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Posted 3/28/2011 3:35 AM (GMT 0)
I can only say I am so happy to have found this forum, I know I have IBS and GERD, but never felt the palpation's until the other day, and it scared me!! I did notice I had a lot of gurgling in my stomach but was not burping or not to be rude, passing gas..I also noticed with every gurgle i felt a palp. I do suffer from Anxiety, but I don't think the anxiety kicked in until I felt the palps. Not that I'm happy anyone else suffers from it but it does make me feel a little better to know I am not alone and crazy..lol..I read a post someone wrote about magnesium and gaviscon. Gas X also helps me. I ran to the pharmacy and purchased.. Centrum Cardio health, and magnesium. I also take zantac. Since I do take Prozac, i spoke with my pharmacist to make sure it was ok to take everything else. He mentioned palps are common with both GERD and IBS and recommended I try Oral Aloe, he said not only does it help but it does promote healing. I went to GNC and got it, it's inexpensive and the cashier said he uses it for erosion in the esophagus along with a change in diet. I got the berry flavor and it taste ok, just chill it and drink it fast!! I am willing to try anything, because as harmless as I have been told the palps are for me they are scary!! I try to understand that they come along with the IBS symptoms, like bloating, gurgling feeling. I hope I can make someone else feel a little better too!! Thank you to everyone who shares their symptoms!! HERE IS TO FEELING BETTER!!!!!!! yeah

Post Edited (goingcrzylol) : 3/27/2011 9:47:05 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 3/28/2011 9:09 PM (GMT 0)
When you say palpatations - do you mean of your heart? Of are you feeling pulsations in another body part?

Aslo. I don't know if you have IBS that is the diarrhea type or constipation type. If you have IBS - D, then watch how you react to the aloe vera. It can cause diarrhea in some people. Also, too much magnesium can cause diarrhea.

I look forward to hearing more from you to discuss your palpatations.
Posted 3/28/2011 10:01 PM (GMT 0)
It almost feels like the top of my stomach, but i know it's a palp, the dr. says sometimes Gerd and IBS can irritate the vegus nerve and cause palps, I do notice I get them when my IBS is bothering me, my IBS is mainly C, but sometimes I can have a day or so of D.....I hate always feeling gassy and bloated, I wish there was a cure. I also read that a symptom of IBS is palps, but they are harmless, My dr. tells me I'm fine, but it is still scary to feel it. So far the Aloe juice hasn't bothered me. I started it about 3 days ago..
Posted 3/29/2011 6:43 PM (GMT 0)
goingcrzylol,

I read your post with interest.

I too experience the same re the palps, in fact, the night before my ultrasound I had them in the middle of the night, so whether it was me worrying about the scan or not I don't know, but I do believe it was the ache I had that woke me up just to the right side of the breast bone, and I eventually had to take some gaviscon, then water, I eventually fell asleep but still lost a couple of hours as I can't sleep while I have that pain plus the palps.
Posted 3/29/2011 8:12 PM (GMT 0)
I totally understand, and I think when you feel it, they get worse because u get more nervous!! I think this forum has helped me more mentally than anything to know that I am not alone out there. It makes me crazy! I do notice it mostly when I eat the wrong things or eat too late at night. I also notice if i have a really big burp, which the GERD will give me, i feel one. I hope all was well with your Ultrasound..Feel better!
Posted 3/29/2011 8:20 PM (GMT 0)
I discovered long, long ago that we are what we eat. That saying has specific meaning for most of on these health forums. Gone are the days I can eat anything I want and not suffer the consequences. I'd rather eat foods that zip thru my system giving me as little trouble (upset, D, etc.) as possible. Determining what those foods are though is tricky. Many of us have used the food journal concept, to keep track of what we're eating, etc. I kept one for 2 years, recording every single thing I ate and drank, if I took meds that day, if I were sick with a cold or the flu (all important details). The GI tract can be a mystery but sometimes it's not when you think back to what you had eaten in the past 12 hours and realized that food didn't agree with your now touchy gut. I avoid a lot of foods because I know I'll have trouble.

However 2 years ago my husband I attended a church fish fry. I thought I could handle the fish, because my gall bladder had been removed when I had my colon cancer resection. And don't need heartburn meds on a daily basis. Well, that fried fish made me so-so sick, for over 12 hours. I was a mess. I was popping Rolaids, sipping water, eating plain bread to absorb the grease, and walking. Walking, walking, walking. Once that fish was out of my system, I was fine.

I avoid church fish fry's now! No way would I chance it. Or if I did, I'd be the adult eating the pizza they provide for picky eaters (mostly children!).
Posted 3/30/2011 3:45 PM (GMT 0)
I seem to get palps also when I am having a IBS flare but never catch them in my pulse, I did have a EKG done and was feeling the sensation in my stomach and the EKG showed palps. My cardio told me that the gas can cause palps because it is affecting the vega or whatever that nerve is in the stomach and that nerve helps to control the heart beat. I had this for 6 weeks straight a few months ago and I actually never caught a palp in my wrist pulse. Meds can cause palps also especally b/p meds like lisinopril.

Linda
Posted 3/30/2011 4:29 PM (GMT 0)
Linda,

That is exactly what i feel!! Did he say it was ok, are you on Meds for it? For me it triggers an Anxiety attack!! I take Magnesium, i just started so we will see. Thank you!!
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