Apple86
08-02-18, 16:18
Hi everyone,
I've been getting a mixed bag of symptoms over the past 3 weeks and was after some thoughts/support/advice as I'm at a tipping point. Please read this through - I apologise that it's so long.
Friday night 3 weeks ago I was off my alcohol: I had one drink and felt repulsed, which is very unusual for me!
Saturday I had unusual sensations all over my abdomen: tightness and burning in my stomach, and a mixture of stitch/cramps/searing pain around my stomach button and lower down. I panicked that it was something acute like appendicitis or ovarian cyst rupture but nothing transpired.
Sunday night I woke up feeling very nauseous: I’d drank a few beers that evening.
On Monday I was still getting unusual abdominal pains so I booked a GP appointment. I saw the GP on Tuesday who said it was gastric and to take Rennes.
On Wednesday I went swimming and that night I was awoken with stabbing pains in my lower abdominal region. I booked an urgent GP appointment and was very worried as I also felt very weak and shaky. The GP said it was probably gastric and to take Buscopan for the pains. This seemed to work. However, I was still worried all of the following weekend as symptoms were still there and they didn’t all seem to fit in with IBS. For instance, waking up in the night with stabbing pains.
I booked a GP appointment for the following Thursday to discuss anxiety medication as I felt my anxiety was becoming debilitating. The day before the appointment I went to University and noticed I was feeling feverish (or thought I was). I also had a racing heart beat and kept needing the toilet. I was getting stabbing pains in my lower abdominal region AFTER going to the toilet. I rushed home in a frenzy and noticed a localised lower right abdominal ache when I was sat down on the train (this has been going on for a few months but has been getting worse).
At the GP appointment the following day I said that I was anxious and that I didn’t feel this was entirely gastric: I mentioned the lower right ache. The GP examined my stomach and said maybe muscular. She did a load of blood tests as she thought that would reduce my anxiety but said she wasn’t keen on giving me anxiety medication as it could make my anxiety worse for the first 2 weeks.
Again, that evening I went swimming and woke up in the night with stabbing pains in my lower abdominals. I tried to convince myself it was muscular, as the GP had suggested, but this didn’t seem right as it wasn’t hurting when I tried to do a sit up (and I sure know what muscular pain feels like having in the past over exercised due to an eating disorder).
That weekend I went out with my friends but felt this constant pressure in my upper stomach region just below my sternum. It was worse when sitting down: it felt like something was over-inflated in the stomach region and slightly to the right under my ribs: uncomfortable but not painful.
I woke up in the night (having been out with my friends) with a racing heart rate. This continued every-time I stood up the next day: it was beating around 120-150. Also, when I stood up the stomach pressure was awful, to the point that I had to lie down for most of the day to relieve the pressure (and to stop my heart from racing).
On the Monday morning I noticed that my heart rate was still very elevated when I stood up and I found that I couldn’t stop checking it. I then panicked as I thought I saw a rash over my stomach area where the pressure had been so I booked an urgent GP appointment. By the time I got to the surgery the rash had gone but my heart seemed out of control. The GP read my heart rate at 120 and put me on beta blockers as she thought if my heart calmed down then my anxiety would dissipate. I took the beta blockers and they worked quickly. That night, however, I had awful nausea that kept me awake all night. This continued in the afternoon of the following day (the nausea went away for a few hours in the morning).
That night I noticed that my heart was beating quite slowly: around 50-55 and I panicked that the beta blockers were going to stop my heart so I didn’t take any more. I spent the entire night feeling nauseas again.
Today I’ve been monitoring my heart all day in case my heart rate is creeping up again and I need to take a beta blocker. I’ve also had the really bad pressure feeling in my upper stomach area, particularly when sitting down and trying to work. I’m very worried and have taken to my bed (again) but I’m also worried about staying in my bed so much.
I’m really struggling as I have so many ideas of physical ailments that keep popping into my head. I’ve thought appendicitis, ovarian cysts, heart attack, stomach cancer, and today I’ve been thinking just general swelling of the stomach/upper intestines. I’ve not been offered any tests of my digestive system: only an ovarian scan. Can anyone shed ANY light on this? Should I be pushing for more tests or for anxiety meds? What if this isn’t anxiety?
Thank you if you've read all of this xxx
I've been getting a mixed bag of symptoms over the past 3 weeks and was after some thoughts/support/advice as I'm at a tipping point. Please read this through - I apologise that it's so long.
Friday night 3 weeks ago I was off my alcohol: I had one drink and felt repulsed, which is very unusual for me!
Saturday I had unusual sensations all over my abdomen: tightness and burning in my stomach, and a mixture of stitch/cramps/searing pain around my stomach button and lower down. I panicked that it was something acute like appendicitis or ovarian cyst rupture but nothing transpired.
Sunday night I woke up feeling very nauseous: I’d drank a few beers that evening.
On Monday I was still getting unusual abdominal pains so I booked a GP appointment. I saw the GP on Tuesday who said it was gastric and to take Rennes.
On Wednesday I went swimming and that night I was awoken with stabbing pains in my lower abdominal region. I booked an urgent GP appointment and was very worried as I also felt very weak and shaky. The GP said it was probably gastric and to take Buscopan for the pains. This seemed to work. However, I was still worried all of the following weekend as symptoms were still there and they didn’t all seem to fit in with IBS. For instance, waking up in the night with stabbing pains.
I booked a GP appointment for the following Thursday to discuss anxiety medication as I felt my anxiety was becoming debilitating. The day before the appointment I went to University and noticed I was feeling feverish (or thought I was). I also had a racing heart beat and kept needing the toilet. I was getting stabbing pains in my lower abdominal region AFTER going to the toilet. I rushed home in a frenzy and noticed a localised lower right abdominal ache when I was sat down on the train (this has been going on for a few months but has been getting worse).
At the GP appointment the following day I said that I was anxious and that I didn’t feel this was entirely gastric: I mentioned the lower right ache. The GP examined my stomach and said maybe muscular. She did a load of blood tests as she thought that would reduce my anxiety but said she wasn’t keen on giving me anxiety medication as it could make my anxiety worse for the first 2 weeks.
Again, that evening I went swimming and woke up in the night with stabbing pains in my lower abdominals. I tried to convince myself it was muscular, as the GP had suggested, but this didn’t seem right as it wasn’t hurting when I tried to do a sit up (and I sure know what muscular pain feels like having in the past over exercised due to an eating disorder).
That weekend I went out with my friends but felt this constant pressure in my upper stomach region just below my sternum. It was worse when sitting down: it felt like something was over-inflated in the stomach region and slightly to the right under my ribs: uncomfortable but not painful.
I woke up in the night (having been out with my friends) with a racing heart rate. This continued every-time I stood up the next day: it was beating around 120-150. Also, when I stood up the stomach pressure was awful, to the point that I had to lie down for most of the day to relieve the pressure (and to stop my heart from racing).
On the Monday morning I noticed that my heart rate was still very elevated when I stood up and I found that I couldn’t stop checking it. I then panicked as I thought I saw a rash over my stomach area where the pressure had been so I booked an urgent GP appointment. By the time I got to the surgery the rash had gone but my heart seemed out of control. The GP read my heart rate at 120 and put me on beta blockers as she thought if my heart calmed down then my anxiety would dissipate. I took the beta blockers and they worked quickly. That night, however, I had awful nausea that kept me awake all night. This continued in the afternoon of the following day (the nausea went away for a few hours in the morning).
That night I noticed that my heart was beating quite slowly: around 50-55 and I panicked that the beta blockers were going to stop my heart so I didn’t take any more. I spent the entire night feeling nauseas again.
Today I’ve been monitoring my heart all day in case my heart rate is creeping up again and I need to take a beta blocker. I’ve also had the really bad pressure feeling in my upper stomach area, particularly when sitting down and trying to work. I’m very worried and have taken to my bed (again) but I’m also worried about staying in my bed so much.
I’m really struggling as I have so many ideas of physical ailments that keep popping into my head. I’ve thought appendicitis, ovarian cysts, heart attack, stomach cancer, and today I’ve been thinking just general swelling of the stomach/upper intestines. I’ve not been offered any tests of my digestive system: only an ovarian scan. Can anyone shed ANY light on this? Should I be pushing for more tests or for anxiety meds? What if this isn’t anxiety?
Thank you if you've read all of this xxx