Hunger pains, digestive issues, and physical problems

[kcb7]

I am a 24 year old female. For the past month or so I feel starving all the time. It's the feeling of a gurgling stomach and intense, sickening gnawing hunger pain underneath the gurgling. It makes me immediately start sweating, I get hot and feel that I'll be sick (faint, throw up, etc.) if I don't eat immediately. I run into the kitchen and drink milk and eat oatmeal, peanut butter toast, etc. Sometimes eating makes the pain go away for for maybe an hour, but then the pain starts again, and sometimes eating doesn't make the pain go away at all. I can't sleep through the night. I wake up about every 1 to 2 hours with the pain, pounding heart, dizziness and sweating. I eat a granola bar and fall back asleep for a bit until I wake up with the same thing again. Mornings are horrible. When I wake up I feel dizzy, faint, hungry, and the gnawing hunger pain in my stomach. I've gained 10 pounds because I eat all the time, and I'm don't exercise anymore because of the pain and fear that I'll faint.

Other issues I'm having are: excessive gas, bloating, burping up bile, diarrhea in the mornings and increased bowel movements. I also suffer from anxiety. When I start getting the hunger feeling I worry that my blood sugar is low and that sends me into an anxiety attack. The pain also sends me into an anxiety attack because it hurts so bad and I don't know what's going on. The lack of sleep, no exercise, weight gain, constant eating, and inability to go out are ruining my life and making my anxiety worse. I've been taking 40mg of Pepcid AC  every day for a month and I don't think it's helping.

For the past month I drank a Slim Fast every morning, and a month's worth of Slim Fast was just recalled because they might be contaminated with Bacillus Cereus. I thought maybe that was the problem, but I haven't had a Slim Fast in about a week and my problems remain. I don't know if the two things are related or just circumstantial.

[djg77]

Hello,

Did you ever figure out how to stop the hunger pains. I have the same thing going on?

[kcb7]

Thanks for the replies. I had slight heartburn that lasted about a week a few months ago, then it went away and I was fine until the past month and these issues.

I've been under a lot of stress lately, so I'm wondering if that could have aggravated acid reflux along with increasing my anxiety issues. After I eat I've always had to excessively clear my throat, which I read can be a sign of acid reflux, but I never thought anything of it, since I wasn't having other problems at the time.

[mama23babies]

I went through this a few years ago really bad and still get it every now and then. They can be symtoms of an ulcer but I didn't have one. The did the scope in my stomach and said that I had excessive bile and gave me medicine. I had also had my gallbladder taken out do my body wasn't breaking the bile down correctly.

If I was you I would go to a GI specialist to rule anything serious out,but mine turned out to be nothing and still undiagnosed.

[r9c]

Hi,i do experienced that before,i was diagnosed by the doctor gastric problem,so bad my whole chest felt awful by those gasses pushing upwards from my stomach,the best thing to do is visit a doc,tell them abt those stomach issued,if u have acid problem in the stomach,there are some gastric meds that can give u a lot relief.