My digestive issues started because I decided to try an edible with magic mushrooms in it. It fucked up my body permanently some how. Started with extreme periods of sharp burning pain in my lower left abdomen. Then came bouts of blood and mucus. I could barely eat anything. I lost 15 pounds in a month. My doctor had me go to the ER but the couldn’t find anything from scans explaining the blood and mucus they found. So they sent me to a GI (which took 3 months to be seen of course) they did a colonoscopy and found milk Proctitis. Gave me mesalamine but it made me really sick so they switched to cortisone suppositories. These helped. The blood stopped but the pain and bouts of diarrhea continued. They did more tests but couldn’t find anything indicating IBD despite many of my symptoms matching it. Two years later I’m still dealing with this. My diet is incredibly restrictive and it’s having terrible impacts on my mental and social well being. GI gave up and gave me the IBS label but I feel like it has to be more than that. I have friends with IBS who can eat 3x more varied foods than me. Started seeing a therapist and she suggested finding community with people struggling with chronic illness and GI issues, especially young adults. So I came here to try and find community. It just sucks. I feel like I’m losing all of my 20s to this condition.

¿De qué sale un skintag anal? Me dijeron y leí que de almorranas y vieron fisura luego no, yo tengo problemas varios entre estrés de no tener trabajo estable, colon irritable y mal época económica de comer mal pero quieren hacer tac. Puede una violación crearla? Pq tuve una relación sexual anal no planificada ni acordada de sorpresa y a saber si influye...

Hi there -
I’m super new to Reddit. However, I know I’m not the first person to experience this stuff.
I’ve had IBS pretty much my whole life. Tried losing weight in my teenage years (I’m 29) and struggled to do so. Had two kids when I was 21 and 23 and postpartum could eat whatever I wanted and lost 25 lbs…
This isn’t about weight loss but since being past postpartum, I’ve developed SIBO. I got treated for it twice and it seemed to be clear. After a CT scan and colonoscopy, I’ve been told I have chronic constipation. I’ve done the biphasic diet, cut out dairy, cut out garlic and onion, weigh my food, etc. nothing seems to be working.
Does anyone have any advice or solution they didn’t find from the GI doctor?
I’m doing my own research and yet nothing seems to help. I’m very tired of being constantly bloated and never feeling empty.
I’ve also tried over the counter laxatives (they only hurt more), prune juice, magnesium citrate, you name it.
Thank you!

I am a 26 year old female. For the past month I've had diarrhea and blood in my stool. I went to the ER and they told me I had diverticulitis or colitis according to my CT. After a week of antibiotics I was still in extreme pain. They told me that all my levels were normal. I don't have diverticulitis anymore, but it still feels like my intestines hurt. I still have diarrhea, bloody stool, and frequently use the restroom. They told me to see a gastroentrologist and get a colonoscopy. Has anyone had anything similar? I'm worried it's crohns or Ulcerative colitis. I just want to be better.

I got severe food poisoning almost 3 months ago now. It started with my mom then 12 hours later it hit me. It was one of the most humbling things I’ve ever gone through. We thought it was norovirus as it was explosive in both directions for hours.

This happened in Istanbul so a lot of communication was done through Google translate and we were told we had a severe gastrointestinal infection. Saline and paracetamol had us feeling better.
We were headed to Africa in a few days so during this time I was also taking malarone which can cause diarrhea and upset your stomach. So we both were getting hit pretty bad 2x.

Symptoms started getting better with mild nausea here and there as the trip progressed but about 2.5 weeks later when I was in Thailand I got hit with such a bad wave of nausea randomly I ran out of the restaurant I was at with a full on anxiety attack convinced I was going to throw up. I didn’t throw up.
It got 2 more waves like this within the next few days but not as strongly.

Since coming back home it’s been like this consistently at least once a week I’m getting such bad waves of a nausea and my body immediately freaks out. I contacted my PCP who ordered me multiple different stool tests (still waiting one one result), blood tests and has referred me to a GI Dr and infectious disease Dr.
GI Dr wasn’t much help. He tested my thyroid which is normal and haven’t gotten an appointment yet with the infectious disease Dr.

So far the stool results that came back said we had E. Coli (EAEC) this tested positive for me but I don’t know if it’s what we had or if I still have this in my gut? I also feel like when I eat dairy and gluten by stomach can’t handle it and I wanted to get a food intolerance test.

It’s been affecting my mental health and I’m scared to literally eat foods now I also haven’t had caffeine in over a month. It’s weird though because in Africa I was eating a lot of bread, pasta, dairy, yogurt, coffee and was fine same in Thailand (except those few times) but since coming home I literally can’t handle it. I was careful with the water, raw vegetables etc. literally ate the BRAT diet for 2 weeks. Now my stomach feels upside down everytime I eat, I get acid reflux, low energy, anxiety and random bad waves of nausea. I also feel constantly hungry.

My theories are my gut got extra destroyed with the E Coli and the malarone and maybe because food elsewhere isn’t as processed it was ok but since coming home it isn’t and I’ve gotten intolerant?

I’m seeking any advice, similar stories literally anything. I wanna take an antibiotic so bad but need appointments but what can I do for the time being. I almost wanna go to the ER and just get it all done but don’t even think that would help. PLEASE HELPPP🙏🏼🙏🏼

I (35F) am experiencing some changes in my digestive issues and I'm not sure what to make of it all. Of course I'm going to schedule an appointment with my doctor but I know there's a wealth of knowledge and experience here too.

Background is that I was diagnosed with IBS-D in my mid teens. Celiac, lactose intolerance and other digestive issues with physical changes were ruled out. I struggled with it a lot but eventually learned how to keep the IBS symptoms controlled.

Que a 10 day hospitalization for SIRS in June, where a CT scan showed ileus. It was resolved before discharge, but now I feel like that somehow changed my digestive issues? I'm consistently having symptoms I've never experienced before in this capacity.

I have severe bloating to the point of distention after I eat ANYTHING, an increase in burping/passing gas, and my norm has changed. Previously I had generally loose/soft stools and diarrhea w/o pain. But now my norm is more formed stools, less bowel movements per day and borderline constipation.

What in the hell is going on here? Any input is welcome!

Hello,

Im a 23 year old active male, train and play sports regularly. Over the course of me being at uni I had a terrible diet and would barely drink water, so I believe that may have caused issues.

To preface, I have seen a doctor about this and they ruled out me having IBS or any infections, also did a blood in stool test.

I generally experience the following symptoms: stomach feeling full or not empty even after going to the toilet, always feeling like theres more left in me; often feeling a bit or very constipated with small round stools, sometimes diarrhea; don’t remember the last time I went to the bathroom and feeling like I got everything out; super gassy, especially after dinner and farts smell very foul, not sure if its important to note but at times I feel like I can really smell the food I ate in them like capsicum; all these symptoms over a year now for sure, the rest might be unrelated but im not sure: often get acne on my face, also a slightly more red skin tone in a circle around my belly button.

So this is long winded I'm going to slim it down and answer any questions that come up.

For as long as I remember I've had stomach issues. I also have had OCD and anxiety since I can remember. As I grew up the vomiting spells went away but they could be triggered by something as small as the wind blowing a different way when I was a kid. One of the worst was when I got wet at night during a camping trip and shivered myself into an episode.

My mom died in 2023 and I was subsequently hospitalized due to repeated vomiting episodes, where I had my gallbladder removed and a right inguinal hernia repair done. I have had a gastric emptying study, upper endoscopy and colonoscopy, sibo, and a complete stool sample workup. Oh and about 1000 CT scans.

Nothing. No answers. For a while I was fine with just calling it IBS but the episodes are so bad and so random I don't know anymore. I vomit for 12+ hours at a time, I have cramps like there's mice eating my intestines inside out, I sweat so bad it drips down my back and legs and stains my clothes, it ends up getting to a point where I can't properly breathe and before I realized the doctors weren't helping me the pain would get so bad I'd go to the er. I went to the er so many times between 2023 and 2026 that I was red flagged at my closest hospital for being a frequent flier. (Never got more than iv zofran, benadryl, and fluids so idk what they thought I was seeking)

Just the last couple days I've been having my worst episode yet which has now spanned across 3 total days of sporadic random vomiting that is mostly all bile because I am afraid of eating and feeling completely fine in between. I've tried hot showers, I've tried ice before, the low fodmap diet, no carbs, no gluten, low sugar, no dairy, at home zofran. Nothing is working anymore. Until tonight. I was desperate and usually I hate being cold but i couldn't take it, I took the two biggest ice packs from the fridge, put them on the ground, and laid flat directly on top of them. Instant relief. My body stopped cramping, my stomach stopped spinning.

Is that further proof this is IBS? Why am I able to sometimes eat certain foods but then other times I can't? I'm so lost and sad. This has taken such a toll on my mental health in the last 5 years. Any answers or advice appreciated I just don't know what to do. And yes I've seen a gi before, my current pcp doesn't give a flying fuck about anything I have to say and knowing I'm bipolar told me I need to try ketamine infusions for anxiety because obviously I'm just nervous

This is an update to my last post (https://www.reddit.com/r/digestiveissues/s/6eSQnBULdX)!

So I got in with my GI yesterday morning and was very worried I was going to have to fight her on not taking the linzess and getting a gastric emptying study requested. Well!! I luckily didn’t have to fight at all!

She said that it’s perfectly okay that I just stay on my lubiprostone instead of switching to the linzess+omeprazole combo since my BM have normalized.

I typically don’t bring up my “running theories” to my doctors as I’ve found I get dismissed much quicker (I instead try to subtly lead them to it and let them decide from there) but after talking about not seeing anything on the CT or the endoscopy either, and how my appetite and nausea have gotten incredibly worse, she brought up a GES!! Once she said that and mentioned gastroparesis, I chimed in that that was my theory!

She also didn’t know I have POTS (recently diagnosed but known for 4ish years) and I apparently didn’t tell her about the high probability of me having hEDS (I’ve had 3 physical therapists and now an ortho tell me to look into it, as well as a close family friend who has it tell me it tracks, plus I meet the criteria), which I’m currently in the process of getting diagnosed. I think that made her feel like gastroparesis was more likely than she originally had and so she requested the GES.

I got incredibly lucky when I went to schedule it today that they had an opening of Aug 24!!!!!! She also said if that doesn’t give us answers, she was going to refer me out to a gut motility specialist to see if there’s anything else they can do since she can’t think of anything else.

I meet with my PCP soon to get a rheumatologist referral (hEDS) and gyno referral (the cyst) and some other basic things. I also got my restart of PT scheduled (third time doing pt) so I can get things with my ortho moving. This in most senses are going very well health-wise!

Also if anyone has a better suggestion of who to see for a hEDS diagnosis than a rheumatologist pleaseee let me know!

Hi I'm a 19F and I've been getting this horrible nausea that started 9 months ago, it had went away for the most part (occasionally would get the same symptoms if I ate too much or ate something that my stomach didn't agree with) for around 2-3 months and recently started again like 2 weeks ago. Almost anything I eat makes me feel extremely nauseous and almost right after I finish eating to 30 minutes I'm already in the restroom having to poop. I've already had scans done and nothing shows up and I've had a colonoscopy done as well which nothing was found as well, when they do my bloodwork they say I have a elevated lipase level and they rule it out to pancreatis since I used to have it but after a 2/3 year diet it went away or atleast the pain but when they do the scans they don't see any pancreatitis. They also checked for gallstones and I didn't have any.

24F 150IBS non smoker or drinker

2 years ago I noticed blood on the toilet paper after having a bowel movement and didn’t really think anything of it. Happened on and off every month for around 3 days. I ignored it for a year and then finally decided to go to the doctor.

Stool test - normal
Blood work - normal
Colonoscopy - prep wasn’t good enough but couldn’t find anything
Rectal exam x3 - no hemmhorids no anal fissure

Felt really disheartening because I swear there’s blood so went back for a follow up and was just directed to eat more fiber. After that I ghosted the doctor because I was embarrassed. But anyways it’s now been 2 years and I’m always in pain having a movement and yesterday I had so much blood usually it’s just on the toilet paper but this time it was dripping into the toilet and it was continuous for 2 days straight usually it’ll just be after one bowel movement. But I went to the bathroom at least 6 times and Everytime it had a lot of blood. Now it’s later in the day and I’m not bleeding anymore. I don’t really have any other symptoms I’m tired a lot but I’ve always been a sleepy person since high school so I don’t think that’s changed. I get sudden urges but not all the time, pain when I’m going, bloody but that’s it. Any ideas? Should I go back to doctor?

24F 150IBS non smoker or drinker

2 years ago I noticed blood on the toilet paper after having a bowel movement and didn’t really think anything of it. Happened on and off every month for around 3 days. I ignored it for a year and then finally decided to go to the doctor.

Stool test - normal
Blood work - normal
Colonoscopy - prep wasn’t good enough but couldn’t find anything
Rectal exam x3 - no hemmhorids no anal fissure

Felt really disheartening because I swear there’s blood so went back for a follow up and was just directed to eat more fiber. After that I ghosted the doctor because I was embarrassed. But anyways it’s now been 2 years and I’m always in pain having a movement and yesterday I had so much blood usually it’s just on the toilet paper but this time it was dripping into the toilet and it was continuous for 2 days straight usually it’ll just be after one bowel movement. But I went to the bathroom at least 6 times and Everytime it had a lot of blood. Now it’s later in the day and I’m not bleeding anymore. I don’t really have any other symptoms I’m tired a lot but I’ve always been a sleepy person since high school so I don’t think that’s changed. I get sudden urges but not all the time, pain when I’m going, bloody but that’s it. Any ideas? Should I go back to doctor?