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Did anyone get a finalized diagnosis with solution?

I thought I was going to die! I was 18 and ate @ IHOP.  That night I had all these symptoms.  Hospital said 3 restaurants were involved with several people complaining of same thing.  They took stool sample, but never told me anything.  Just sent me home.  My childhood was very traumatic up until then and I had just had another family crisis.  I was sensitive and stressed out all the time, born with depression and anxiety.  Somehow I feel this occurs after long time of stress. I am now 43, but my life hasn't gotten any less stressful.  Throughout tbe years following 1st time I didn't have this issue until 25, when I met my exhusband.  After 2.5 years of being with he and his crazy mom (may she be resting in peace) it had a  comeback of lesser value. Shortly after, I was pregnant and chaulked it off as a symptom of that.  I started having severe episodes after our daughter turned 3.  They seemed to be quarterly but I didn't keep track.  All I know was I had been so stressed out and unhappy for a long time when it hit out of nowhere.  Our son was born when daughter was 2.5 yo.  I never had it during pregnancies.  I even had a child 2 mo after I was 17, that was taken from me at the hospital to be adopted and it didn't occur.  Then father of that child who didn't care to keep him, cheated so I left him.  I relocated from Md all the way to Tx when he harrassed me, then she called to say she was pregnant, then night b4 my GED exam, my stepdad of 6 yrs assaulted my 13 yo brother so we snuck out of window.  She divorced him like my father, so I went through 2 divorces of hers.  That was tons of stress so I always blamed IHOP for that 1st x, but what if it was from built up stress?  It throws off the body, then builds up toxins and chooses to rid the toxins this way?  Violently! I really didn't have any "attacks" between 18 and 25, then like 1 or 2 until I had 2 more babies, then I was 30.  They started back up periodically unexpected but after months or a year or so of high stress levels.  My ex was mentally, emotionally, and spiritually abusive just not physically.  Married from 25-39 yo with him.  Then he suddenly repeated what he knew happened, cheating.  Left us for his exgirlfriend from high school.  They dated maybe 1 yr or less, big woop! They r both from this town. I'm not remember? So i started having more & more attacks after that happened.  Quarterly until the divorce finally occured.  Put up with 2 yrs of cheating.  Then he didn't pay child support or spousal support so I had no money to keep the house for me and 2 kids.  Had utilities get turned off suddenly with children home, he stole family vehicle, spent his retirement, then house was foreclosing, had to move in with mom, with 2 distraught tweens.  OMG, my history repeating itself with them.  Best thing for me is to put a fan on high while stumbling to bathroom, try controlling breathing and telling myself to just get it out, so try forcing until something comes out as that's when I feel relief.  Sometimes it's only a few minutes when it used to take 10 or more.  It still feels like death is coming. I never did pass out thank God, but sad to hear it does escalate to that.  I don't ever want it again but it happened yesterday. Now my 13 yo son gets it.  He is sensitive like me and has been ver stressed since divorce (2015).  I still wonder if stress is key component or if there is an underlying cause that it won't go away until taken care of.  Do any of you remember alot of stress or chaotic or tragic things happened before the attack?  Do you have depression and or anxiety, stress, loss of sleep, etc. I haven't slept good since my early 20's, when I'd oversleep 12 hrs daily, most likely also due to depression and stress.  Wasn't til lack of sleep, back problems, lack of vitamins and high levels of stress for long periods of time that I'd get it.  I didn't always eat out b4 and I've never had any GI issues, nor poop issues.  I usually poop 3 times/day, within 30 min to 1hr of meals.  I still am extremely stressed, financial issues, hardships in life ya know? This time I've had a horrible time finding work.  Haven't worked since Feb.  I also suffer from back issues that act up under times of stress.  So put those 2 together and it's misery.  My back pain started up mid June uo to last tues.  Finally got an epidural injection, but had to get a muscle by my tailbone injected yesterday as I don't have complete relief.  Hope we injected all bad areas and it goes away now.  It was rough having the attack with my psciatic nerve pain pinching while on the pot.  I am also so relieved to have found others with this and that there are drs. trying to figure it out.  I just hope they find out sooner than later.  I don't want this carrying on from my 40's into my 50's.  Thank you for letting me share and for sharing yours as well.  TTFN!
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