Hunger pains all the time

Hello everyone,

I didn't know what forum to post this in.

I have extreme hunger pains all the time, no matter how much I eat or what I eat. They hurt so bad sometimes I think I'm going to pass out from the pain. Or vomit.

I've had this problem for years and years (I am 29 years old). The doctors just ignore it, say it's IBS or it's nothing. I've had countless blood tests, nothing comes back abnormal.

It's gotten worse and worse lately. I just feel like i"m starving to death. And I don't ever gain weight no matter how much i eat. In fact, I'm losing weight. I'm the skinniest I've ever been.

Also when I get these hunger pains, sometimes i feel dizzy and start shaking, like my blood sugar is low or something. I've been tested for diabetes since my dad does have it but that was awhile ago but the tests always came back negative.

I've tried everything from Tums to acid reducers like Prevacid. Nothing helps. I eat small meals all throughout the day, doesn't help. It does feel better for like 5 minutes when I eat but then it goes right back to starving.

Does anyone have any idea what this could be?

Thanks

I agree, it can possibly be H. Pylori or even a parasite. Have you had any scopes done?

I don't know if this will help. I had a somewhat similar situation for many years. I wasn't able to tolerate my stomach being empty for more than a couple of hours before it started bubbling. Imagine taking a mouthful of water and sucking in air; that's the noise it made. I could feel it bubbling and my husband sometimes complained that my intestines kept him awake at night.

One time when I was in the hospital and they had me on an IV but I wasn't allowed to eat anything the pain got so bad that I was almost screaming with it. They gave me a painkiller but it didn't help much. They increased the dose until it finally knocked me unconscious but when I woke up it was just as bad. By that time they had got a GI specialist in and he gave me a GI cocktail (I think that's what they called it) and the relief was immediate and almost euphoric.

So I had to eat every couple of hours. If I ignored it tons of air was sucked into my intestines and the cramping was ferocious. I was on Prilosec and dicyclamine and those helped somewhat (interesting side note, acetaminophen seemed to make it worse and Tylenol with codeine super-charged it.)

Finally, a couple of years ago a very nice lady gave me a starter culture of water kefir (kefir can be milk or water based) and I got it growing and started kefir-izing fruit juice and drinking it. I drank it every day for a month. By the end of that time my symptoms had pretty much disappeared and so I stopped for a year. Recently I've had a teensy bit of trouble so I started drinking it again for a couple of weeks and my intestines are back to being the invisible partner that I love :)