Bloating, nausea, vomiting, fatigue and more.

I had abdominal pain, severe gas, heartburn, and dizziness for two weeks. For the first week, it was sporadic; one day I would be fine, then I would wake up feeling like a brick of pain was in my stomach. I would be so dizzy that I would sit for hours as still as possible. The second week, it was pretty much constant, to the point where I missed the entire week of work. The doctor wanted me to take a gall bladder ultrasound; I didn't do this because it would have cost me $515. However, she did also give me some medication: Nexium and Meclizine. I don't know whether it was the medication or whether it just ran its course, but after 2 weeks, I am now symptom-free and back to normal. My personal opinion is that it was some kind of bug.

I have the deepest sympathy for all of you for I have been experiencing similiar symtoms for two years now. I throw up all day long, with every meal I eat.
I have the abdominal pain ,headaches, intestinal bloating, constant nausea, and stay exhausted!!! I too
have had all kinds of tests and blood work only to find that my counts are low and sometimes a vitamin deficiency.
Five weeks ago I had my gall bladder removed!! DIDNT HELP! Since then, I've been in ER twice for fluids!! My life has soooooo passed difficult!
Hard to cope! I do have a family and a job, and I can barely manage to keep myself alive! As of three days ago, a young doctor prescribed me zofran and reglan!
Both of these together are atleast helping me keep my head out of the toilet! I'm headed to a team of specialist tomorrow!!!
And with some hope, I have to believe that there are answers as to why so many of us are having thesr horrid symtoms!
When I return home with news, I will gladly share!

campr wrote:

My daughter has also been suffering from intestinal swelling and vomiting with fatigue. She has been this way for a year now. Everything she eats stays down usually until it gets into the intestinal area, than the swelling starts, until it swells so much and all comes back up. All types of tests have been done, but they cannot find a cause. Has anyone had more symptoms like this?

Hello Everyone.
I have read hundreds of posts regarding boating, gas, constipation, nausea, back pain, fatigue, extended belly, etc. The list is very long and the people suffering all have several things in common. Some mention having their gall bladders removed, some mention certain foods that trigger these symptoms (fatty food, dairy, soy etc.)...

I AM NOT A DOCTOR but I too suffer from these symptoms and have for over 11 yrs now. Not a single doctor in all those years have come up with any explanations for these symptoms and as usual send me home with the new "drug of the month". I have come to the conclusion that ...

A. Having your gallbladder removed is pointless and usually causes more problems.
B. Doctors don't give a crap
C. Pharmaceutical companies thrive on our misery
D. Most diseases start in the colon so stop eating JUNK!
E. Their coming to take me away ha ha hee hee...
F. I forgot what F was for?
G. I am done rambling

So, here are some helpful hints... Start eating more healthy. Stop eating fatty fried foods. Eat more fiber. Get more exercise. Most people with these symptoms are also over weight, smokers, junk food junkies with high stress jobs or home life. Do you see a pattern yet people. I know it's crazy to think we can fix our selves and get healthy without paying some ego-maniac a lot of money...but it's true! HELP YOURSELF!

ive just been reading this thread and i feel similar

ive been with my bf for nerli 3 weeks now and after about 4 days i started takeing the pill again then 3 days later we went to a hot tub party over my friends i drank quite a large amount of wine ate sum chips and pizza and came home and threw up... since then im constantly tired no matter how much i sleep ( im anemic any way and am meant to take iron tablets 3 times a day but always forget ) ive also been feeling nautious a lot and thrown up a few times and get the feelings that im going to be sick a lot. its strange i tend to eat loads to the point ill eat till i feel sick cos i feel hungry. like i just dont know wen to stop eating. i dont eat healthily as im a 19 yr old broke student that dosent have time or the money to cook from fresh.. or the know how...

im trying to work out why im feeling constantly nautious..... i feel as though i have put on weight as well and my tummy is bloated a lot fo the time

i dont think im pregnant as me and my bf always use condoms and im on the pill

and the last person i slept with b4 him was a drunken accident about a month and a half a go which i got the morning after pill str8 away in the morning and had my period ok obviously now im bak on the pill im sort of waiting for my next one... i dont really know wat to do. im going to try ringin the doctors on monday but would like sum advice till then

my life is pretty stress full at the moment as ive just got in 2 a serious relationship. and im off to university in october so my lifes all pver the place.. just quit 1 job got anotehr with less hours and worse pay.. really over drawn. currently looking to move house.. but ive been stressed for yrs with different things and handle stress prettuy well.... i just chane smoke lol.

sorry 4 the long message. if any one can help it would be a big help

thanks

lexie xx

Hello all! I am so glad I found this site and I hope that my comment can be of help to someone looking for answers.
I to have been having these symptoms nausea, bloating especially in the abdomen area almost like im pregnant
(protruding belly), vomiting, stomach pain, extreme fatigue and many other
strange symptoms including craving protein (which I am unsure if this is related or not to my other symptoms). So
I made an appointment with my Dr. and she ran a ton of blood test ANA panel, CBC panel, metabolism panel, prolactin,
insulin, thyroid, and cortisol tests. All came back fairly normal. I also had a CT Scan and an ultrasound.

I just got the call yesturday (week after my tests) and they informed me that I have gallstones. I assume I have had
them for years, because I have been having these symptoms for years. (Now that I think about it the first time I noticed
any stomach pains like this I was taking xenadrine diet pills when it had ephedra in it but don't quote me on anything its
just a thought, because I heard yoyo diets are one of the causes for gallstones.) So anyway, I meet with a surgeon on
Thursday and my Dr. said most likely they will opt to take out my gallbladder.

I really hope this helps someone, I have been searching for answers for some of these symptoms for years, and I know
how frustrating it gets when you know something is wrong with your body and you keep getting negative this and normal
that! Keep searching and keep pressing your Dr.'s to do something about your health because chances are if you are not
serious and are not willing to search for answers chances are your doctor wont either!

Good Luck Friend!

~Dani*L

I have had many of the same problems.
Stomach/intestinal SWELLING
gas
severe pain leading to vomiting just to feel better
nothing helped.

My family sent thousands of dollars, even on insurance trying to figure out what was wrong. The doctors couldn't find anything and it was pretty frustrating.

In the end, they never found it. But I have made my own determinations through 10 years of trial and errors.

I'm convinced, especially if Autism is a factor, that as the naturalism of our food drops we are less and less able to process it. The major problem is the digestive tract is unable to filter, or produce and store the enzymes needed for digestion. It can be caused by abdominal injuries, auto-immune system killing off helpful bacteria, or other issues.

When the food is not fully digested by enzymes it passes through and creates major sensitivity and swelling. The digestive system response by creating more digestive juices, which still lacking the enzyme, is just straight acid and burn as well as causing SEVERE painful heart burn. The more this occurs, the more damage is done and the worse it gets.

My solution, which has helped me and 2 friends with similar problems.
1. Cut back on spicy foods and anything that bothers your stomach. No pizza, apples, pears, or other hard to digest foods.
2. ABSOLUTELY no fried foods. the grease absorbs the enzymes and lower your ability to digest as well as triggers high acid production
3. Over the counter solutions work well to stop and reverse this problem:
Omnigest enzyme. all the enzymes you need in a pill has STOPPED within 2 hours all attacks. Taking half a pill every 2 days for a year prevents attacks and gave my stomach time to heal.
They now have the special yogurt, and even over the counter pills containing live, healthy digestive bacteria to replace what is lost.
4. Lots of oat meal and other fiber rich foods help push the irritants out of the digestive system and reduce sensitivity.

I have lived for 5 years on this diet and 'attacks' have waned and occur only twice a year while under stress now. More Omnigest (I only take it as I need now) stops those quickly. Because Omnigest even has lactaid it can be taken with milk to help coat and soothe the stomach.
In the last year I have been able to return to even pizza without distress as long as I take an omnigest with any hard or spiced foods (even sesame/basil chicken breast needs to be considered spiced)
My friends have had the same success I have had

Unfortunately, many local stores have stopped providing Omnigest and I can only get it from a few online pharmacies. I am testing the effectivness of the live digestive bacteria pills to replace it but it is too soon to tell.

This is all so crazy to me. I am a 27 yr old female. About 3 months ago I started vomiting uncontrolably. I was so tired all the time and got really depressed. I went to 2 doctors and the best reaponse I got was "a bad case of the rhino virus". That pissed me off. A bad case of the common cold?? No way! Now for the past 3 months I have just plain felt unhealthy. The initial vomiting lasted over 2 weeks. Now it comes in dribs and drabs. But I am always tired, get bad headaches and body aches. I know something is wrong with me. My last doctor visit was 2 days ago. They ordered lung xrays sayin I am wheezing and may have asthma. Hello!! That can not account for all that is wrong with me. I feel like these doctors just wanna get me outta their office. This is bad being that I have never been a person to even go to the doctor unless a bone was sticking out of me. I don't know what to do. I can't just walk in to a docotrs office and say "I know something is wrong with me so give me a bunch of tests. Does anyone have any input for me? I am just getting so upset. I feel like I can't do anything and I'm just sick all the time. I feel like I'm being a bad Mom cause I'm not as active and increasingly irritable.