Hey everyone,
So ever since the onset of my symptoms that started with a bout of diarrhea, I've been having GI issues that include bloating, gas, and mixed stool at times when I eat too much. It seems like everything I eat causes me to feel some mild stomach aches, urge to defecate, weakness, and extreme gassy/bloaty feeling that causes some discomfort in my chest shortly after meals. I've tried changing up my diet but it seems regardless of what I eat but moreso happens when I eat and how much I eat that seem to trigger symptoms. If I don't eat for 3+ hours I get this really bad stomach acid feeling where my gut feels like its burning along with slight nausea and other symptoms such as dizziness and fatigue...but upon eating I feel what I mentioned above...When I do eat but eat too much, I have to go defecate immediately and my stool ends up being mixed between normal and fatty, soft stool that floats to the surface... Also, not sure if this is just hemorrhoids (what my doctor told me last time)..but I've also been seeing blood intermittently on my toilet paper after I finish my daily poop in the morning. So to summarize:
1. Gassy/bloaty feeling with stomach aches and urge to defecate after meals
2. Acidic, burning, nauseous feeling along with some other symptoms when no food for 3+ hours.
3. Immediate reaction which consists of mixed stool after eating too much.
4. Blood in stool/toilet paper intermittently
Currently all I am taking for my GI issues is a probiotic supplement that includes a whole bunch of healthy gut bacteria which has helped me stay asleep at night but that is all. But mostly throughout the day, I battle with GI discomfort of this sort all day.
Does anyone have any thoughts as to how I can deal with this? Not sure whether or not I should go see a GI specialist...my PCP is completely incompetent and doesn't refer me to any specialist unless I ask for it.
Thanks so much!
So ever since the onset of my symptoms that started with a bout of diarrhea, I've been having GI issues that include bloating, gas, and mixed stool at times when I eat too much. It seems like everything I eat causes me to feel some mild stomach aches, urge to defecate, weakness, and extreme gassy/bloaty feeling that causes some discomfort in my chest shortly after meals. I've tried changing up my diet but it seems regardless of what I eat but moreso happens when I eat and how much I eat that seem to trigger symptoms. If I don't eat for 3+ hours I get this really bad stomach acid feeling where my gut feels like its burning along with slight nausea and other symptoms such as dizziness and fatigue...but upon eating I feel what I mentioned above...When I do eat but eat too much, I have to go defecate immediately and my stool ends up being mixed between normal and fatty, soft stool that floats to the surface... Also, not sure if this is just hemorrhoids (what my doctor told me last time)..but I've also been seeing blood intermittently on my toilet paper after I finish my daily poop in the morning. So to summarize:
1. Gassy/bloaty feeling with stomach aches and urge to defecate after meals
2. Acidic, burning, nauseous feeling along with some other symptoms when no food for 3+ hours.
3. Immediate reaction which consists of mixed stool after eating too much.
4. Blood in stool/toilet paper intermittently
Currently all I am taking for my GI issues is a probiotic supplement that includes a whole bunch of healthy gut bacteria which has helped me stay asleep at night but that is all. But mostly throughout the day, I battle with GI discomfort of this sort all day.
Does anyone have any thoughts as to how I can deal with this? Not sure whether or not I should go see a GI specialist...my PCP is completely incompetent and doesn't refer me to any specialist unless I ask for it.
Thanks so much!