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Chronic pain

K

I get a lot of chronic pain, mostly in the abdominal region. A lot of it could be to do with my diet of cola as it's the only thing I drink, minus some milkshakes.

But the pain can be pretty intense so that makes me feel like there's probably something more going on with my stomach. I get a lot of movement pain in there, especially at night, makes sleeping bloody difficult at times! 

It's been suggested to me I have GERD. I wonder though if this is related to autism? I read online that autistic people suffer more with abdominal problems, sometimes with no reason it just happens out of the blue with no cause discovered.

My other problem with this is that my anxiety sets to work on it and suddenly I'm on Google looking up symptoms and then I'm worried sick about horrible diseases and conditions which I know I don't have but somehow I can't convince myself of this.

Autism is such a hard thing to live with.

  • Hi and welcome to the forum ^^ 

    I'm sorry your feeling in pain the best thing to do about this is contact your doctor and see if they can help you A to relieve the pain and B help find the cause
    I used to drink only coke and it messed with my digestion massively.....I feel lots better since cutting it out completely!
    I hope you feel better soon :) 

  • A lot of the time the most obvious conclusion is the right one. You drink a lot of very acidic liquids, so it's not surprising your stomach feels... not great.

    There's only one actual way to handle this though. You go see your GP. They'll probably give you something that would help acid reflux and if that doesn't work then do some tests to figure out what it actually is. 

    One thing that autistic people definitely suffer from is putting off going to a doctor. That's why we're more likely for our medical problems to get more serious. So please go.