clampsunsun
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Hello, Okay this has been quite a year so far. In July I began twitching all over, went through the myriad of tests, MRI's, nerve conductor, EMG, and tons of blood tests. Nothing was found other than I had some low vitamin D. After months of my freaking out, worried I was dying and couldn't stop focusing on it no matter what, I finally began to calm down a little bit. My twitching was still there, though I was taking magnesium citrate and it really helped calm them down from like a 10 to a 3 most times. So right as I feel that I was becoming as "comfortable" as i could with the situation, my stomach began hurting. That was in early October and since then guess what? My twitches are pretty much gone and now my stomach is a constant flare up. The doctors think this is all because I am a nervous wreck (was really stressed before the twitching started and then of course 10 times more stressed afterward) I am 44, and never really had stomach issues until the beginning of October. I have had high anxiety this year and am very much a panic person (panic disorder) but never anything like this until a few months ago. I noticed some pain in my lower left abdomen before i would go to the bathroom here and there. Then one day I started getting gas type pains all along my left side and they just never went away. I waited about 2 weeks went to a GI and she said she thought i may have taken too much ibuprofen on my last period and wanted me to take prilosec twice a day for 2 months. I started taking it and didn't notice too much of a difference but still had quite a bit of pain on my lower left side and a little constipation (just harder poo - but i could still go), then we did a CT scan with Barium sulfate. I opted not to do the contrast though wished i had. They didn't see anything wrong (though mentioned they thought they saw some scar tissue on my lower right lung which of course freaked me out further). Then I actually had a full colonoscopy done (with no sedation) and it was painful! They saw nothing but took 2 biopsies anyway and they came back clean. I have been a mental wreck for months now. I can't stop worrying that it is something worse and they haven't found it yet. I am a totaly health anxiety freak right now. I keep thinking i have everything serious and have felt so anxious, lost tons of sleep for weeks and i am depressed and scared. They now have me taking Celexa for my anxiety. I just wonder if anyone has pain that just changes constantly? I get some days where i don't feel much, then other days like today where i feel it on my right and left lower abdoment, similar to ovarian pain (had a ultrasound done of my ovAries not long after this started too) and other days it hurts under my belly button, just randomly. I finally tried going out on a limb on friday night and ate some chinese food for the first time in months. It was just cashew chicken and an egg roll but the next day i had major diahhrea and i am sure it was from the egg roll. I don't know why this is happening to me a. I just can't seem to calm down because the pain keeps coming back and then i freak out all over again. Is anyone else experiencing any of this? Thanks for any support you can give! I have always hated being sick throughout my life but the health anxiety i am feeling now is unparalleled. I feel like a hypochondriac but i know i feel these symptoms. Ugh.
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