I started having stomach problems at age 16 and they diagnosed me with IBS. I never thought that was what I really had. Well Im 24 now and believe I have a peptic or gastric (or maybe both) ulcers. So if I do it has been untreated for 8 years. I vomit quite a bit and the pain goes through to my back (as with perforated ulcers). I read that some people have hardly any symptoms while others have servere symptoms. I do not vomit blood, but the some other symptoms of perforated ulcers sound like what I am going through. Anyone had one or know someone that had? What did they feel like? What is so extreme they had to go to the hospital ASAP? I am in pain alot but not enough to make a trip to the hospital. But then again I've been dealing with this for many years and have became "used to it all". Thanks for any and all answers.