I need answers

[cupcakeheaven]

I am a very healthy 23 year old who has no previous health problems. Five weeks ago i came down with an illness. It started as pressure in the lower middle chest,followed by chills,shaking and nausea. The pain was so intense that i went to the ER. The doctors did no tests and sent me home saying i was too young to have chest pain The next week i became incresingly worse with severe nausea,loose stools with blood,lack of appetite,fatigue and the chest pain. After a week i went back to the ER. The doctor again did no tests,instead he pressed my stomach and said i had viral gastritis and a muscular chest strain,and to take ibuprofen and paracetamol. The next week i felt worse again and the painkillers didnt work.I started taking gaviscon incase the chest pain was heartburn and it helped a little. I have headaches,pain in the right shoulder,back pain,bowl movements vary from loose to constipated along with the other previous symptoms. I went to my gp who tested my blood and stool for signs of a virus,the results came back normal. I have had severe nausea to the point of nearly passing out most mornings, i have lost half a stone and get racing heartbeats at night. I went back to my gp who tested another stool sample for h pylori,again the results came back normal. The gp has made an appointment for me to see a gastro specialist in march. I am at a loss at what elase i can do. Please help

[cupcakeheaven]

thankyou

[CHRISTYDRAKE]

Also,  even though most of my son symptoms are GI related, a cardiologist is the one who diagnosed him.  The racing heart and near fainting are blood pressure/heart rate issues.

[CHRISTYDRAKE]

Treatment varies.  With my son, he has tried many meds and some symptoms are better, but the nausea persists.  It is trial and error.  What works for one person, might not work for another.

Some people do fully recover, while others deal with ups and downs with it forever.  I've read that the older you are when it occurs, the chances of it going away are much smaller.

Some teens take until their early 20's to recover.  My son is only 15 and has been dealing with this for a couple of years, but daily for the past year.  

Hopefully, you don't have this, but I like to make people aware since many people go years without a diagnosis.

[cupcakeheaven]

Can you get rid of this? what is the treatment?  

[CHRISTYDRAKE]

It wasn't my intention to scare you.  But if you have it then a quicker diagnosis helps you mentally.  It took us over 3 years to get the right diagnosis for my son.  We went from doctor to doctor, and they all kept telling us it was anxiety.  The doctors all basically wrote him off.   So after seeing a psychologist, she determined it definitely wasn't anxiety.  She researched his symptoms and got us going in the right direction.

Once we found the doctors to treat him, this took a load off.  We actually had doctors telling my son that this wasn't in his head, which, mentally made him feel a little better.

[cupcakeheaven]

now im scared

[CHRISTYDRAKE]

You are describing a lot of the symptoms also associated with dysautonomia (or autonomic dysfunction).  Do some research on this and see if this could possibly be it.  There are a lot of symptoms that can occur with this and doctors don't usually put it together to come up with this diagnosis.  The website below lists a lot of the possible symptoms.

http://heavenleigh412-ivil.tripod.com/id23.html