only fixed my headache. I started tapering off lexapro and bromazepam, but I felt my blood pressure rise as soon as I took lexapro (now at 10mg) and i dropped to 5mg after 4 days, but still felt the same. I went to a different psych and was told to go back to 10mg lexapro and take trazodone 50mg at night. I took trazodone and I had really poor sleep on it, my nose started being clogged, and after 3 days i raised trazodone to 100mg as instructed and when I took it I felt my lips swell and my nose clogged up. Also on trazodone my sleep was so bad I basically had sleep paralysis where I felt awake but couldn't move my limbs.

I also had nights where I would wake up gasping with either sweats or chills and a huge urge to urinate.

I also started having pain in my joints and all over my body, which I think was caused by antidepressants.

My bp was still high so I went to the cardiologist. I was made to do EKG holter and BP holter, heart rate turned normal, BP was average 160/110. Heart ultrasound showed mitral regurgitation and mitral valve prolapse, but the doctor said it's fine and not to be worried about it. I also did an endurance test, hr stayed normal but bp was up to 170/130. So I was put on prexanor 5mg and nebivolol 2.5mg. I told my psych I think that antidepressants caused my high bp but was told no chance, and was told to stop lexapro and trazodone and switch to only mirtazapine at night. I was scared because of all this and I didn't wanna take anything, I stopped both the lexapro and trazodone and took only bp meds and bromazepam for sleep.

I started thinking about sleep apnea since I have the symptoms and I have a deviated septum (I broke my nose when I was 6, also gf told me I make a gasping sound while sleeping, like my own saliva is choking me and I'm bursting the bubble. I mentioned this to the cardiologist and he told me to go check that out and basically shook me off.

I did blood tests again:

High amylase in blood, high in urine even though it wasn't the first morning pee.

High FT4, normal TSH

Celiac blood tests negative

Antinuclear ANA hep2 1:80 positive

Ig g1, g2, g3, g4 negative

Fecal elastase good,

Calprotectin 50

Vitamin D low

Folic acid low

Calcium at the top of the normal range

Ionized calcium also very high but still in normal range

Blood iron normal but doc said its low in comparison to ferritin

Morning cortisol raised

I went to the ENT and was told my nose looks like I have an allergy (which I knew was trazodone) and was given Nasonex and a Saline spray, which did nothing.

I went to the neurologist, told him everything that was going on and he requested an endocranial MRI since I had strabismus and my left arm was weaker than the right (i broke the left arm when i was 11) and my left calf was significantly smaller than the right. MRI showed I had an ischemic situation in my childhood, but the neurologist said that this is no big deal since my brain recovered and it poses no threat or anything.

I was given a plant based med for sleeping, it contains ashwagandha, valerian and a lil bit of st johns wort. Told to switch to amitriptiline 10mg at night if it doesn't help.

I started colonoscopy prep. 3-4 days of eating light, did blood tests day before it:

Monocytes slightly raised

Absolute lymphocites slightly low

CRP 5 times the norm

D-DIMER 3 times the norm

aPTT and protrombic time normal

Low vitamin D

Low folic acid

Prolactin low

TSH and FT4 normal

Amylase 2x in blood

3x in urine

Troponine normal

Testosterone and Free Testosterone normal

I took colonoscopy prep, it burned my butthole, I was basically shitting water.

Did colonoscopy and gastroscopy:

Colitis chronica non specifica - doctor says it's just a bad case of IBS???

Chronic gastritis and early eosophagitis

H pylori biopsy negative.

I started having pain when I pee, went to urologist, said I have an UTI and that my prostate is very painful and has calcification, I was given nitroxoline.

Also went to a pulmologist because of suspected apnea and was told to do a sleep study and here I have to wait a couple months for that.

PRESENT SYMPTOMS

Now we are in the present, 1 week post colonoscopy, I'm trying to eat unrestricted, taking digestive enzymes, probiotic, and I skipped bp meds because my BP is now 106/60 throughout the whole day even after I don't take my BP meds. I have pains throughout my whole body, suspecting some sort of Myalgia or Fibromyalgia from the antidepressants or stopping benzos. I have a sinus headache, brain fog after eating, waking up every 1-2hrs even after taking antacids before sleep. My erectile disfunction is better but when I orgasm barely any semen comes out and it's very watery. My stools are a bit normal color and kinda sausage like but still soft, sometimes greasy and look like not fully digested food sometimes. I have pain under my left rib when eating, and random pain under my right rib/lower rlq/right hip pain throughout the day, spreads to my right testicle and right leg. My right leg also hurts when walking, especially the area under my knee and my foot feels numb at times.

I also have pain in my chest sometimes and arm pain, joint pain etc. Mentally I am feeling better since I stopped antidepressants.

I am at loss of what could be happening to me, apnea, microscopic colitis/ibd, fibromyalgia, mcas, histamine intolerance, discus hernia, pelvic floor disfunction. I also suspected chronic appendicitis mostly due to the pain there is almost constant, but it also comes and goes.

I don't know which doctor to go to next, when I go to GP or an internist they tell me this is to much for them or that it's all in my head. I hear about people having these kinds of issues for years/decades before getting a diagnosis and I am scared because my life has just started being good before this (I got a promotion, have a really good job, was supposed to get teeth braces, started saving up for a business and was planning on proposing to my gf). I just want to know what's wrong so I can start fixing it and accepting it.

Hi everyone, 24m here, here is my story, hope someone had a similar experience.

This started a couple months ago after i was trying to fall asleep and had a headache, took ibuprofen and started getting really really dizzy like i was going to faint and then I vomited. Went to the ER they said it was my blood pressure and gave me meds for that and an injection to stop the vomiting. I managed to sleep somehow and I had multiple diarrhea and was feeling very nauseous and ill. Went to a GP and she told me I have a stomach bug and gave me pantropazole and enterofuryl, said to go on a diet. So i did. Believe it or not, I got crazy panic attacks from pantoprazole, which is something I saw people report but doctors don't believe it. After a week of taking these meds I stopped and returned to my normal diet. Then a week later I was feeling very ill and had multiple yellow diarrheas, and I went to the GP again, she took my blood and stool tests and told me to go on a diet for 2-3 days and then go back to normal. I did, and I had constant nausea until one day i drank orange juice and instantly felt better.

After a week or so, I had an anxiety attack because food was temporarily stuck in my throat and I vomited. Since then, I had felt weird and nauseous most of the time, and went to the GP when i saw yellow stools again. She put me on Simethicone and Pantoprazole and took stool tests for c diff which came back negative. I did not feel better from this, so I went to a Gastroenterologist who told me to not take pantoprazole and go on a diet and do all sorts of tests, abdominal ultrasound as well.

Abdominal ultrasound showed swollen lymph nodes near the appendix area and the appendix was not visualized on the ultrasound.

I did all sorts of tests, was barely eating still due to stress and stuff and one day I ate broccoli and rice and felt nauseous and vomited, went to the ER and they gave me a buscopan injection. The day after, I got crazy nauseous at night and had really bad stomach cramps in the appendix area, called the ER and they told me it's not appendicitis since I can walk. And so I lay on the bed nauseous expecting to vomit and see swelling, like a small ball near my appendix area, i press on it, it makes a bloop sound and then I'm not nauseous anymore. So i go to sleep and do some more tests. Calprotectin shows up at 621, amylase and lipase slightly raised above the norm. The doctors in that clinic were shuffling me around for insurance money, so I switched to another doctor who told me to take rabeprazole, some probiotics and metronidazole for 5 days (stop if it makes me sick). As soon as i took rabeprazole, I had a severe panic attack, never felt worse in my life. I thought it was from metronidazole so I stopped taking it and continued on. My calprotectin dropped to 157 after some time, amylase was 2x the norm etc.

The doctor said to do a CT scan. And so I did. CT showed Mesenteric and Pericecal adenitis and meteorismus, appendix not visualized. Here I spiralled down the google hole and was getting terrible health anxiety. I was still barely eating and felt no appetite at all, most of my pain was in the lower right quadrant, and I had mucus in my stool, which was still yellow no matter what I was eating. I thought it was chronic appendicitis, so I saw an abdominal surgeon which said it most certainly isn't since my CRP is normal and I don't feel pain when he presses on the area.

Next tests show calprotectin at 357, amylase in blood 2x the norm, in urine 3x the norm. The doctor told me to continue the diet and see a colonoscopy/gastroscopy specialist who told me it's IBS and that I should take digestive enzymes and eat whatever I want, as long as it's not seasoned too much. I did an intestinal ultrasound which showed prominent submucosa in my terminal ileum A lot of things went on from here, I stopped taking PPIs because they were making me sick and I had crazy rebound acid and a vomiting episode. Did the tests again and my calprotectin dropped to 45 but the amylase stayed raised 2x the norm, urine amylase over 3x the norm. I started getting abdominal pain under my left rib after eating and I was taking the digestive enzymes since the doctor said I have IBS and a weak pancreas. I went to the psychiatrist because I started waking up in the night with night sweats or shivers and I thought it was anxiety related and that my pain is caused by anxiety.

Now 3 weeks later, (2.5 months from the beginning), my stools are sometimes normal colored, sometimes yellow, still soft and sometimes floating. I still wake up with night sweats or shivers and abdominal pain under my left rib. I did celiac antibody tests, negative. Elevated amylase in blood 2x, urine 2x, but I didn't sleep that night so maybe it was lower because I urinated multiple times that day. I still had no appetite and was waking up from sleep, still getting stomach pain under my left ribs, I complained to the psychiatrist and was given a stronger dose of antidepressants and a stronger hypnotic to fall asleep. The day after I had constant pain under my left rib, crazy headaches and high BP, so I thought heck nah I'm quitting these new meds and tapering off the SSRI and getting a new psych. I was getting high bp all day and left side abdominal pain, nausea, went to see the psych who told me my BP and headache had nothing to do with the new meds I was given, and I was told to keep taking the SSRI and was added Trazodone for sleep. I went to see a cardiologist who measured my BP and it was 160/110 and I had a heart ultrasound which showed some abnormalities, but doctor said it was not that concerning, although he did say when Im laying down on my left side my heart skips a beat sometimes. I think this BP thing was caused by the meds, but I'm trying not to be a hypochondriac and trust the doctors, but I am still waking up in the middle of the night gasping for air with night sweats or shivers, having abdominal pain under left rib and nausea, have a EKG and heart holter scheduled, and I told the doctors I think my high bp and heart issues are from the psych meds, which they are convincing me it's not the cause, but I didn't have this arrhythmia and this high BP before this. I am taking blood pressure medication now, considering what to do about the psych meds.

I asked my gastroenterologist about SIBO and possible false negatives on h pylori since i was taking PPIs, and I was told I'm imagining health conditions. I am switching to a different gastroenterologist doctor.

I had 83kg when this started, now I am at 67kg and feel worse that at the beginning due to heart stuff, but my stools are more consistently normal in color, still always soft though, although i eat only chicken, rice and low fodmap stuff with low fat and take digestive enzymes. I did tests for thyroid as well and my FT4, DHEA-S and Cortisol were raised yesterday. I have folic acid and vitamin D defficiency, vitamin b12 is ok, but i had taken supplements recently, so idk about that, haven't tested for other vitamins, electrolytes are all ok, with Calcium being at the very top of normal levels, even though I don't eat food with that much calcium.

I am lost as to what the issue is here, but I suspect chronic pancreatitis. Autoimmune tests for that came back negative, but that doesn't rule it out. I will still do the gastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy, but I think they will come back clear, I will push for a SIBO test and ERCP as soon as I'm done with figuring out the heart/BP issues and my insomnia.

Hi everyone, 24m here, here is my story, hope someone had a similar experience.

This started a couple months ago after i was trying to fall asleep and had a headache, took ibuprofen and started getting really really dizzy like i was going to faint and then I vomited. Went to the ER they said it was my blood pressure and gave me meds for that and an injection to stop the vomiting. I managed to sleep somehow and I had multiple diarrhea and was feeling very nauseous and ill. Went to a GP and she told me I have a stomach bug and gave me pantropazole and enterofuryl, said to go on a diet. So i did. Believe it or not, I got crazy panic attacks from pantoprazole, which is something I saw people report but doctors don't believe it. After a week of taking these meds I stopped and returned to my normal diet. Then a week later I was feeling very ill and had multiple yellow diarrheas, and I went to the GP again, she took my blood and stool tests and told me to go on a diet for 2-3 days and then go back to normal. I did, and I had constant nausea until one day i drank orange juice and instantly felt better.

After a week or so, I had an anxiety attack because food was temporarily stuck in my throat and I vomited. Since then, I had felt weird and nauseous most of the time, and went to the GP when i saw yellow stools again. She put me on Simethicone and Pantoprazole and took stool tests for c diff which came back negative. I did not feel better from this, so I went to a Gastroenterologist who told me to not take pantoprazole and go on a diet and do all sorts of tests, abdominal ultrasound as well.

Abdominal ultrasound showed swollen lymph nodes near the appendix area and the appendix was not visualized on the ultrasound.

I did all sorts of tests, was barely eating still due to stress and stuff and one day I ate broccoli and rice and felt nauseous and vomited, went to the ER and they gave me a buscopan injection. The day after, I got crazy nauseous at night and had really bad stomach cramps in the appendix area, called the ER and they told me it's not appendicitis since I can walk. And so I lay on the bed nauseous expecting to vomit and see swelling, like a small ball near my appendix area, i press on it, it makes a bloop sound and then I'm not nauseous anymore. So i go to sleep and do some more tests. Calprotectin shows up at 621, amylase and lipase slightly raised above the norm. The doctors in that clinic were shuffling me around for insurance money, so I switched to another doctor who told me to take rabeprazole, some probiotics and metronidazole for 5 days (stop if it makes me sick). As soon as i took rabeprazole, I had a severe panic attack, never felt worse in my life. I thought it was from metronidazole so I stopped taking it and continued on. My calprotectin dropped to 157 after some time, amylase was 2x the norm etc.

The doctor said to do a CT scan. And so I did. CT showed Mesenteric and Pericecal adenitis and meteorismus, appendix not visualized. Here I spiralled down the google hole and was getting terrible health anxiety. I was still barely eating and felt no appetite at all, most of my pain was in the lower right quadrant, and I had mucus in my stool, which was still yellow no matter what I was eating. I thought it was chronic appendicitis, so I saw an abdominal surgeon which said it most certainly isn't since my CRP is normal and I don't feel pain when he presses on the area.

Next tests show calprotectin at 357, amylase in blood 2x the norm, in urine 3x the norm. The doctor told me to continue the diet and see a colonoscopy/gastroscopy specialist who told me it's IBS and that I should take digestive enzymes and eat whatever I want, as long as it's not seasoned too much. I did an intestinal ultrasound which showed prominent submucosa in my terminal ileum A lot of things went on from here, I stopped taking PPIs because they were making me sick and I had crazy rebound acid and a vomiting episode. Did the tests again and my calprotectin dropped to 45 but the amylase stayed raised 2x the norm, urine amylase over 3x the norm. I started getting abdominal pain under my left rib after eating and I was taking the digestive enzymes since the doctor said I have IBS and a weak pancreas. I went to the psychiatrist because I started waking up in the night with night sweats or shivers and I thought it was anxiety related and that my pain is caused by anxiety.

Now 3 weeks later, (2.5 months from the beginning), my stools are sometimes normal colored, sometimes yellow, still soft and sometimes floating. I still wake up with night sweats or shivers and abdominal pain under my left rib. I did celiac antibody tests, negative. Elevated amylase in blood 2x, urine 2x, but I didn't sleep that night so maybe it was lower because I urinated multiple times that day. I still had no appetite and was waking up from sleep, still getting stomach pain under my left ribs, I complained to the psychiatrist and was given a stronger dose of antidepressants and a stronger hypnotic to fall asleep. The day after I had constant pain under my left rib, crazy headaches and high BP, so I thought heck nah I'm quitting these new meds and tapering off the SSRI and getting a new psych. I was getting high bp all day and left side abdominal pain, nausea, went to see the psych who told me my BP and headache had nothing to do with the new meds I was given, and I was told to keep taking the SSRI and was added Trazodone for sleep. I went to see a cardiologist who measured my BP and it was 160/110 and I had a heart ultrasound which showed some abnormalities, but doctor said it was not that concerning, although he did say when Im laying down on my left side my heart skips a beat sometimes. I think this BP thing was caused by the meds, but I'm trying not to be a hypochondriac and trust the doctors, but I am still waking up in the middle of the night gasping for air with night sweats or shivers, having abdominal pain under left rib and nausea, have a EKG and heart holter scheduled, and I told the doctors I think my high bp and heart issues are from the psych meds, which they are convincing me it's not the cause, but I didn't have this arrhythmia and this high BP before this. I am taking blood pressure medication now, considering what to do about the psych meds.

I asked my gastroenterologist about SIBO and possible false negatives on h pylori since i was taking PPIs, and I was told I'm imagining health conditions. I am switching to a different gastroenterologist doctor.

I had 83kg when this started, now I am at 67kg and feel worse that at the beginning due to heart stuff, but my stools are more consistently normal in color, still always soft though, although i eat only chicken, rice and low fodmap stuff with low fat and take digestive enzymes. I did tests for thyroid as well and my FT4, DHEA-S and Cortisol were raised yesterday. I have folic acid and vitamin D defficiency, vitamin b12 is ok, but i had taken supplements recently, so idk about that, haven't tested for other vitamins, electrolytes are all ok, with Calcium being at the very top of normal levels, even though I don't eat food with that much calcium.

I am lost as to what the issue is here, but I suspect chronic pancreatitis. Autoimmune tests for that came back negative, but that doesn't rule it out. I will still do the gastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy, but I think they will come back clear, I will push for a SIBO test and ERCP as soon as I'm done with figuring out the heart/BP issues and my insomnia.

I have been suffering for 2 months, with what started as a vomiting episode. The doctor concluded it was a stomach bug and without any blood tests put me on PPIs and Enterofuryl.

Even after finishing the meds i still had that brain fog like something was wrong. Then the yellow diarrheas started one day, went back to the brat diet for a couple days and then felt normal still with the brain fog, maybe it was indigestion, i dont know. I am very much anxious about health, and once I thought food was stuck in my throat due to anxiety and vomited. since then i have been having anxiety, loose stools, yellowish, lower right abdominal pain. Once i had a visible swelling ileocecaly and nausea and i pressed on it and it made gurgle sound and the nausea went away. I went to GI, she put me on PPIs and later after CT scans and abdominal US, i was diagnosed with PI-IBS. Though my calprotectin and pancreatic amylase in urine and blood are raised. Also, intestinal ultrasound showed submucosa in the terminal ileum. They put IBD as differential diagnosis and I am waiting for the colonoscopy in august but I am afraid of this being chronic appendicitis.

Edit: CT scan showed mesenteric and pericecal swollen lymph nodes and gas in my colon. And a enlarged gallbladder but they said thats normal and some people just have it larger