Loose motions for a month with abdomen pain

I'm 40 and I have loose motions for more than a month now, I feel like pains all over the large intestine part and around the naval as well. Pains are not in one location and are often on and off for few days, motions are sometimes regular and suddenly watery.

What could be the reason and what is the remedy? Please help.

Loose motions for a month with abdomen pain

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Im a 24 male from Australia, in January I had a severe anaphylaxis from a soba noodle/ tempura prawns dish I had while travelling to Japan. Subsequently I came home with many issues, mostly all relating to my gut, several months passed with no improvement so I had many tests done and I was told I had coeliac disease. My issue is because of all the trauma my life has been ruined by a fear of foods, I have had my blood tested against the main allergens (buckwheat and soy) and have had skin ***** testing done for all the elements in the dish I had (including prawn) all of which have come back negative. I am living in such fear that I am finding it impossible to eat anything other than meat and vege, as irrational as it is I cannot bring myself to try different foods, even those with negative results. I have also developed a fear of exercise due to reading too much about allergy cofactors. If anyone has gone through similar any advice would be great as the coeliac disease is a hard enough adjustment without a fear of food allergies.

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Trying to make sense of things

I have been diagnosed with many things although never a personality disorder. One of my major diagnoses's is OCD. I always considered that the reason for my problems but something doesn't add up. People with OCD aren't known to be manipulative liars. I did some research and came up with borderline personality disorder. It all seems to fit. I have racing thoughts. I feel emotionless alot of the time unless something directly affects me. Most of all, I constantly lie and manipulate for a reason I don't know. I lied to my best friend and told him I had been abused . I kept that lie going for a long time and the whole I knew it was wrong but I didn't feel anything. I would coldly analyse why I was doing it and what kind of person that made me and even though I realised I was evil, I never really felt anything about it. When my friend found out and stopped talking to me, thats when I felt. I felt guilty and upset, and mad at myself. But it took suffering a consequence to make me feel that way. Does that sound like borderline to anyone?

Trying to make sense of things

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My Deadly Experience on Xanax

Chris Cornell died by suicide. He was one of my favorite singers, and he had everything to live for so why suicide? It may be due to something not many people realize so I want to share my personal story. It is a little difficult to share this, but I do it in the hope of preventing tragic deaths in other families.


I am 100% certain there are thousands of people who commit suicide every year because (AND ONLY BECAUSE) they are taking a prescription medication that literally caused them to do it. I believe wholeheartedly that is what happened to Chris Cornell. I say that because I believe I survived what he experienced in his final moments.


My tragedy began in 2013 when I was having a lot of uncomfortable symptoms due to aging and a few different doctors prescribed Xanax. The Xanax alleviated my uncomfortable physical symptoms, but it also gave me a much worse problem--it made me completely suicidal. I was not depressed or suicidal before taking Xanax. I was 48 years old, happily married, in a career I love, and happy with my life. It was the prescription that made me sick and turned me into a completely different and suicidal person.


Xanax literally "high jacked" my brain. That's the most accurate way I can describe it. It made me wake up every day thinking of ways to end my life -- completely against my will and normal personality. I was like a suicidal “robot” while on Xanax. I tried to kill myself four times. We couldn’t figure out why I was doing that, and the doctors kept insisting I needed more benzodiazepine drugs or different ones. They prescribed Xanax, Klonopin, and Ativan at different times. They insisted the drugs weren’t the problem even though they went to medical school for 8 years where they learned those meds can cause suicidal thoughts and actions. SMH. Doctors don’t always know what’s right.


Six months into this nightmare we finally found a doctor who decided to take me off the benzodiazepines. After I got off the meds ALL my suicidal thoughts and actions went away completely. I went back to my normal self. It was the meds that messed me up. I have had no problems with suicidal thoughts or actions since stopping the medications.


I’ll also tell you those meds made me 100% agoraphobic and anxious. Before the meds I used to love to go shopping, attend craft shows, see movies, and walk our dogs. While on the meds I was too terrified to do any of those things. The meds completely changed who I was. It’s the weirdest thing I’ve ever been through in my life.


So now every time I hear of a person who died from suicide, my first thoughts are always "I wonder if that person was on meds. Meds probably did this to them. I bet they would never do this in their non-medicated mind." I read all the news articles to see if that person was on Xanax, Klonopin, or Ativan, etc. Sure enough many, many suicide victims are. I call them “victims” because they are truly victims of those meds in my humble opinion.


I post these messages to warn people. Please warn people. Tell them my story if you need to. Better yet, tell their family members the meds could be their ENTIRE problem. The person on the meds will not be well enough to understand this issue or the seriousness of it. That’s why you need to tell their family members. Please share this post if you care to because this issue needs to be talked about openly and often in order to save lives.


I realize meds help some people so I can't say that nobody should ever take them, but please know they can also do much more harm than good. In my humble opinion it's a "crap shoot". You don't know if meds are going to help you or cause you to kill yourself. That's very scary and not worth the risk in my opinion. Even being supervised did not stop my attempts to commit suicide. My husband asked his mom to stay with me while he went to work because he couldn’t trust me alone, and I went upstairs onto our roof and contemplated jumping off while she was downstairs. I thank God I survived this 7-month nightmare and lived to tell this story in an attempt to help others. I am heartbroken that Chris Cornell’s suicide attempt took his life.


I wish everyone knew how dangerous prescription drugs can be. I hope these words save some lives someday. I believe Chris Cornell’s death was in no way his fault. It is the fault of a horrible prescription drug that drug companies sell for major profits. Some doctors push these meds because they receive incentives from the drug company representatives for prescribing them. They are given luxurious vacations, gifts, and constant free food for their entire staff on a daily basis. I saw the food incentives being given firsthand while I was in the waiting room of my doctor’s office. It’s unethical and sickening! To me they have blood on their hands for doing this because of the many innocent people who are dying due to the negative effects of prescription drugs.


Please also know that while I was taking the meds I was completely powerless over them. Before I started taking the Xanax I was afraid to even take it because of the possible side effects. I kept a log of how often I was taking it and I took the lowest dose possible because I didn’t want to become addicted to it. I knew the bottle said it could cause suicidal thoughts, but I always thought that meant if I get those thoughts I’ll just stop taking the med and that would fix the problem. That’s not how it worked at all.


While on Xanax I could not even tell my husband I was having suicidal thoughts. I was literally sneaking out of the house at 2 a.m. to try and kill myself. I could not “reason” my way through this nightmare because that drug literally “high jacked” my brain. I woke up every day on automatic pilot thinking of ways to end my life and then acting on those thoughts. I find it extremely unexplainable how a drug can do that to a person, but it did. I know because I experienced it.


I wish the drug companies would develop a test to determine who will be affected negatively by prescription medications so those people can avoid taking them. Much research needs to be done in that area. I don’t know if a test like that is even possible, but it’s worth a try since they will probably never stop selling those medications.


Let me also tell you that 25 years before my nightmare on Xanax my mom tried to commit suicide out of nowhere. Like me she showed no prior signs of being depressed or suicidal. She was taking Ativan for anxiety, and out of the blue we got a call one day from our dad saying she was found unresponsive in the basement. She woke up from her coma in the hospital with no idea why she did that. She came so close to death that her doctor told us God saved her. At the time none of us could figure out why that happened. It was only a year after my experience that I realized why she did it. It was because of the Ativan she was taking for anxiety. I have no doubt about that. Chris Cornell was on Ativan too. From my experience and my mom’s experience, I have no doubt it was Ativan that caused his suicide. He had everything to live for. He loved his wife, kids, and career. He started a foundation to help kids. He was planning a vacation with is family. He had no signs of being suicidal. Ativan did this to him. I have no doubt about that. Prescription drugs kill many people.


I have been trying to get this information out to the public since 2013 when it happened to me. I post my story on my ******** page and in some of the comments sections about suicide victims I see in the news. I do this in an effort to save lives.


I pray that the legacy of Chris Cornell’s death will be that his wife and other family members of famous suicide victims will start a worldwide campaign to educate the public about the dangers of these medications. And I pray that campaign will save many, many lives.


RIP, Mr. Cornell. The music in Heaven is even more spectacular now that you are there.


Sincerely,


Carolyn Hayward Williams ❤️❤️❤️

P.S. This topic needs to be discussed openly and often. Only shedding light on this topic will dispel the darkness.

My Deadly Experience on Xanax

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Various head issues

Some background
Around 4 years ago i had a large tumor removed from inside my spinal column. It was located approx between my shoulderblades, was benign and was removed successfully. I have been having yearly MRI scans and my surgeon says its not coming back and healing very well.

Two years after this i had a gastric bypass to help lose weight i had put on because i couldn't exercise or even walk any distance for around 5-6 years (yes it took them that long to diagnose my tumor).

I have to have a B12 injection every three months because of the bypass surgery. I also need a testosterone injection every three months because of an issue with my pituitary gland.

Medication i currently take:
Oxycontin 40mg twice a day.
Pregabalin 150mg Twice a day.
Duloxetine 60mg twice a day.
Omeprazole 20mg once a day.
Forceval multivitamin/mineral supplement (for gastric bypass)

Current Issue
Recently (past 12 months) I have had various issues with my head.
Bad vision my eyes are always crossing giving me double vision which i can correct be concentrating. I am also seeing occasional flashes or i often thing something has gone by me very quickly in my peripheral vision.

I have bad ringing in my ears, which i assumed was tinnitus but my left ear often vibrates painfully when people speak.

The back of my head where it connects to my neck is incredibly stiff and i often have a lot of pain from there - the ache is constant.

Throat. I am always losing my voice when trying to have conversations - people have commented on it several times. My throat will feel incredibly sore but soon is okay again, I am assuming this has something to do with my acid reflux which i suffer from badly (i often wake up unable to breath with water pouring out of my nose, or i can feel liquid in my breathing (when i fully exhale i can hear liquid bubbling) this happens maybe once a month.

I had a few MRI Scans from various hospital departments (Ear, Nose & Throat etc) One of the scans was picked up by a endocrinologist because it showed dark spots on my brain, he noted that while they were expected at my current age (48) there seemed to be more than usual and because of my previous tumour he thought it should be looked into.

This brings me to my question here - could someone tell me what the following letter actually means;

Quote:

I am in receipt of Ian's MRI of the brain which only showed some small vessel ischaemic changes without any significant abnormality. He also had an MRA which has only shown an abnormal variant end of the left vertebral artery and Hyperplastic right vertebral artery. No other significant abnormality has been reported. I have already reffed him on to various colleagues and I have not offered him another appointment. Should you wish for me to see him again, do feel free to refer him back.

I have no idea what those two artery items are, could someone tell me? Of course I will go see my GP asap but I would like some idea of whats going on before i meet him.

Thank you!

Various head issues

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My grandfather has what appears to be Dementia in the middle stages. He has been showing signs and digressing over the last 8 years. When he first began showing symptoms I alerted my grandmother (his wife) that he was in need of medical attention; she did nothing.
Now he's gotten so bad that he doesnt eat regularly, forgets where he is, forgets how to get where he's going when he drives, is becoming incontinent, is hyper aggressive and almost violent at times....long story short, he is getting very bad, very quickly. He sometimes has what my grandmother calls spells but really look like either a mini stroke or a grand mal seizure. He will get very bloodshot in the eyes, start shaking all over his body and hum for about 30 seconds, then he comes too and is very angry and lost. I believe this may have been the cause of his recent truck wreck. He drove his truck into a ditch and after he had no recollection of it happening.
Here's my question; What can possibly be done to get this man the medical treatment he so badly needs? He refuses to get checked out and his wife refuses to do anything at all, so is there anything in this world that can help me assist a very sick, very stubborn family member?

Help! Need Advice ASAP

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Is this really anxiety?

So for about 3 years now i have been suffering from anxiety disorder. But the things i am dealing with seems to be different from other people who suffer from from this. My symptoms are crippling tension, racing thoughts, stiff muscles, feeling out of touch with reality and more.

it is all pretty terrible but my biggest problem is this: i seem to get "reactions" from different foods and activities. the reactions entails me getting sudden extreme tension in my body and a big hightening of symptoms that will last for a long time (days) nothing like a panic attack. At first these reactions would only come from stimulants like coffee or if i made a hard workout at the gym, later they would come from spicy foods. every time i get a "reaction" i seem to get more vulnerable to getting another one, so i have been getting worse and worse for a time, and Theres more and more things that gives me reactions. I've tried CBT, it didn't do anything. i know most people who read this will think im having phobias, but im really not, im not afraid of foods or anything else for that matter. Does anyone have any usefull knowledge pertaining to this or similar experiences?? getting pretty desperate here...

Im on Pregabalin (lyrica) it lowers my symptoms a lot, but does not help with my problem.

Is this really anxiety?

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