Back in Janurary I went to the ER with what felt like someone punching me in the epigastrium region happened three times over the day, caused a mini panic attack each time but then went away. They did an ECG, Lipase, Metabolic profile, CBC, abdomenal x-rays. Basically told me it was constipation, and told me take magnesium citrate to clear it out. I did that the next day, and haven't felt right since.
After that I started getting a dull gnawing feeling in my epigastrium region, started getting harder to eat, thought it was just acid / heartburn so I got pepcid complete and took it and felt ok. They gave me a pepcid in the ER and it seemed to help then. Took that for 14 days 2 times a day felt ok, but then stopped to see if it got better, nope it did not.
I went to my primary doctor described all the pains to him, he said its probably a stomach ulcer and put me on 60mg of dexilant daily. Which seemed to be helping but I wanted a H. Pylori test done to remove that from the issues, so stopped it for a while to take that test. the gnawing pain returned.
This is where stuff started to get odd, I started having panic attacks tied to stomach vibrations. I was also getting light headed (probably from not eating enough). If I drive to work in the morning the vibration form the car will shake my abdomen and I will start to feel wierd and I will start having the feeling of my heart racing and pounding and I can feel it in my stomach. I had one attack at home by walking around so bad that I thought my heart wasn't beating (it was, i didn't pass out or anything) had an ambulance come and take me to the ER. I was in such an attack that my arms were tingling and my legs were also. by the time I go to the ambulance I felt fine. ER did even more tests this time, Everything from CBC, D-DIMMER, TSH, Metabolic prof, troponin I, Chest X-Ray, ECG, B-Type natriuertic peptide, glucose all came back ok. I was giving 1 Liter of sodium chloride via IV and discharged.
During this whole time I have had diarrhea that varried from pure water to almost normal stool but softer then normal. It just would not go away. I took pepto bismol for two days and it hardenend up a little bit and wasn't as dizzy. But the stomach oddness presists.
Right now I can feel movment in my upper left abdomen, almost like a heart beat but faster then my current pulse. This happens anytime i go to the bathroom or eat so I assume its my colon moving, but I've never felt this before this whole thing started.
What would happen in my upper adbomen that would be affected by vibration / movement that would cause this discomfort and cause me to have what feels like heart palpatations / panic attacks?
The ER put me on prevacid 15mg daily, which seems to help a bit but my primary thinks its not strong enough for me. but did not switch me back to a higher med. He prescribed Viberzie (which is an IBS drug, and relatively new so I'm leary about taking it since it's new and not a ton is known about what it could cause yet)
I also have a GI specialist appointment but I have to wait a month to see them about this.... so was just wondering if anyone else had any ideas? or what might help until I get to see the specialist.
One more thing: my h. pylori test came back negative (it was a stool anti-gen test) I also had my magnesium serum level tested and it was perfect.
Thanks