JoP79... Sadly, You sound just like me. My gastrointestinal problems came on severely and suddenly along with body-wide nerve pain and miscellaneous paresthesia - all at the same time and very dramatic. I lost 60 pounds in three months. If I hadn't been overweight to begin with I'd have been skin and bones. I couldn't eat anything because of constant nausea. Even the sight or smell of food was foul to me. It seemingly is linked to parvo virus b19, although the severity of what I experienced is not typical. I also had severe joint pain and was light headed/dizzy. It was a systemic breakdown of sorts. Years later my gasto symptoms have improved but not completely. I'm left what is felt to be a "central sensitization" that includes IBS symptoms. Thank goodness there's a place this to dump our experiences because it's so affirming for what otherwise can not be fathomed.

yeah my gut symptoms all got better, but the sensitivity is still there, hmm, well that is how it is. I'm starting cymbalta soon , maybe that will help.