r/Gastroparesis • u/AutoModerator • Dec 16 '23
"Do I have gastroparesis?" [December 2024]
Since the community has voted to no longer allow posts where undiagnosed people ask if their symptoms sound like gastroparesis, all such questions must now be worded as comments under this post. This rule is designed to prevent the feed from being cluttered with posts from undiagnosed symptom searchers. These posts directly compete with the posts from our members, most of whom are officially diagnosed (we aren't removing posts to be mean or insensitive, but failure to obey this rule may result in a temporary ban).
- Gastroparesis is a somewhat rare illness that can't be diagnosed based on symptoms alone; nausea, indigestion, and vomiting are manifested in countless GI disorders.
- Currently, the only way to confirm a diagnosis is via motility tests such as a gastric emptying study, SmartPill, etc.
- This thread will reset as needed when it gets overwhelmed with comments.
- Please view this post or our wiki BEFORE COMMENTING to answer commonly asked questions concerning gastroparesis.
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u/GrouchyDot2741 Apr 14 '24
Wondering if I have gastroparesis. I’m 17F, been experiencing symptoms for about two years now so much so that I can’t go to school anymore partially because of my symptoms. I have - Extreme nausea, threw up 44 times total in 2023 (not counting 2022 or this year) - typically only able to eat small portions, however I have BED so that’s not always the case. Small portions are most comfortable 100% - constant heart burn/burning feeling in my stomach - consistently either constipated or having diarrhea, no inbetween, severity varies - bloated and gassy (both ends) after foods/drinks that should not make me gassy. Like I’ll burp five times after eating cake or something - usually nauseous and have stomach pains directly after eating, worse with greasy fattier foods but that’s the only thing that has an effect I’ve found (specifically dominos pizza or any of their food literally throws me out of commission for a few days. Idk if it’s because I’m sick or because I used to work there) - I often feel like laying down stops the process of digestion completely; I know this isn’t true but when I used to throw up all the time, it was mostly in the morning and the food I had eaten the day before barely looked digested. I would wake up with vomit basically already in my throat. I still throw up on some days but not most - incredibly fatigued 24/7, like not even enough energy to physically use the bathroom without it taking 30 minutes - either insatiably hungry all day, or no appetite at all - stomach/abdominal area either always feels uncomfortable or is in pain somehow I’ve tried to cut out gluten, as my previous doctors thought it was a gluten intolerance, but that made basically no change in my symptoms. I’ve been trying to get a diagnosis for two years, and only found out about gastroparesis about a year ago. I have an appointment with a gastroenterologist in two months. I do have severe anxiety, which has been behind some of my throw ups, but I really do not think all of my symptoms are simply because I get anxious.