Might not be the right topic, but here it goes(help?)

Hello everyone, this is my first time posting on something like this so please bare with me.

Background:
I am 19 going on 20 this year and about 95 pounds. I am prescribed 150 mg of zoloft to control panic attacks which I have been taking for about 8 months now, and about 2 months of taking that specific dosage. I also have had a .25mg xanax prescription for about a month. I took it for the first two weeks but I have not taken it for about a week now.

The beginning:
Around 4 months ago my abdominal area starting having a consistent burning sensation. It primarily occurred around my belly button or area around the bottom of my left rib, but it also occurred throughout the general abdominal area. I would tell people that I think I have a stomach ulcer because of how unusual it felt. about two months ago I began getting extremely nauseas, especially at night. It felt like how my birth control would make me feel, which is why I had to stop taking it. It was unbearable. Therefore, my appetite began to decrease. This was also accompanied by having diarrhea/very loose stools several times a week, no matter how much I avoided lactose, and I felt as if I was going more than normal. It seemed darker than usual too in certain spots. My period was also about a week late for the month of December, probably from the stress of feeling so sickly all the time. Also, my urine was consistently dark, regardless of my water intake which I was trying to greatly increase to change it. It would also seem murky.

The "solution":
about two weeks ago I finally went to the doctors for the constant nausea, burning, and diarrhea. The day I went I had terrible, TERRIBLE diarrhea that made me get up early in the morning and started out looking typical but within 3 hours it was yellow, like baby poop yellow. I had never seen that before, and I thought I was going to have to deal with this all day and I could barely say a sentence without dry heaving. I got out of work(yes, I had to work an 8 hour shift at subway feeling like this) and immediately went to the doctors. I told them about the 3 main issues, and how my appetite was ruined because of the nausea so I had been eating probably only 1000 calories a day lately, and I would get full really fast. This was really unusual for me because I usually eat constantly. They took some blood, all which came out normal ,and a pee test to see if I was pregnant, also negative. They said I had acid reflux and gastroenteritis. So I got prescribed a proton pump inhibitor and medicine for the nausea. They also gave me a form for a stool sample kit.

The problem:
And of course, I have not experienced a significant bowel movement since that appointment. It has been a little over 2 weeks since my last real one, which was the yellow diarrhea. All I have been able to produce is what looks like little rocks sometimes, like an inch in diameter maybe, and usually only 4 of them tops, sometimes together. They are very pale brown, have white string looking stuff(mucus), and sometimes have pinkish/orange or slightly yellow looking areas. I have probably been able to do this maybe 4 times tops over the two weeks. I get bad abdominal pain that feels like cramps sometimes, but doesn't really seem low enough to be menstrual cramps. The burning isn't as severe but the nausea still persists, they used to come together. The anti nausea medicine has increased my appetite, almost back to normal, and I have only taken the proton pump inhibitor about 3 times. I often get nauseas after eating. I have back pain constantly, also something I don't usually get unless I'm on my period but it has been going on for about two weeks, possibly longer, as well. It just keeps getting worse. I feel it all over at times, the lower back is the absolute worse though. I also have poor posture so some could be related to that. I gave in to taking Senokot yesterday, around 24 hours ago, because I could no longer stand the pain I kept feeling in those areas because I hadn't been "going" normally, although maybe I was giving myself those pains out of paranoia and stress of not having normal movements. But I have yet to have an actual movement, I was just able to produce one, literally one, little rock again, which was pale once again, but seemed to just be one color. However, for the past 3 days I have had horrible gas. And of course, I am bloated, but I wasn't when I was having the diarrhea and nausea, at that point I looked skinnier than ever before. I also have been getting the same sensation as if my blood sugar is low (not a diabetic though) sometimes shortly after eating. Which then I usually assume my body is telling me to eat more, so I try to. I am also now getting over a cold which started with a sore throat and bad cough, which is now a slight uncontrollable cough and a very runny nose. And lastly, I had my period at the very end of December so it may be coming up soon as well, incase any of those might be the true influence of how I feel.

My reason for coming to this:
My mom thinks this is just a phase my body is going through and insists everything is fine, but I have found that many of my symptoms are similar to those in pancreatic cancer. Since I have GAD, most people think I am just being a hypochondriac so I don't have anyone that thinks I actually need to see a doctor. I know I am young so my chances are very slim but I also consume a lot of sugar and bad foods. So, readers, do you think I should be concerned?
Am I being crazy?
Or just concerned for good reasons?
Is it just a bad mess of a bunch of little things occurring at the same time?

Thank you Alcie, I appreciate the response!

you do need to find out what's causing the constipation asap! and after that you need to change your diet accordingly. fingers crossed that you can treat this via diet alone.

remember you will get thru this! you will have relief by going to the doctor and getting a diagnonsis! you are totally right to go!

some questions not for you to answer but to ask yourself? it's possible the zoloft is giving you these digestion issues (it's rare side effect, but you might be the one). is there a way you can change around your meds, if it's deduced that is the cause? not go off them (you have made it clear you need them and they are helping), but change to another drug combo which is gentler on the stomach? so many people get in a trap of taking pills from side effects of pills. it's important you do research on your own and find out how to keep your mental health with doing the least amount damage to your body otherwise. it may be unrelated to the meds, but always remeber as much medicine is wonderful, if the side effects outweigh the benefits you need to reconsider your approach. with your frame and the amount of calories you get a day, even a small dose of .25 mg of xanax could have tilted you over the edge.

i wish you the best of luck finding a doctor who is a good listener and can help you back to health!

Post Edited (lprsufferer) : 1/26/2015 3:12:55 PM (GMT-7)

Thank you for the responses everyone! It is nice to hear some feedback that doesn't involve telling my I'm a crazy person. That being said, here's another update:

So last night I ate a lot. When my nausea isn't acting up, my hunger is out of control and it feels like I am weak and a little "off" unless I am constantly eating. Again, probably related to PMS or something small. I ended up taking a nap from 7-10 and woke up covered in sweat and feeling horrible and fatigued. Therefore, I fell asleep probably another hour after that but I kept waking up from night sweats and chills. When I woke up around 8am I realized I forgot to take my zoloft that night but immediately took it then, but it caused some early morning anxiety for sure. I also had extreme nausea and gas and abdominal pain. I managed to produce a stool a bit softer and larger than previous(YAY!) but still pale in color. My pee has also constantly been clear the past week even though my water intake has not been abnormal. Before this, it was dark and smelly regardless of water intake as well.
Since I was having bad anxiety and feeling very sick from the abdominal burning that enhanced the nausea, I tried messaging my mom just to be able to say how I was feeling out loud, and I KNEW I sounded dramatic but I even said that I was just venting to get my anxiety down.
She didn't take it that way.
The second I mentioned that the fact that my symptoms are similar with those of pancreas or blockage issues, she freaked out.
She called me up yelling about how I am completely full of BS and I am doing ALL of this to myself just because of anxiety. She went on to tell me how I could take 1000mg of zoloft and still freak myself out if I don't "help myself" My response of course was to tell her "Well go from having diarehha for 3 weeks and then be constipated for over two weeks and let me know how calm you feel"
Bad choice.
She then screamed that I am lying to myself about how much I am going, that I am lying about being constipated and tricking myself into believing my own lies. When in reality, just because I manage to squeeze some PALE, HARD TO PASS STOOL NUGGETS WITH MUCUS in them out a few times a week, sometimes 4 days in between, that is still constipation!! And then I told her that if I was so full it, then why did taking the anti nausea medicine and proton pump help the nausea go down enough to where I could stomach looking at food? And she claimed that the doctor just said I had acid reflux to "shut me up" and that I don't even need to give them the stool sample and that everything is all in my head and I only felt sick because I needed to eat something, even though that was 3 hours ago and I feel better without eating, which I still haven't done yet(not for any particular reason though). And basically said acid reflux is a joke and everyone deals with it without medicine and that I am making myself a "victim of my own disease" being anxiety of course, and that I am doing absolutely nothing to help myself.
Even though I have only had about 1 or 2 panic attacks throughout the weeks that this has been happening and my mood in general has been actually better in order to try and compensate for how bad my body feels, lol.

So now she basically thinks I should just flush all my medicines aside from zoloft down the toilet and go for a walk in the snow instead of "laying in bed all day" even though I told her I have school work to do and I even have work in a few hours.... And yet she wonders why I am on the zoloft in the first place lol.

So now I'm terrified to even go back to the doctors because she will continue to tell me how dramatic I am being.
Is she right?
This is also coming from a person who claims she knows everything I am going through just because she had anxiety attacks start at my age too. She told me she would disown me if I filled the xanax prescription because she insisted it would get me addicted and in rehab. Obviously I didn't listen to that because she isn't the one getting panic attacks that last 40 minutes. She also had concerning cells in her cervix that she chose not to address until 5 years later which is low precancerous and she has been waiting months for the surgery. So I am not sure that she is the best person to listen to when it comes to whether or not I need to go to the doctors.

Even if it is JUST reflux, it really hurts how she treats me when I think something could be wrong. She can't even gently explain alternatives. Especially considering the fact that she wouldn't even believe reflux is a thing if that is the only thing causing my discomfort.

anxiousanna,
I'm so sorry for your pain and troubles. What can help you with constipation is drinking as much plain, filtered water as you can throughout the day. This will help loosen the bowel contents. Drink at least 2 quarts per day. See if this doesn't help move things along relatively quickly. Best of luck. Our bodies need continuous hydrating for dozens of reasons.

Thanks everyone! Your inputs help me stay level headed.
So ever since that argument my bowels did start happening more often.
They aren't pretty, still little rocks but they are kind of softer, easier to pass, and greater in quantity. I thought they looked like they might be getting back to a darker color too. They did splash a lot though and occasionally one would float. I have also been eating and drinking more. And the past few days I have woken up covered in sweat after every time I fall asleep, whether it's a nap or I'm in for the night.
Today when I went to go to the bathroom I ended up being able to pass a bit of a stool again, but this time not only was it thin and pebbly, there was tons of blood. I have NEVER seen blood in a stool before in my life, forget having it be my own! When I wiped there was blood as well, as if I had just started my menstrual cycle. And now I have low abdominal cramps as if I was actually starting it as well, but I am not(although I am due any day now).
Before this happened I thought I might actually be getting better since I was going more often and my mom clearly wasn't going to support me getting checked out so I haven't gone to a doctor yet.
I called her up freaking out over what happened since it scared me and she thinks I just have a fissure and that I am totally fine still.

Agree, disagree?
I feel like neither of us have enough experience with stuff like this to be deciding whether or not it requires attention.