Advice welcome...worried.

[Jules58]

Hi I have Fibromyalgia and IBS really bad.

However the past three weeks I have had Diarrhea everyday for the past 3 weeks.

I also have upset tummy too.

The worst is a fowl taste in my mouth, throat, tongue.

The taste is fowl. It's a sour sickly very dry feeling. Bloody and metallic .

I don't want to eat which isn't like me.

I went to my Gp a week ago......not my usual one who told me it was acid reflux and gave me gaviscon which has mad it worse.

I am under a lot of family stress too.

Seeing another Gp at 2.30 this afternoon.

Very worried now x

[2Chrissie4]

Could be that you have bile reflux. I have this and what you describe is exactly what have. I have bile reflux and have problems at night while using an overnight jejunal feeding tube which is attached to a pump. Because have bile reflux I have to take a liquid medication called Antepsin. It is an oral suspension coloured white and I take 5mls in the morning, lunchtime and last thing at night before bed. What is good about this medication is that you can take it up to 8 times a day on a bad day only otherwise only 5mls four times a day. Now also take a tablet called Motilium (Domperidone) three times a day. Nowdays keep the bile reflux under control but still have the odd bad day when I also have to take an antisickness tablet called Cyclizine. I hope you have success with your GP this afternoon. Maybe you need a Gastroscopy first to check that nothing else is going on before going onto medication. Good Luck.

[binks]

I have post nasal drip all year round - this gives me a horrid taste in my mouth and over the past two years it has also changed the way I seem to taste things. The taste makes me feel nauseous at times but weirdly it doesn't give me halitosis.

[Jules58]

Thankyou.

Well I am confused as saw a locum Gp who has Said its acid reflux and put me on Esomprazole for a month. If no better then a gastroscope.

I don't know what to do now xx

[Ibsr]

Have you been tested for Bad Acid Disorder? There's a lot of info on this sight about it. Ask your Dr to test that. INSIST that they do this for you.

If that test comes back positive you have an easy fix..there's a medication to take and lot of people have had great success.

If the test comes back negative I would suggest that you forget the GP and go to see an Alternative practitioner:

Acupuncture will sort out the diarohoea, fibromyalgia and the metallic taste etc. Or a Naturopath who can test you further and give you suggestions.

[binks]

Hi Kerrym

I drink the smallest amount of skimmed milk in coffee and some cottage cheese and greek yogurt daily. Eggs probably once a week. I will give your suggestion a try - I lecture in nutrition at uni and I tend to be sceptical of some dietary stuff when I don't see really good scientific evidence for it. I'm probably my own worst enemy....I will give dairy a rest for a week and let you know.

[Hidden in reply to binks]

Skimmed milk, cottage cheese and geek yoghurt will still contain dairy and there's also the spread you use for bread and cooking - if you are going to try dairy free it must be fully dairy free for a proper test

[tami70]

Be checked for crohns