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I am a sixteen year old girl and i have been having stomach pain for about 9 months now. the pain is usually in the upper left side and radiates out. sometimes it feels like someone is squeezing my upper intestines and my rib feels like its popping in and out of place. my symptoms are weight loss, severe constipation, headaches, bloating, gas, and loss of appetite. Ive had and endoscopy, colonoscopy, cat scan, xray, multiple blood tests, allergy tests, diabetes test, fructose intolerance test, and stomach motility/emptying test and the doctors haven't found anything except lactose intolerance. I tried an IBS diet but that did nothing to alleviate my symptoms (it might have even made the worse especially the bloating). ive tried cutting out dairy and gluten from my diet and nothing works. The pain is so bad that ive had to miss 15% of school this year. please help me. i am in so much pain. help
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I am on milk of magnesia, amitiza, and dulcolax and my doctor wants me to try to get off the milk of magnesia.  You can try using other medications for constipation to see if that works better.  Amitiza is a new one out there but sometimes certain ones work better than others.  Has your doctor ever mentioned abdominal migraines?
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thanks. i had a motility test and it showed that my motility was fine. im on milk of magnesia for constipation and it works pretty well except for the occasional diarrhea. ive tried miralax and that did not work at all.
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I am a seventeen year old girl and I am having many of the same problems that you are having.  I have pain in the same place and same type that you describe.  I also have migraines, gas, and nausea.  I have gone through every test which found gastroparesis, lactose intolerance, acid reflux, and a gastrointestinal motility disorder.  One test you can still try is a sits-marker test which will show how long it takes stuff to get through your entire system.  What medications are you on for the constipation?  Another thing you can try that helped me is to cut out all gas producing foods like beans, carbonation, and caffeine.  Good luck and let me know if you have any questions.
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i have also tried going on flagyl (i dont know how to spell it but it kills the bad bacteria), prednisone (lost almost 10 pounds while on it because it made me so sick (its a steroid used for crohns)), and a pill for acid reflux i think it was pepcid or prevacid
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