nausea and diarrhea

[rainbowunicorns]

i am a 22 year old female, and i've always been nauseated off and on, never been able to eat in the morning, so i have to have a meal replacement shake... but then my stomach started to hurt really bad and i've had nausea all the time... and then the diarrhea started. i've had horrible diarrhea for 2 months now... my insides are in so much pain. my normal bowel movements use to be 2-3 times a week and now i am having a bowel movement 5-8 times a day. it is so painful and my behind bleeds... so i have to use baby wipes... it's so embarrassing.

the doctor has given me 50mg of dicetel which i take 3 times a day, and for a little bit my bowel movements were loose and soft but not complete diarrhea... (still 5-8 times a day) but now it's gone back to diarrhea... and my stomach pains are so bad that i can only drink liquids, solid food hurts way too much... i am also taking zantac for my stomach.

other medications i am taking are prozac. and i take a multi-vitamin every morning.

[Matthew007]

yeah colonoscopy is a good idea to rule out colitis or... chron's or something else so that's a good one..but yeah take a look at the diet as well.

[Matthew007]

Hey rainbow :)

mmm.. you know I had people tell me do a food diary and go on a elimination food diet when I was in the ER room having panic attacks and severe nausea waves and I just always blew them off like "eh pfft..I'm not allergic to anything..I've always been able to eat whatever...that can't be it..nobody in my family is allergic to anything.."

well now here I am 4 years later still on this website trying to figure out the hidden foods I can't tolerate and my nausea/IBS problems are WAAAY down...turns out I'm fructose intolerant/oat intolerant/casein intolerant...and I suspect celiac.  Years ago I could eat ANYTHING..just came out of the blue after an infection and antibiotic use..(I regret taking those stupid things..)

What you could do is just eat chicken and white rice *lundberg rice is corn free btw so that's a good one*/spinach/water and stop all drugs and supplements for like..2..3..4 days and note your reaction (nausea levels) and then if your nausea improves you know you're on to something, if I would have done that years ago I probably would have saved years and thousands of dollars..you don't have much to lose since you've been sick as long as you have and you're sitting around going nuts.  Also a blood test for celiac might help..if you are celiac it takes months to feel better..and if you have insurance a breath test for fructose/lactose intolerance.  Just an idea *shrugs* trust me I've been there.

Promethazine was my favorite anti-nausea medication..knocks you out a little bit but that helped me get through work during some really bad nausea days..

also probably a good idea to get a CT scan if all fails to see if it's something non-gi related like a kidney stone or whatever... anything causes nausea sadly.

Good luck :S

[patient915]

You should get some blood testing done too.  And I agree that you should get a colonoscopy.

[rainbowunicorns]

i have had a h. pylori test and a stool smear. i also recently had a ultrasound on my stomach. h. pylori was negative, waiting on results for the other two. wanting to ask for a colonoscopy.

[patient915]

Have you had any testing done?  You should have at least a stool sample and blood tests done to start with and if nothing shows up you should get other testing done.