Hello all, woman in her early thirties here. I started having loose yellowish bowel movements a couple of months ago after withdrawing off some psychiatric meds. It seemed to level out but came back terribly with nausea, exhaustion, gas and cramping. Very noisy bowel. Sometimes unable to sleep because of it. Losing weight despite trying to eat normally. Pain in my lower back. This has been going on for varying degrees for at least five weeks.
Went to my GP a number of times. They examined my abdomen and ran full blood count (twice) and stool tests, not FIT but calprotectin. I've also had a pelvic ultrasound. These all came back normal. I had a clear FIT test about nine months ago because of rectal bleeding. They say they will not refer me for endoscopy unless I trial amitriptyline for IBS for a month, I can't say I like that idea on top of my existing meds.
I've since gone back on my psychiatric medication and seen a small improvement, I am going to the toilet more like once per day. But I am honestly exhausted and terrified and worried I'm being palmed off as 'young' or 'anxious'. My stools are still looser than normal and somewhat yellow. The nausea is much less but still intermittent.
I do have severe anxiety, but it has never manifested this extremely before. I understand it may be due to my recent medication withdrawal but I am struggling to hold things in perspective. My distress is extreme.
Any help or reassurance greatly appreciated, I feel very lonely with this.
Thank you for reading. x
