I feel like crying especially when for the past month I had been having GI issues. ( TMi sorry) The diarrhea, gas-pains, constipation and occasional lower abdominal aches are caused due to IBS and I have learned to accept and ignore them since I have been diagnosed, but this past month I have been waking up in the middle of the night with upset stomach nausea and heartburn. Two weeks ago it reached a peak so I went to the doctor and he prescribed some Esomeprazole and Nausea meds to take for a few days and I was okay but I had an IBS flare up and it scared the crap out of me so I went to the doctor again and he send me for to have a blood count and everything was oaky but he said I should start eating normal again and take Esomeprazole or nausea med when I have a nausea or heartburn flare up. But that wasn’t enough for me so I called my GI doctor and asked him if there should be anything to worry about he said it was all normal and most probably the symptoms were caused by stress. But still I tried to calm myself down I returned to my daily routine but I still have heartburn/nausea mid of the day, before I would go to sleep at 5 am in the morning. So I visited another doctor he did a physical I told him about my blood work my symptoms etc and the first thing he asked if I was a chronic ibuprofen user, which I am ( for period pains ) and since I am prone to stress and anxiety it was exasperating my symptoms, giving me the burning stomach and the nausea so he said I should take Esomeprazole for another week and try to ease my anxiety ( as if is that easy )and change my diet but I did try and the past coupl of days i was okay up until last night i had nausea before going to bed , after an hour or so I had managed to fall asleep but I woke up again at 5 am with nausea and heartburn. What am supposed to believe now? Is it stress related or is it something more serious than an upset stomach caused by ibuprofen and anxiety ?? ( I am 23, female, studying psychology- the irony - and during 2017 I had lost an uncle and 2 grandmas )
Well just something I noticed with myself recently I had bloody dark pooping problems, I thought I had colon cancer, I had nausea and nearly everything, I googled, it said it. I began worrying which (ONLY MADE THINGS TERRIBLY WORSE)
My advice to you is, relax, you're alive.
STRESS CAUSES SYMPTOMS TRUST ME.
My anxiety and hypochondria causes me to think I have terrible things, when I don't.
Talk to some friends, play some games, get your mind off it.
Thanks for the reply, I have been driving myself insane. I went to a GI DR on Friday did a physical told him my symptoms my worries and he reassured me that is mild gastritis ( even if ) and stress causing all these symptoms ... he prescribed new nausea meds and suggested to continue the Esomeprazole - he also said that the symptoms will take time to supside. But I still can’t stop myself from worrying that I may be one of those misdiagnosed cancer cases... and I think what has me terrifed the most are the symptoms that are still there when I wake up in the morning or in the middle of the night or after I eat and no matter how I’ve tried to calm myslelf down the morning nausea sends me on a downward spiral of panic. How could I not think of my symptoms as something serious ? I am so scared . I have called a therapist I know and she suggested to go for a visit, from what I have talked to her she told me I am manifesting my stress into physical symptoms and I am drawing parallels to my Grandmas Bowel cancer story ( she died on the 23rd of December 2017 ) and I just express the negative emotions into physical symptoms. But for me my biggest concer is the panic that accompanies the still existing symptoms 