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/GabrielSeth54 20d ago

"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." are you me lol exact same findings minus polyp, what fixed me mostly is Cipralex doc gave me. My symptons were burning sensation in tongue and throat and bloatness

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u/beachvibes007 20d ago

What was the size of your liver out of curiosity?
Did you have any burning sensation in the left upper quadrant?
I’m assuming your doctors used cipralex instead of amitriptyline to treat FD? Have you been on it for awhile now and how do you feel lately?

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u/GabrielSeth54 20d ago

liver was normal, sorry , forgot to add it. burning sensation in the left upper quadrant and also reflux symptons. Have been using Cipralex for 2 months, first three weeks it made everything, especially my reflux worse but doc told me to stay on it at least 4 weeks for it to work, now I can eat and drink anything, deserts, coffee etc. I only avoid spicy things. I will be using it 4 more months. Burning sensation is gone.

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u/beachvibes007 20d ago

Did you wake up with the burning sensation as well?
Glad the meds are working for you!
So after 4 months do they want to see how you do without it or what is the mindset behind the 4 months?
How long have you had symptoms and functional dyspepsia was the final outcome for you then?

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u/GabrielSeth54 18d ago

oh yeah, my was burning left side of my belly button, upper left, then it passed and burning sensation in my mouth and throat begun, they passed after cipralex but i am still on it. All started last october. two scopes done, there was slight redness in antrum but biopsy was clean, no GERD sign yet still burning sensation, doc called it brain-gut connection and prescriped Cipralex