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For The Past Four Days I've Excreted The Same "mushy/sludge-like"

for the past four days i've excreted the same "mushy/sludge-like" stool, it has long dark greenish/black strands, and also red flakes-- they look like those pieces of popcorn kernel that'd get stuck in your teeth, because i have had pulsating since the 24th in my abdominal (in sync with heart also accompanied with chest pain) i got frustrated and decided to grab a sample of my own feces and pick out some red flakes with a spare tweezer, i rubbed these red flakes on another sheet of toilet paper and red residue was left behind, i also ran a couple of the flakes under running water in which they turned/became a translucent orange color. should i be worried about this? *note: my diet change has gone from minimal and very poor to all leafy greens, small amounts of brown rice, tomatoes (not much), cayenne pepper, ginger, garlic-- very healthy since the 25th, not sure if body is merely adjusting.

i have been to the ER twice, on the 23rd and 25th-- the first time they ran a metabolic panel (i imagine for sodium bicarbonate/overexposure of vinegar/bakingsoda), serum(?), rapid (?) and took a dx portable chest -- everything was fine they said, attributed it to cough and hyperventilation and anxiety. on the 25th bloodwork was taken, urine was taken, and an EKG for my heart was conducted-- they said everything was fine and amounted it to heart palpitation and stress-- they said no organs were bleeding (that was what i was scared of).

on the 23rd i was trying to save my wet laundry i had forgotten about (it smelt heavily of mildew) with four containers of vinegar and a baking soda, i had been inhaling the fumes and touching the clothes/hot water/vinegar/baking soda for a couple hours, that was when i noticed shortness of breath and heaviness of chest-- the apartment i was living in (my parents scooped me up and took me to florida) was extremely dirty, definitely mold was around (i had lived there since july), my roommate liked to smoke indoors, i also have been a smoker of 6 years and a drinker for 7yrs -- obviously the last time i have stopped these vices was the 22nd before all this horrible stuff happened.

Yesterday/28th there was finally no dull or tight chest pain, and today pulsating, but i felt like my arms were tingling and my hands were in an arthritis-type of pain, along with a tremor in my right lower palm that returned from a couple days ago (hasn't happened today). there was a TON of flatulence yesterday, far more than any other day since the 23rd. last night there were back muscle spasms, more prominent on right side under shoulder blade.

things that i am feeling today: muscle spasm in thighs, gas-like noise & sensation traveling through body, upper left towards the center abdominal pulse-- in sync with heart. it is 3:49pm, i have no feeling of hunger *note: sensation of hunger has not been experienced since the 23rd/eating feels like a chore* i went to my parents primary care physician today and explained to him all of the above (except for the stool part, which is why i am here) chest pain is gone, hand/feet pain gone as well now.

my stool was very minimal if any from the 23rd-24th, since i got down to florida (from asheville, nc) on 26th up until today 29th-- stool has been consistent mushy/loose sludge like brownish yellow with greenish black strands, red flakes, clear flakes-- when stool hits toilet water the edges start to cloud, when i flush the stool sort of breaks apart and all of toilet water turns brownish or whatever.

so today at the doctor's my blood and urine was taken and i am to return in a week. doc said to detox with milk thistle, ginger, and garlic (have already been ingesting ginger and garlic since the 24th) and to perform a 3 day fast of liquids, fruits, and veggies (i have been doing that since the 24th with exceptions to small portions of brown rice, chicken and salmon) , he also prescribed anti-anxiety meds.

i know this is a lot, but i just want to know if everything my body is going through really is just like a detox-like effect and things will get better from here? i was under huge amounts of stress in asheville, i was living a paycheck to paycheck job that made me stress out and i would remedy that job and lifestyle with alcohol, smoking, huge amounts of caffeine (i'd go to starbucks and they'd already start making me an 8 shot espresso americano), and ingested a lot of kratom (a root very "trendy" in asheville that is mashed up into a power and ingested for an opiate-like effect), i was so stressed out because over a month ago i had gotten sick with bronchitis, i did not finish the antibiotics given to me and tried to have a drink and smoke and relapsed with a respiratory infection-- i was given a new steroid inhaler but it wasn't enough, i started suffering from symptoms of pneumonia (i was not getting better and it felt like i was going to die, very weak with fever and sweats, second hand smoke was unbearable, i had quit cigarettes for that month), the clinic finally gave me a z-pack and that worked WONDERS, too wonderful i thought i was good to drink and i drank too much and in my drunken state succumbed to cigarettes again. the next health complication would be me going to the ER on the 23rd.
I just want to know what is going on, i've been racking my brain thinking it's possibly mold, overexposure to bicarbonate creating metabolic alkalosis-- or an allergic reaction to either, i've thought of aortic/abdominal/vascular aneurysm, internal bleeding of some sort, heart failure/attack-- i am 24 female, i know a bunch of people my age that abuse the same vices i had FAR more than me and they're still out there destroying their bodies. so with an EKG, bloodtests done and chest xray, am i ok? Do i trust those doctors the last two ER visits? am i ok to wait another week to go back to this physician and then see what's up? i want to say i am feeling loads better since i left asheville but not all the symptoms are gone. right now i am laying on my stomach writing this, i can feel the pulse in my abdomen and i just want to know if i'm going to be alright.
thank you.
*note: it feels like water or any liquids run through me super quick, i feel like i should be hydrated but my lips remain chapped since the 23rd, it is 4:25 am and i have had 5 spoons of rice and feel like i don't need to eat at all* stomach feels bloated ** i was weighed this morning at 117lbs, i have excreted that "alarming" stool and urinated and now i am back to 113 lbs, i have been 113 lbs since the 23rd (as far as i'm aware) and my normal weight is 115 - 120 lbs *

can i attribute this to stress? i am now with my immediate family, eating healthy and lots of bedresting.
Tue, 3 May 2016
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