Nausea & Belching

Has anybody experienced persistent nausea and very frequent belching as a symptom of IBS? I've had this going on the last few months, seen my GI doctor, had an endoscopy, ultrasound and bloodwork all come back normal. I'm concerned I'm missing something. He believes my symptoms are stress/anxiety related and I'm having a difficult time accepting that.

Any thoughts?

nope, no constipation or lactose intolerance. water literally makes me belch...anything i swallow, and also on an empty stomach. i've had a normal endoscopy, ultrasound, bloodwork and upper gi with small bowel follow through. my doctor is just telling me know its a "functional" issue but i'm scared to death its something serious we can't find. what do you think??

thanks for your reply. i'm just so confused by what could cause this. the way it appeared literally out of the blue and happens every single day, i feel that something must be causing it, though tests are showing nothing. i also don't understand why just taking a sip of something or a small bite to eat makes me belch...i'm not doing anything differently now than i did in the last 30 years of my life, you know? it's like my stomach can't hold the air?

a while back when this first started we did try a 2 week trial of prilosec but it didn't seem to do anything. i also don't have heartburn or acid reflux or anything, just daily belching.

i'll admit i have severe health anxiety when i dont understand what is causing a physical symptom. i've read far too much on google (terrible mistake), which is what scared me in the first place (stomach cancer, etc.). well we ruled that out with the endoscopy. then i remember reading one stupid "study" online that mentioned people experiencing "unusual belching" years prior to being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. i understand how stupid i sound, but now i cannot get that out of my head. usually that doesn't come up as a symptom but of course the one thing i read is in my head....i also know that a 31 year old female has low chances of that, but can't talk sense into myself.

what do you think of this? completely ridiculous? it would just be good to have some sense talked into me...please!

thanks for your response again. i know i sound crazy...

is it possible this is reflux even though its not showing up on any of my tests, i have no heartburn, no acid feeling and no regurgitation (just belching)? i don't know why my GI doctor hasn't ever even mentioned this possibility.

would a reflux med help even though i don't have the classic symptoms of reflux? i'm just a little confused. can this just appear out of nowhere one day and last every single day for months on end. i remember feeling nauseas the first day the belching started, which is part of what is scaring me and making me wonder what the underlying reason is...

It seems so strange to wake up one day out of the blue and your body is doing something completely different for no apparent reason. It seems there has to be an underlying cause...or a person can literally go to bed normal one day and wake up the next with a crazy belching problem that happens now every single day :( I have no idea what to think especially when every single test comes back "normal". That's good but frustrating at the same time because there is no answer...which leads to worrying and wondering what else it could be.

I haven't tried that. My dr put me on a trial of Prilosec a while back which didn't help the belching. Since I don't have heartburn or acid...just belching...would meds like this benefit me?

Laineyk...thanks so much for the response. I'd love to pick your brain because I feel desperate and have convinced myself I have some terrible illness. First of all I know I don't have h. Pylori because my endoscopy biopsies were negative for that. Every test I have comes back normal. Could SIBO present with only burping? I really don't have any other symptoms except occasional nausea. Did your burping seem to just suddenly appear out of nowhere? I literally never burped and then one day boom...burping like crazy. It's been almost 4 months now everyday. Was your burping worse with eating/drinking? I burp on An empty stomach but it's worse when I eat or drink. What's strange is taking a drink of anything or eating the smallest amounts I'm burping within minutes and it goes on for a while. Does it happen like that with sibo? The only thing that makes sense to me is my stomach suddenly can't hold air?? Or something isnt working properly and let's all the air escape right away. Was yours like that? Can any GI do a breath test? I've. Den contemplating a ct scan but don't want radiation if unnecessary. So far I've had normal endoscopy, abdominal ultrasound, barium swallow with small bowel follow through, normal bloodwork. I have a bad habit of reading google and now am worried I have early signs of pancreatic cancer or some other cancer. I'm really scared. Do you have any thoughts? I hope I'm over reacting. Please respond...I'd really appreciate it!!

Laineyk...I just sent you an email! Looking forward to hearing back from you!!