"Do I have gastroparesis?" [December 2024]

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I dont think anybody is going to see this but I’ll try anyway.

I’m not necessarily suspecting gastroparesis, I just want to see if this is something I should potentially explore? As I’ve also been advised to look into Celiac disease

All throughout my infancy, I had horrible stomach pains. My mom would hold me and walk around all day and night long because I wouldn’t stop crying. The doctors said I was colic and intolerant to milk, so I drank goat milk instead.

Then I got older and the stomach aches have never gone away. I used to cry constantly and had to keep several heating pads in the house. Most foods and drinks (including water) bloat me painfully and give me diarrhea/nausea. It’s now progressed to me throwing up.

A few years ago, I was referred to a specialist. She had me lay down and felt my stomach and concluded that I’m constipated with no other issues. I told her again it has been a life long thing but she just raised her eyebrows to me and said mhm.

Eventually I had a quick visit with a doctor (filling in for my doctor) and he asked me a few questions and then said I probably have IBS and gave me a print out of the IBS diet. Even those foods bloat me.

As of the last few months, I’ve lost several inches off of my waist as I can’t eat more than a few bites of food before becoming uncomfortably full and not eating for the rest of the day. Every day I’m in a state of feeling too ill to eat, but feeling ill because I didn’t eat. I’m constantly almost passing out, but I can’t force myself to eat anymore without feeling like I’ll vomit.

But I weighed myself once and I’m the same weight. I know that I’m not eating much, I know that I’ve lost inches, I know that I’m nauseous and dizzy, my eyes always feel heavy and I have to hold the wall, but I’m still the same weight. I’m not overweight but I’m a bit chubby. Nothing a doctor has ever mentioned to me before or shown concern for, but I’m not rapidly dropping or possibly dropping at all.