Hey everyone! I am a 18 year old female going into my sophomore year in college. I am undiagnosed as of right now but in the process of getting an answer. So, anyone who would take the time to read this and give their two cents is more than appreciated by doing so! Ever since I can really remember, I have had this chronic abdominal pain. My mom is a nurse with functional alcoholism and some pretty bad depression/ personality problems so she pretty much told me my entire life that it was all in my head and there was nothing actually wrong with me. Still to this day she tells me this, but I know my body and I'm no longer going to let myself sit in misery. My dad has (had?) ulcerative colitis and crohns, he didn't find out about the crohns until a month ago but had UC for about 15 years. My grandfather on my dads side had colon cancer and my grandfather on my moms side had leukemia. He had to have almost all his colon removed and some of his small intestine. He also had diverticulitis right after his colectomy which almost killed him but thank god it didn't. :applause: But anyway, since I was probably 12 years old I can remember having (and still have) this horrid crampy pain on my left side right under my ribcage. It is just horrid, it feels like a period cramp on my rib. If it's bad it can move to my back, and it can last anywhere from five minutes to an hour or two. Laying down typically helps, especially in the fetus position lol. I can remember being at school and almost going to urgent care, I could hardly walk home from class and it felt like my breathing was getting tighter and tighter because I was hunched over walking in so much pain. My boyfriend nearly had to carry me. So that has been my main problem throughout my life. I also have had chronic nausea, headaches, night sweats, anxiety, depression, anemia, excessive gas almost always, excessive belching, occasional mouth canker sores, appetite fluctuations, horrible periods (very heavy and HORRID cramps!!), tingly feeling in my feet and hands, hip/wrist/ankle joint pains, chronic/recurring UTIs, and cramps in the lower abdomen/groin occasionally. My bowel movements I feel have never been normal. They are either way too soft or way too hard to pass, and a lot of the time (I dont know if this is an accurate description) they feel acidic. Like they look and feel acidic, and I dont really even know how to describe that. When they are softer they are more urgent, and harder they are less. More recently I have cut out gluten and dairy, which helped a bit with the left side pain but not the indigestion. I CONSTANTLY have this gurgly noise coming from my stomach, 24 hours a day. It sounds like I'm hungry but I'm not, it gets worse after meals. It doesn't hurt, but I can feel and definitely hear the liquids swooshing around in my stomach. I also sometimes have mucus in my bowels. I never sleep anymore, it takes 4 valerian roots and zzz quill to knock me out and ill still wake up early and be so tired but not be able to sleep. I'm constantly over tired and weak now, and it's a new thing. I went to the gym the other day and couldn't finish my work out. I felt so out of it and weak, it took me nearly an hour to catch my breath back and even then I felt sick for the rest of the day. I've lost a good amount of weight without trying really, but that could be from the GF/DF diet I've been on for a little over a month. (Lost about 15 lbs and I wasn't overweight to begin with.) I've had this horrible pain in my gums causing me migraines. So basically, I have been a total wreck, especially lately. I have a healthy diet especially now with no dairy or gluten. I try to exercise when I can but I usually get winded too quickly or feel too tired. I am trying so hard to get through this because I feel like my issues were always neglected and built up, and I don't know weather this is IBS, UC, Crohn's, or something else, but if anyone has input or thinks this sounds like something your help is TRULY valued. I'm going to my MD friday before work and I am seeing (FINALLY) my dads GI at the end of July. So until then I'm trying to find some answers!!!