help i need some professional advice

King_of_crunkness · 06-28-2004, 06:42 PM

Im having some disturbing symptoms of "I DONT KNOW WHAT", i have a little swelling under the left rib, feels hard underneath. I have extremely low appetite, bruising on my lower legs for no apparant reason. Difficulty swallowing hard foods like meat potatoes, anything thats actually greasy i have problems with. After large meals i have nausea. At night i have restless legs where i have to get up in the middle of the night and walk around the house for about an hour. The restless legs is extremely bad when i take medications like remaron or effexor xr. I started taking the effexor a couple of months ago, stopped for a few weeks and now when i take it the restless legs is absolutely horrible. and for you who know what im talking about, KNOWS that its a horrible feeling. I have these weird sharp LIGHT pains under my left rib. Im just kinda bothered about these. I been suffering from stress and anxiety for several several several years now and im only 24. I use to drink excessively but have stopped a couple of months ago. The thing that has bothered me the most is i chew tobacco. I use to swallow it during high school starting at 18 years old, that went on for years. I have weighed 122 for about 5 years now not gaining a pound, just losing. I suffer from depression that is majorly a problem, and i just wanna know if someone might have an idea of what might be going on. if you know ANYTHING please let me know.. thankyou for reading my forum

Mar · 06-28-2004, 06:48 PM

Hate to tell you, hon, but unless someone on here is a doctor, your best bet, REGARDLESS of advice, is to get checked out ASAP. You don't want to mess around with pains in your chest, weight loss, etc. And yes, I have RLS, and it DOES stink. I have to do the same thing at times, get up and just pace around the house till I can lie down again.

But you really, really need to get a full physical and see your primary care doc. Tell him what's going on with you, including the stress, and let him figure it out. When it comes to health, that's always your best bet. The responses you get on here might be well-meaning, but might also be way off base and throw you into a panic!

Mar

**avman** · 06-28-2004, 06:51 PM

Sounds like you are having gallbladder problems to me.

As Mar suggested, head straight to your doctor. They will need to run some tests on you to figure out whats wrong. But just from what you've mentioned it sounds a lot like a gallbladder issue. It could also be Esophogial Reflux but let your doctor make this call.

Meow18 · 06-28-2004, 06:53 PM

Mar is right. You need to get checked out as soon as possible. Your symptoms sound severe & I really don't think there are many doctors if any, who could tell you what is wrong with you just by you telling us what your symptoms are. Just go to your doctor quickly so that whatever it may be, it will get treated sooner.

06-28-2004, 06:42 PM	#1
King_of_crunkness Offline Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Columbia Tennessee Age: 30 Posts: 19	help i need some professional advice Im having some disturbing symptoms of "I DONT KNOW WHAT", i have a little swelling under the left rib, feels hard underneath. I have extremely low appetite, bruising on my lower legs for no apparant reason. Difficulty swallowing hard foods like meat potatoes, anything thats actually greasy i have problems with. After large meals i have nausea. At night i have restless legs where i have to get up in the middle of the night and walk around the house for about an hour. The restless legs is extremely bad when i take medications like remaron or effexor xr. I started taking the effexor a couple of months ago, stopped for a few weeks and now when i take it the restless legs is absolutely horrible. and for you who know what im talking about, KNOWS that its a horrible feeling. I have these weird sharp LIGHT pains under my left rib. Im just kinda bothered about these. I been suffering from stress and anxiety for several several several years now and im only 24. I use to drink excessively but have stopped a couple of months ago. The thing that has bothered me the most is i chew tobacco. I use to swallow it during high school starting at 18 years old, that went on for years. I have weighed 122 for about 5 years now not gaining a pound, just losing. I suffer from depression that is majorly a problem, and i just wanna know if someone might have an idea of what might be going on. if you know ANYTHING please let me know.. thankyou for reading my forum __________________ Hello i am from Columbia Tennessee thought i would join this thing see if i can get advice and maybe make it through some hard times im having, I just as well a good listener as i am needing the same.

06-28-2004, 06:48 PM	#2
Mar Offline Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Connecticut Age: 36 Posts: 881	Hate to tell you, hon, but unless someone on here is a doctor, your best bet, REGARDLESS of advice, is to get checked out ASAP. You don't want to mess around with pains in your chest, weight loss, etc. And yes, I have RLS, and it DOES stink. I have to do the same thing at times, get up and just pace around the house till I can lie down again. But you really, really need to get a full physical and see your primary care doc. Tell him what's going on with you, including the stress, and let him figure it out. When it comes to health, that's always your best bet. The responses you get on here might be well-meaning, but might also be way off base and throw you into a panic! Mar __________________ Beauty is only skin deep. LOOK DEEPER.

06-28-2004, 06:53 PM	#4
Meow18 Offline Gold Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: IL Gender: Female Age: 24 Posts: 2,884	Mar is right. You need to get checked out as soon as possible. Your symptoms sound severe & I really don't think there are many doctors if any, who could tell you what is wrong with you just by you telling us what your symptoms are. Just go to your doctor quickly so that whatever it may be, it will get treated sooner. __________________ Committing your love to someone means losing the chance to experience another person's love. So just be sure the person you are committed to deserves your love or else it’s not worth the sacrifice. Forget who hurt you yesterday, but don't forget who loves you today.

06-28-2004, 06:51 PM	#3
avman Offline Administrator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Minnesota Gender: Male Age: 42 Posts: 6,526	Sounds like you are having gallbladder problems to me. As Mar suggested, head straight to your doctor. They will need to run some tests on you to figure out whats wrong. But just from what you've mentioned it sounds a lot like a gallbladder issue. It could also be Esophogial Reflux but let your doctor make this call.