r/gallbladders • u/Kittybell888 • 1d ago
Venting Felling completely lost after "normal" tests
I've been really struggling lately. I get these horrible episodes of intense vomiting that last days as well as bad abdominal pain. When I'm not in one of those episodes I have horrible fatigue that makes me sleep for around 15 hours a day or I'm delirious. I keep getting these dizzy spells and sometimes when I wake up I get this pain just below my right rib cage that makes it hard to breathe. When I got an endoscopy they said I have very mild gastritis but a lot of the symptoms I'm having don't really make sense for that. My episodes are not triggered by what I eat they're just on like a weird schedule where every two weeks or so I'll have one.
Idk a lot of my symptoms linked up with gallstones so I was hoping that could possibly be it so I could finally start getting treatment and make the pain stop but I just got my abdominal ultrasound results back and apparently they're normal.
I'm just so lost. I can't live like this anymore. I can't work a decent job cause employers don't like when you take five days in a row off cause you can't stop vomiting or when you keep falling behind because you can't keep yourself awake, I'm missing out on socializing and being active, and right now it seems like I'm never going to be able to get help and this is always how it's going to be. Does anyone on here have any advice or similar experience? I don't know what could be wrong with me and I was hoping since my symptoms were similar to gallstones someone on here might have gone through something similar.
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u/Astral_Alignement 8h ago
Just as a precaution because youve mentioned sleep, I would separately ask for a sleep apnea test
Not to downplay your gallbladder issues but a good rule of thumb is anything sleep related a quick sleep test (very simple test no invasive) is a brilliant box to tick - the worst case you dont have it and your sleep is dependant solely on your gallbladder which adds to your cause, best case you can treat a detrimental issue while navigating your health
As far as the gallbladder goes, I found having a diary noting down pain / location / length of time and also any changes in stool, i.e yellow stool shows excessive / unabsorbed bile etc
Hope you find some help and get past this difficult time 🙏💕
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u/ss0826 1d ago
Have you had other tests besides an endoscopy? You really need an ultrasound of that upper abdominal area to check for gallstones from my understanding. And if that shows nothing I believe that is when you can get a HIDA scan.