stomach pain after eating anything

I am wondering if anyone has experienced this?

Recently I have started to have stomach pain after starting to eat anything. I am hungry but stop eating because it gets very sharp. I was on mepron and azithromycin (sp?) for 3 months, off for 1 month and took Abab, back on those 2 antibiotics for 1 month and was quite ill so stopped them for good and back on Abab (up to 6 drops this week). I am also taking Serrepeptase, Grapefruit Seed Extract, Milk Thistle, Magnesium, Burber and Pinella, adrenal by nutramedix, Ashwagandha‎ and a probiotic. I drink lemon water throughout the day and kimchee with lunch and dinner. I started taking 1 Digestin - digestive enzyme in the middle of each of my meals this last week. I stopped those to see if there was a difference and there was not.

My Lyme Dr put me on a low carb diet last Friday - meats, veggies, nuts, healthy fats, 1 granny smith apple and kimchee. Any help would be appreciated as I am dreading the start of this new day and dont want to eat.

Post Edited (solia de gloria) : 12/9/2016 2:36:02 AM (GMT-7)

Thank you Traveler for your response. I do not know much about the gut or what the balance would be in healing it....not sure where to start with that. I have been having a lot of diarrhea since all this started and in between meals I am somewhat ok - no stomach pain. I have been hesitant to call my doctor but will today. I have been through such a difficult time with the antibiotics and being so sick and having to call them everyday. This seemed minor in comparison but it is not minor anymore.

This is somthing I really struggle with, including the diarrhea at times.

The stomach pain is something I've had since I was a child, so it wasn't always Lyme to blame. I had a lot of stress as a child and I believe I developed an ulcer. I do sometimes have too much of an acid stomach. To avoid that pain I cannot eat anything spicy. Nothing with tomatoes, or peppers. Nothing greasy. All of which are my favorite way to eat, lol.

I couldn't eat pizza for most of my young adult hood. If I listed any commonality, it would be the stress in my life for the 'ulcer' pain.

Later on, an unknown amount of time after being tick infected, I suffered with the IBS, either constipation or diarrhea most of the time.
I always thought that was IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) and my drs. always concurred. Again, the main theme for when I got it was stress. With this it doesn't matter what or how much I eat. I can get it looking at a picture of food.

Got to love those disorders with the "syndrome" at the end because it always describes what happens, without saying what the cause is. I suspect there could be multiple causes.

At this time I have all of it. I get ravenously hungry with the knawing stomach. I try to eat, and can't eat have of it, then I'm either constipated for 3 days or am running to the bathroom every 15 minutes.


The only way I can handle this is to avoid eating anything at all when I'm unhappy or having any kind of problems. Very small snacks or meal portions of easily digested food sometimes works, simply because there is so little in the food to cause a problem. But that's no guarantee on some days.

I'm supposed to take prescription Ranitidine for my ulcer, and naturally avoid foods that irritate it.

I don't always, but I am happy to say that when I take the Ranitidine like I'm supposed to, I have no problems with the gut pain at all.

Post Edited (julymorning) : 12/9/2016 7:44:03 PM (GMT-7)

I would remove the nuts initially and just do simple foods. Nuts are a known gut irritant. Also if you are taking digestive enzymes are you taking them at the beginning of the meal?

You can also try DGL. It is very soothing and helps with the gut.

You also may want to take minimal of the kimchee as it can sometimes make matters worse.

Thank you everyone for your help and kind words! This group is so encouraging! I did call my doctor and she thinks it has to do with the antibiotics and wants me to start slippery elm powder twice a day. That will arrive today. While I was waiting for her call, I stopped the kimchee and lemon water and feel a little better...I thought those were so good for me. What is DGL?

Stetsonva how did you use acacia, physium, and glucamanan fiber?

I would also suggest that you find out if you have enough stomach acid. This is my main issue with getting stomach aches when I eat any kind of food, although I have a lot of digestive issues. I have to remember to take my digestive enzymes before or with the first bite of food.

Blueberrymuffin do you have an easy bone broth recipe?

Traveler I just started taking Digestin digestive enzymes - you take yours before or with the first bite - I have been taking them in the middle of my meal - I will try at the beginning of each meal

Recently I have developed the same issue. I am on Buhner herbs for almost 3 1/2 months now (about 5-6 poweders and 7-8 tincures - lyme, babs, bartonella). But the last several days I usually have stomach pain after eating - I eat blended vegetables. I do not have the pains after taking the herbs. I also have them after eating fruits too.
I think it is caused by vegetables and fruits. Are the herbs causing some kind of gut flora dis-balance?
I have been eating the same way for more than 5 years (kind of paleo/primal diet) but only have this problem the last 4-5 days.

Post Edited (Stanislav) : 2/20/2017 6:47:18 AM (GMT-7)

Honestly Stan I don't know why the stomach issues arise and then settle down in such a way. Perhaps it's bacterial and viral toxins increasing/decreasing. I go through the same ups/downs. And like you, when I look at my diet it's the same things I've been eating.

The only thing that helps me is taking DGL. I just take one before or after I eat. Sometimes I have to take 2. Once things calm down, I back off the DGL only because I don't want to take something if it's not needed at the time. Plus I want to monitor my digestion.

Oh I'm also finding that collagen is also helping with my digestion/stools.

Just to cover a few bases here. Be sure you are taking probiotics. Even with using only herbs, we are disrupting the gut flora and it needs help to be balanced back out. Sometimes we are disrupting the gut flora because we are killing off viruses and bacteria in the gut, and with things that actually are antibacterial, we are killing off the good yeasts in our guts. So a good probiotic is needed, and you may need to change them around once in a while to be sure that you are getting a good balance of the different strains.

Be sure that you have enough stomach acid. The symptoms are very, very similar to too much stomach acid, but there are ways to check at home to see if you have enough: hansacenter.com/simple-at-home-test-for-low-stomach-acid/

Then, things like PeteZa is talking about, like bone broths may be helpful - but if you have an MSG sensitivity, it may make things worse. I'm one of those lucky ones with an MSG allergy, so I can't use bone broths (not even homemade ones) because of the natural MSG that is contained and released from the bones. ugh. More hurdles.

Like Krimpet, I use DGL, only it's in whole herb form and I take it daily combined with other herbs for intestinal cramping - but it's an excellent choice to use under the right circumstances.

This may be directly connected to the infections (as in a symptom of one of them) or may be due to another issue all together - like low stomach acid. So investigate this carefully.

Hi,

I also have had a lot of stomach issues. This is what helped me the most, bone broth. I just buy the Pacific Foods Organic Bone Broth, which only has the broth and rosemary extract in it, because I can't handle the onions and other ingredients in the other broths. It comes in chicken and turkey. I had to get it on Amazon.com which it's not cheap, it costs about $82.00 for 1 case of 12, but it's worth it if it helps. I also use Pure Encapsulations Digestive Enzymes Ultra. I take 2 before each meal, just before I start to eat I take them. I also use a 25 billion probiotic at night. Klaire Labs makes a LactoPrime Plus 25 billion probiotic. I take it at night because that way my digestive system doesn't have to process other foods, all the good bacteria can populate my system. I use to take it in the morning until a naturopathic doctor I went to told me to take it at night. I'm on a gluten-free diet, and try not to eat sugar, and have cut back on grains some. So far, this is what helps me. I hope this helps you get some relief of you symptoms.

I think it all started with a bit more ginger root that I put in my vegetable smoothy one evening. And that was about a week ago. And now I can't eat almost anything. The only thing that I manage to eat is white rice with some olive oil and maybe small amount of fish. The herbs and tinctures do not give me problems because when I am taking them in the morning I do not eat until the afternoon and have no problem. But I plan to stop everything until I recover. I start to doubt even my water . For example, this evening I ate steamed potatoes and salmon and canned tuna, and for 4-5 hours I had massive stomach pains and spent most of the time in the toilet and now I am fine. I had my afternoon dose of buhner herbs and tinctures right before that. I also take Probiotic-10 25 billion 1 capsule/day from NOW. I doubt it is the herbs but 1 week is a long time to recover from a bit of ginger root overdose.
The next step to go on a 7 day water fast, haha. I have done it several times in the past. Nasty thing but helped me get rid of hypertension.