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Strange New Symptoms...any Ideas ?

NorthernElf

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NorthernElf
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Ok, puzzled by this one. I've been dealing with celiac for 5 years. I have some pretty bad reflux issues so I take Zantac 150s pretty regularly. In the last 2-3 months I've had "episodes" of weird GI symptoms. I get a lot of burning on the left and right sides of my stomach, I get cramps and burning in my abdomen, esp, on the right side. I have a hard time judging whether it's worse after eating or better...or worse 1/2 an hour after eating...or when I have nothing in my stomach. I get some nausea. Loose stools & one incidence of constipation (ugh, never had this before). No weight loss. I hate being hungry & nauseated. I don't feel "sick" like I would with a flu, just GI symptoms. Oh, and I've missed every other period (something I never do).

No gluten that I know of.

FWIW, my usual glutening symptoms include wicked headaches & sinus pain, cramping, reflux, and D...similar to what I'm experiencing but different - esp. because right now I don't feel like I want to lie down and die, LOL.

Anyway, I'm making a doctor's appointment tomorrow, hoping it doesn't take too long to get in. I have pain and cramping & nausea but I'm still functioning. Bending forward seems to irritate things too. I'm thinking gallbladder ? appendix ? what ???

Any help or insight would be appreciated - or questions I can hit my doc up with. TIA.

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Are you excluding any other foods from your diet? If not, could it be a new sensitivity say dairy or corn? Have you started any new supplements or the same ones but from a different company?

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At this point, no I'm not excluding anything else - limiting dairy a bit when things are already out of whack but that's it. Fluid milk and chocolate seem to bother me, hard cheese (cheddar) not so much. I haven't changed any of my supplements - I typically use Kirkland brand (no gluten), no new bottles.

I'll try again tomorrow to get a doc appointment - they weren't open today. I can't seem to link it to particular foods, although coffee seems to irritate it but even just having it in the am, I still have issues throughout the day. Ugh. It's the symptoms that are weird - I always get headaches with gluten and I don't have any and my stomach is really burning.

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If you don't get any satisfaction from your dr, you could try a food journal with symptoms. It seems simplistic but it can really clarify a problem that isn't immediately obvious.

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