Hello,
I am new to this site and was recently diagnosed with fibromyalgia. I was wondering if anyone else suffers with a lot of nausea and/or stomach problems? My worst stomach issue is bad pain just to the left of the pit of my stomach, near the rib cage. It is sore most of the time and very painful to touch. It also at times, I think, causes a lot of belching and indigestion type symptoms. I have had blood work, ultra sounds, upper GI barium xray, and CT scan, all tests come back normal. I am at my wits end and so tired of feeling this stomach pain and nausea almost every day:-(
Hi There!
I am new here as well and as soon as I saw the header of your post (Nausea, Stomach issues)...I clicked!
I was just diagnosed with FM 2 days ago by a Rheumatologist---the jury is still out--as far as my doc is concerned because he still wants to rule out a few other things. BUT, this Rheum Doc feels very confident that it is FM and diagnosed me as such...which I kinda question her diagnosing me no tests results to rule out other things and being the first time I met her...things that may you go, 'hmmmm'....
Anyway...I am so sorry to hear about your stomach problems. I am right there with you and it is not fun. I have also been diagnosed with GERD, Hiatal Herna, IBS (of course), and being tested for Gastroparesis (slow gastric emptying).
How you by chance had an EEG? (scope?) It may be very worth your while to ask your doc to order that test if not.
Much of my stomach discomfort is far more manageable now that I am on Carafate (sp) and Dexilant which was prescribed to me due to the discovery of gastritis and the hiatal hernia via the EEG. BUT...yes yes yes.....as you mentioned, those intense stomach pains under your ribs....they knock the energy right out of you. What I have found to be most frustrating about this is that I cannot plan much of anything because the flare ups that come on so fast--often out of nowhere--take me down immediately--and it is about 3-5 days to recover. I hope you can get some answers so you can get relief.
One thing I have noticed with the stomach issues are that --although they are random and come in an instant (frequently)--I am learning some of my 'food' triggers---sometimes I can pinpoint things that aggravate it--other times, its a mystery. I am (personally) also seeing a pattern in my level of stress bringing on (or escalating the severity of) my stomach issues. I know there are definitely physiological problems in my digestive system...but, stress just seems to amplify everything--including the aches and pains: at least in my experience.
Anyway....hope you get some answers so that you can get that piece of it under control because I know it has a huge impact on daily life.
Best of luck to you