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Christine,

I do see a GI although he just released me back to my primary care doc. I was first diagnosed with reflux and put on previsid--I wound up in the ER with the same pain--they thought I had h pylori eventhough the test came back negative-- they tried to give me meds Im allergic to--when they couldnt find somehting I could take, they told me they couldnt help me but to come back to the ER if they pain came back. As far as tests, I have had an abdominal ultrasound, upper Gi, scope into my stomach and a abdominal Cat Scan with comtrast and they have found nothing--except that I have a kidney stone which they say is unrelated. I have been diagnosed with a functional stomach "problem" and have been taking the tricyclic antideppresant desipramine hcl for about 7 months--it has decreased the severuty of the stomach spasms (I went to the ER twice) When the spasma are really bad, I can barely breathe and can do nothing but stand, clutching a heating pad to my stomach. Right now my stomach is just "achy". I was thinking about trying the peppermint caps.

Thanks for the help
Missy

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