bowel habits, lightheadeness, weight loss (anxiety or something else?)

[borast]

Male/23
Symptoms:
- Wake up EVERY morning w/ strong bowel urgency, 99% of time loose stools. Sometimes blood on toilet paper w/ pinching feeling as stool released. Going on for 3 yrs, incidentally after being treated 4 sinus infection with antibiotics.
- Unexplained weight loss. Currently ~ pound/day for the last week, but have seen other times in the past few yrs that I have lost weight. Only started measuring at work daily the last week so this may have been happening longer.Still have good appetite.
- Constant lightheadedness/slightly off balance, started a few months ago. No real pattern, it is always there from morning til night, sometimes more intense, sometimes less.
- Tested with: digital rec. exam, 2 upper GI series, lower GI barium enema, 2 CBCs, sigmoid, stool culture for parasites, abdominal x-ray.
- history of stomach ulcers, but didn't really have common ulcer symptoms.
- blood on toilet paper probably due to fissures (told by gastro)
- bowel habits and lightheadedness attributed to anxiety by GP. I do feel anxious alot, but i thought it was mostly from these health issues, a paradoxical situation? Did my anxiety about my previous bowel problems manifest into the newer problems?

concerned i may have following conditions:
- Celiac disease
- Hyperthyroidism (i've heard that premature graying hair is an early sign, i've had grays since grade 4, but mother also grayed early)

[borast]

Thanks for the reply. I went to the doctor today and he thinks it could be a thyroid issue. I asked him about Celiac, but he says it usually presents with abdominal cramps after eating something with Gluten.

[idesofmarch]

It wouldn't hurt to get your thyroid checked- bloodwork- results come back in a couple of days at most.  Have you been checked for Chrones (sp?)?  Do you drink an excess of water without atleast 25 grams or more of fiber i.e. bran, whole wheat, veggies, fruits, bran cereals, beans. and of course the other food groups.  Yes you can have anxiety at first that would get worse as the problems get worse and No solution found. Have the doctor put you on anything for it?  How about meds for a spastic colon?  Google your symptoms, I find that if I get some knowledgeof what may be wrong I can bring that proof to the doctors appts.  They sometimes don't like that but it's your life not there's.  Good Luck