Nausea, upper stomach cramps, bad taste in mouth - v worried - Digestive Disorders Message Board

Neonsky · 06-24-2009, 09:06 AM

I am a 36 year old female.
For almost 2 weeks I have had daily nausea/queasiness, and discomfort/cramps in my stomach, mainly upper but sometimes lower down. Also cramps immediately after eating and for a couple of hours after, then my stomach feels very 'empty' and gurgling. Doesnt seems to matter what I eat - fatty or healthy foods have the same effect. Feel like i want to burp but it doesnt really help. My appetite is ok, once i sit down to eat im really hungry (though hurting!) and bowels normal.

I visited my doctor and he gave me Omeprazole 20mg, and said I probably just have a 'dodgy' stomach possibly caused by stress. He gave me a physical exam and said my liver is not enlarged and he can't feel any gallstones. I also started taking a course of probiotics recommended by my local health shop.

After 3 days on this i started to feel a bit better - the nausea reduced to just a bit during the day time. In fact yesterday i felt almost normal and was very pleased. Today however, it seems i am back to square one - bad nausea, cramps (around my ovaries area as well as up high) - i have a lot of saliva in my mouth, and a bad taste that doesnt go when i have mints. I'm very fed up and concerned as i thought i was getting better. It seems not..

A month ago i had very severe tonsilitus and was on strong course of antibiotics - could this have any bearing on my symptoms?

If this was Acid reflux wouldn't the omeprazole have worked on these symptoms? I can't go back to my doc until next week, and i'm getting anxious (I am an anxious person and have been stressed lately) - what could this all be?

gigi11 · 06-26-2009, 05:28 PM

Wow you sound like me - I have no gallbladder and right now I am experiencing nausau, bloating, belching. I have had every test imaginable. I thought it was stress too but I don't have any. Mine comes and goes too.

Neonsky · 07-01-2009, 03:48 PM

Does yours happen every day gigi? Mine is worse some days than others but it is always there. It's been a month now with no real change, except now i feel a bit better in the evenings. Ive lost about 5lbs in that time, though i guess im eating a little less. Just don't know what this could be - anyone else have any advice to offer?

gigi11 · 07-02-2009, 09:08 PM

I am getting a endoscopy done soon. I notice when I take probiotics and prilosec it helps a little. I have episodes like every week for two days or every other week. I don't eat all day when it happens then after the second day I start to eat again. My stomach will also get sore after the nausea like I did 100 situps. It feels like a belt is around my waist and someone is tightning it.

How often do you have bowel movements? I am very constipated and I am wondering if that is related to my symptoms.

nauseous · 07-20-2009, 02:47 AM

Finally. I stay up all hours searching for an answer since gastro is vague and wants to do a endoscope whenever. I really don't want this test so I try to figure it out. I definitely have acid reflux. You're story seemed to fit mine. I'm taking prilosec for the second round. I quit the first time because I felt hungry all the time. Now I have painful cramps after eating, am nauseous, have a bad taste in my mouth, and of course the acid comes up too. I've never had these problems in my life.