How do I stop, relieve a gallbladder attack?

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I had what I believe was a gallbladder attack a couple of weeks ago, it kept me up all night in horrible pain that nothing seemed to help, before I vomited (after 8 hours of pain) and was able to sleep. This morning my stomach was sore again but not awful but after I ate breakfast (half a tin of beans on one slice of toast) it is just getting worse and worse. It is an ache in my stomach area and also a twisting dragging pain my my back / side.

I am also getting a migraine, I took my medication but I don't think my digestive system is working so everything is just sitting in my stomach so it won't actually work if it can't get into my system.

How do I treat this pain, how do I stop it getting worse?

Thanks everyone I'll make an appointment to see my GP about it on Monday if I don't see anyone over the weekend.

Buscopan. Either take the tablets or go to hospital where they'll give you a nice injection which works quicker. Do not take codeine as it will make it worse - codeine acts on the bile duct and can make the spasm that pushes the stone through worse.

The best thing I did was sign up to Benenden Health. After 6 months of membership they will remove it privately for free. The NHS wait was over 3 years! I lost so much weight on a low fat diet. I was so fragile!

@UsernamenotavailableBob I took codeine earlier but will not take any now, I took domperidone as i can't take any more buscopan for a while, I think it seems to be levelling off at the moment so perhaps the domperidone worked a bit. Just drinking strong peppermint tea for now, wrapped in hot water bottles.

@Emmasian94 Yeah I heard the NHS aren't really doing them too much anymore unless its an emergency.

I feel your pain! I had gallstones last year, thought it was indigestion the first few times until I had an horrific one that left me screaming for an ambulance.
I turned yellow as the duct got blocked. Then had regular attacks (at least 2x week) and could manage some at home with buscopan and a hot water bottle, but some I ended up in hospital for a few days (IV pain relief and buscopan is the best!). Had to stick to an almost no fat diet and lost nearly 2st because of it, although the diet didn't stop the attacks but can only imagine how bad I'd have been if I hadn't followed it.
I also ended up in hospital after a gallstone caused pancreatitis.
I had it out very soon after that.
Get a proper diagnosis so you can look a getting it removed.

Don't let that stop you going to hospital. An attack shouldn't last a huge amount of time. If you're finding they're several hours long you may need to be admitted for it to be taken out as an emergency op if it's infected.

Oh gosh I hope that's not the case because the pain is horrendous. I got diclofenac from my doctors and that helped massively with the pain of an attack.

When the pain would start, I would lie over a puffy with the edge jammed under my ribs and a cushion under my knees, before that area got too sore to press on. It kept it manageble until the worst of it passed. I lived on half a tin of noodle soup and a crusty bun twice a day for ages.

Get the bugger out if you can.

I second apple cider vinegar with mother. Braggs is good. I used to be in agony with them and had a pre op to remove it, but once I started that, three times a day in apple juice, and then again when you start to feel it coming, and I haven't had an attack in years. Just be careful with your teeth. Make sure you brush them well.

I'd actually started drinking it for severe eczema and it helped both!

Ok to I am feeling a good bit better now after taking my migraine medication (naproxen, sumatriptan and domperidone). I don't really know now if it might have been an abdominal migraine? However it could just be that the gallbladder attack came to an end? I will make an appoint with my GP as the complications of gallbladder sound awful and the other possibility of gastroparesis sounds bad too.

@Mehmeh22 I will try the AVC thanks!

When my GB attacks first happened my GP prescribed Naproxen. This relieved the attack pain within 30 minutes but I would be sore for days. I went to A&E once and they sent me home with Oramorph which helped a lot. This was the episode that brought my surgery date forward though so I think I was in a bad way at that point.
Attacks shouldn’t last that long so if they go on for hours to days then contact your GP / 111 as it could be infected and cause cholecystitis. I had this at diagnosis.
Apart from medication and hot water bottles one of the biggest things that helped me when I could feel an attack coming on was to make myself sick.
In the months from diagnosis to surgery to remove it I tried to eat as low fat as I could but in the end an attack would be triggered by water.
I would contact your GP for an u/s referral based on your symptoms and history.

If you don’t get it out immediately I’d recommend a tincture of bitter herbs on a regular basis. It does make a difference - there is a company called ‘bitter liebe’ that does a good one.

Vomiting with a gallbladder attack is one of the 'go to hospital' signs on the NHS website. It's a possible sign that an infection is setting in.

You need to go to the GP anyway to get started on the pathway for a scan and waiting list for treatment.