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Hello! I am new to this message board and thought that maybe you guys can help me?! This will be a long post but bare with me I want you to know all of the details. The problem that I am facing is that I am not sure what is wrong with me.

On June 1st I woke up feeling like I had the stomach flu (nauseas) and I haven't felt better since. I went to my doctors and they said that it was my gall bladder and I should have it removed. The told me that all of my problems would go away once my gall bladder was out. At the end of June I had my gall bladder removed. I felt a little better but still not back to normal.

Over the next 10 months I continuously went to my doctor and he prescribed a few more test and sent me to a gastroenterologist. The gastroenterologist said he was concerned about my weight loss (50lbs) and would like to do an endoscope. We did the endoscope and there was nothing going on so he said that I have IBS-C. I didn't think that I did because my symptoms were: nausea, dizziness, fatigue, chest pain, and headaches. He put me on Zelnorm and it seemed to stop the constipation.

My general doctor continued to tell me that I was depressed, I had obsessive-compulsive disorder, and I was a hypochondriac. He told me this was all in my head. But then he would send me home and not do anything.

Finally I asked to be referred to an endocrinologist for the dizziness in case it was my blood sugar. The doctor told me that it was not my blood sugar but he was concerned that there was something going on (finally!). He did a full exam (1st time in 10mo.) and ordered blood work, chest x-ray, and a CT scan. He told me to stop taking the Zelnorm and to start taking wellbutrin. All of those tests came back negative and I am still in the same boat.

At this point I am following the advice in Heather's book because I have to eat low fat to no fat in order to keep from feeling sick. Does this sound like IBS or not? I am so confused and don't know where else to turn. I am sorry this is such a long post but I really need some help.

Thank you,
Sarah

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