Hi, I'm new to this but I've got a really strange problem. I'm due to see the doctors soon but I am so scared that everything I say will just be dismissed as IBS (as I have been diagnosed with it years ago) - the worrying thing about it is that these pains are very unfamiliar and I have been told by someone I know who has endometriosis that all my symptoms seem all too familiar to her - and that a lot sufferers of this get misdiagnosed with IBS. Not saying it's endometriosis as I have not been tested or anything, it's jsut the misdiagnosis factor that scares me - I don't want anything to be missed!! I'm just wondering if anyone would have a clearer idea of what the hell is going on in my body if I listed all important details:
Background:
I'm a 19 year old female, healthy weight (109lbs, 5ft4) and eat an incredibly concious diet - very healthy in that department.
I am definately not stressed, I'm the most relaxed I've ever been, life has never been better! My eating, as I previously said is absolutely fine which used to be a trigger to stomach pains, bloating etc, so I highly doubt it's to do with that.
The Problem:
Generally my "IBS" (in quote marks because I'm so wary of the term) has been under control for about 2 years - not been affected for ages, about 6 weeks ago I got a throbbing pain I'd never had before, on the left of my stomach which was more of a discomfort than anything else, a bit of pressure on it helped as with most things. That night I fainted. (I do have a history of being a big fainter, but this was scary because I haven't fainted in a long time and because of the pain I'd been feeling in the day.) After that, I began to feel a bit better.
On to this week though! I woke up in the middle of the night to go to the loo, felt absolutely fine but within seconds of walking into my bathroom I got some of the worst upper abdominal pains I've experienced. I could barely walk, I lay on my floor to stop myself fainting, crawled into my other room to get some painkillers and back into my bedroom to lie on my bed. So much pain that it took me 10 full minutes to pluck up the courage to turn a little to my side to get some water and swallow the painkillers, the thought of moving was too much - even to stop the pain! Since then it's been absolute hell. Pains are constant, sometimes not as sevre as others but always there...strange thing is that they change place. I have experienced throbbing pain on the left of my stomach, upper abdominal pain, an upper abdominal empty ache, aching on the right of my stomach, sharp pains on both the left and right side near my hips and oddly enough pains in my back. The pains in my back weren't sharp, throbbing or achey, just very, very sensitive, as if someone had punched me in my kidney or on the other side and if someone constantly had their hand on the very big and sore bruise they left. Very painful. These pains switch over all the time and move around and are always a different kind of pain - but I am never without one. It makes me feel very nauseaus too. It's been about 5 days and I am so sick of not feeling well, not being able to dance with my friends when we're out because it hurts and just constantly worrying because I can't find anything remotely similar to my problems!
Other potential important information:
Very fatigued - but I have always been, especially this year as I have had the Depo injection for contraception and have been bleeding for an entire year now. It's tiring. So I'm not sure if that's part of this.
I have been known as a big fainter (first time I fainted I was 4) but this has become less regular over the years, usually it comes with an obvious reason now.
) defininatly consider the idea of trapped wind. try medication like windease or windsettlers or mallox i find works well for me. And i hope i havent worried you too much. My case was very extreme.