Thursday, March 8, 2012

Stomach KNOTS

So since my last post my stomach never really settled. Its been super yucky and tied all up in knots. Every time I eat I get sharp pains, I feel weak, tired, hazy and like might vomit or pass out. I put out my feelers to see what might be going wrong and here are the response I have gotten.

-Gluten allergy - I have thought I have had a gluten allergy for over a year now, I have slowly cut it out of my diet, but when I cheat man I feel it. Not so much stomach pain as much as I just feel sorta gross. Since being sick a week and half ago I have laid off all gluten and meat... but still I am feeling awful.

-Anemia - I had a friend call after she heard about how I was feeling and she had a similar experience 3 years ago. She said that the doctor suggest it might have to do with extremely low iron in her blood. I am anemic, always have been and unless I take a little vitamin everyday my iron levels stay low. I think this could be the real answer so I am going to start taking the iron everyday for a while and wait it out. I think the intense vomiting last weekend my have messed up stomach and so now I need to level out my iron.

-Gallbladder - This same friend said that the doctor suggested a second option, that it could be her gallbladder. I have 3 or 4 people suggest that to me, I don't have health insurance so I want to look into some other things before going into the doctor, but it is something to be considered.

-Stomach ulcers - I dont think I have a stomach ulcer unless you get it from puking a lot. I should look into that.

-Depression/anxiety - I do have a lot on my plate right now, so I plan to exercise more and really take some time each day to breathe and think. To try and release some of this stress. I have had a couple of people mention that these can be symptoms of depression, even my therapist said that. BUT I don't feel depressed... I wonder if you can be depressed and not know it or be in denial of it??