Please HELP!

[jojokdz]

I have posted several times before but I really need HELP!  I am SCARED!!!  I HAVE gerd/ IBS and severe anxiety.. I have suffered with these for a very long time.  And have frequent flare ups!  Dont know what happens first, but know they work very good together..  about 2 months ago, we had something very bad here happened and my anxiety/depression went sky high and my symptoms with my digestive system went nuts.  I got the usual rumbling that happens up high in my chest and rumbles for hrs. and then I got pain and constipated which with my IBS its usually the opposite.. Then with the rumbling it caused a pain up under my left breast and dead center between my breasts, or where my stomach starts, lower esphagus..  It was awful.  Still after all these weeks I am still getting the rumbling after anything I eat.. And it causes pain.  I am nausea in the morning, low appetite, and when I get hungry I am so afraid to eat because of this happening... right now all is quiet, little nausea, but the minute I eat it will start.   Went to the ER 3x in the past 3 months.  Had x rays of my digestive system, stomach and colon.  Had a chest xray, bloodwork,  I had stress test,echo, EKG'S , ALOT of them.... KUB of my kidneys.. I had the endo/colonscopy 3 1/2 yrs ago... but  right now my anxiety is telling me its  something bad... cause how can this be just gerd and how can this be just IBS???  pLEASE HELP ME...

[jennerfennerbenner]

Follow an UBS diet. Maybe you are gluten intolerant

[jojokdz]

I wonder if taking the metamucil powder is the same.. I have that here.. I am so scared to have the upper and lower again.. but if I keep complaining My Dr, said I will need to have them done.  Just when u have so much pain u can't help but think the worse.. I am doing a diet.. watching what I eat.. but what do u eat to heal the esphagus and bowels... I can't eat anything it seems.. ugh!!!

[jennerfennerbenner]

Its a fiber casule which is wonderful for constipation but also bulks up the stool if you get diarrhea.  It healthy and even lowers cholersteral.  Where do you live? Its over the counter.  It took me a couple a years to get all my symtoms under control but diet and the metamucil caps are my savior!  Yes I have gerds

[jojokdz]

I was allergy tested and all was good.. What is metamucil caps..?   I am eager to try anythiing that will help me.  I take beano or gas x for the rumbling which helps, but read up on these over the counter things and they got some not so good ingredients in them but it does help some.!  Did u say u had Gerd too.?

[jennerfennerbenner]

I hAd a flare up laSt months before! I found metamucil caps everyday help more than anything! It took me a year to figure out my triggers but got it covered now. Tomatoes and lettuce-// the worst! Have you thought food allergies?

[jojokdz]

Can I ask you how long some of your IBS flare ups can go on??  This is awful and its been 5 weeks.. And what did u eat?  I can't seem to eat anything.. thats why I think its Gerd and the IBS FLARE up.. do you have acid reflux and IBS..?  sorry but u r the only one who responded and I so appreciate it..

[jennerfennerbenner]

I went through the same thing and once I got my ibs controlled everything got better . Try Metamucil everyday