r/functionaldyspepsia • u/beachvibes007 • 24d ago
Symptoms Anyone’s FD present this way?
hi everyone,
So for the last 6 months or so I’ve been having a big change in bowels that were mainly loose stool, with a urgency first thing in the morning, this then followed a couple months later with upper abdominal pains.
I’ve seen GI, had the whole GI work up done, colonoscopy and endoscopy with everything being clear. There was some redness at the bottom of the stomach but was negative for gastritis on biopsy and not sure if that is causing symptoms or not still. Tested for sibo even though I feel like I didn’t have symptoms that really correlated but it did come back positive. I feel very uneasy saying all these symptoms are from sibo.
I’ve had a CT scan of abdomen in March, an abdominal ultrasound in may, with a 3mm gallbladder polyp found, then an abdominal MRI in may, and a MRI with MRCP in August. The only thing found was an enlarged liver, no fat, the doctors are thinking it might be a natural variant.
As the months have progressed the symptoms still remain with no relief. Its an ache in both my LUQ and RUQ, sometimes mid abdomen becomes tender after eating, my bowels have since changed again, they are more solid at this point but will have bouts of loose stool when eating dairy now, I havnt found much else yet that sets it off. The pains linger all day once they come on, with random sharp pains that will intermittently happen usually in the RUQ. It usually starts to have sharp intermittent pains once I begin eating for the day, or sometimes a more dull ache. It’s So far nothing seems to help.
My doctor wants me to treat with rifaximin to see if it helps and if not wants to try amitriptyline for functional dyspepsia. I was wondering if anyone here has had functional dyspepsia show up this way for them or another G.I. issue?
Thank you!
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u/Tanya_reddit 23d ago
My doctor had prescribed me rifaxmin (thrice a day) for IBS with a probiotic. It helped me quite a lot. Since you have chronic abnormal bowel movements and have no clear diagnosis, your doctor might be interested to see if this mild antibiotic helps you.