Need some answers if you will please.

Hey all, been doing well. Take my Xanax before work, and usually dont need another all day.

Heres my problem. I still have stomach issues. Have been taking yeast cleanse capsules in the morning, then probiotics at night. Just to see if it helps. I get bloated quite easily, and have normal bowel movements, but it feels like constipation/incomplete movements at times.

Heres my problem. For the past couple days, mainly when I get gassy, I am starting to have palpitations. I have my days where my heart beats normally, but will beat hard. But these past days, I get what feels like paused beats. Boom boom boom....boom boom boom. Hard to explain. I do take 3-4 100mg chelated magnesium pills a day. Fish oil 2 gms/day.

Ill explain this morning. I woke up early. Had a bunch to do. I have low blood sugar, but its stable if I watch what I eat. Well this morning in a hurry, I ate some chocolate cake with peanut butter icing. Within minutes I felt gassy, my heart beat started getting faster, then it would beat 3 times, then short pause, 3 times, short pause. Now I feel like a bowel movement is coming on.

This episode this morning/now doesnt seem to be going away. I took a xanax, but 20 minutes later, im still a little on edge. My first thought was go to the ER, but I calmed myself enough to realize it probably isnt hurting me. Just SCARING me.

Im going to try to force a bowel movement and relax some(TMI I am sorry).

Weird thing....I was actually starting to feel really well, almost 100% from the yeast cleans pills and probiotics, and cleaning up my diet(pork/beef and vegetables, no fast food). Now I bring in tasty cakes, and now cake this morning and im getting pauses/flutters/skips.....You all think these are food allergies? Sugar spikes? What could be causing them?

I know this is the anxiety section, but figured maybe someone in here went through it. But its increasing my anxiety, which I really thought was gettiing back to normal. Thank you all. Appreciate it!

Thanks. No I have not been tested for allergies, or any food intolerances. Long story short, last March I was really bloated. Was diagnosed years ago with IBS. Took apple cider vinegar straight and it burnt my esophagus and stomach. At the time, thought I was having a heart attack and actually went back 7 times to the ER because I didnt believe them my heart was ok. Over the next couple months I took different PPI's to heal my burns. They are healed. I developed anxiety because of health fears.

Today, I am back at square one. Constant bloating/trapped gas. No matter what I do I cant get rid of it. Mostly have normal bowel movements as I said, at least once a day, but it never feels like I completely eliminated. The biggest single help so far has been probiotics. I always ate fast food, so my thinking was an extreme imbalance in bacteria, or yeast. So I started the yeast pills. They seemed to work immediately also. I then switched to 100% caprylic acid pills 600mg, but they made me feel extremely sick and my BP went up. So back to the yeast pills(which include a smaller amount of caprylic acid). I get bloated from anything. And I mean anything.

Ive always had hypoglycemia. My sugar runs about 75-82. But its never bothered me. After cutting off fast food, and eating mostly beef/pork and vegetables, I felt a lot better...in combination with probiotics and the yeast pills. Last week I started eating more sweets. Im thinking these palps are due to sugar, but then again, I may have had them on a smaller scale the whole time since this started, but just didnt notice. But I cant get it in my mind that it is coincidence.

After attempting a bowel movement(just didnt have to go I guess) the palps have stopped. Gotta tell ya though, I was scared! I never put my finger against my neck and felt it pause, or skip a beat. Ever. Now that im calm, I really do think the cake gave me a sugar spike, but even though I am hypoglycemic I have zero knowledge if a spike can give paused beats and give a feeling of need to have a bowel movement.

I truly believe if I could just figure my intestinal issues out, these issues, anxiety and all, would completely go away. Thanks again,. I do appreciate it.

Hi T! :)

Welcome back! Glad to hear things in general have been going well for you.

Sorry about your issue this morning. I am glad that you are feeling better now, and the palps have calmed down now.

I too find a direct correlation between nutrition/digestive issues and palps.

Some doctors are quick to dismiss this connection...but I have read so many stories and experienced it myself enough to know there has to be something there.

Therefore, exploring food allergies and keeping a food journal would be worth your while.

However, I also think that the sensations you describe can happen with a sharp spike in BGL.

I also run pretty low as far as blood sugar goes...and if I eat something with refined/quickly metabolized sugar...I will get a racing heart and/or palps.

I just ride it out, as you did...but it is no fun.:(

Try to aim for complex carbs and protein for your first meal of the day especially.

This will raise your BGL slowly and consistently, avoiding spikes.

Keep up the great work on your anxiety management...and keep posting...we like to hear from you.;)

S.C.

Thanks guys. I tell ya, I feel worse now more than ever. Pauses/skips went away but now its just elevated heart rate. I am so bloated. So runned down. I just took a dulcolax hoping it will kick in and I can have a bowel movement. I hate when I feel like this. Im a man and feel like a big baby when I get sick. Im going to go pound some water. Hopefully I can get a quart or so in me so I dont get dehydrated. Tho im runned down, I feel so irritable. Nothing I do feels good. Sitting still is a chore. I cant get situated or comfortable.

I said before I never believed in IBS, but im convinced its very real, and very much pure hell! Excuse my language. I never was an anxious person, and ill guarantee this IBS is the root of what has its grips on me. Wish me luck!

God bless you all!