Straining

I have had chrons for about threee years. I really havent had many problems. No pain and just one or two soft bowel movements a day. I posted this question a week ago and am hoping I get a few more responses.  However, things change one in a while. It all started in April. I would have a bowel movement and it would be long pieces. My legs would get numb and tingly. After the bowel movement I would get a sensation in my ab area kind of like an upset stomach. It would force me to run to the bathroom and it would make me strain to go to the bathroom and not much comes out. This will go on for 3 or 4 times within the hour and then stop. A few days later it does it again and went on for a week. I then didnt go through this until August for a week and then it stopped until this week. So it seems to come every 4 or five months. Something is making me strain to go even though not much comes out after the first bowel movement. This has gone on for the past two weeks. I have a huge external hemmroid now. I had a sigmoid in April even when this was going on and there was nothing he could find except for some hemmroids. I have been extremely anxious and stressed as I just started a new job and I am wondering if this could be causing this. Has anybody gone through this before and have it stopped and then reoccur?

I have a lot of straining when I eat something I am not suppose to. Also, this sounds like some sort of possible mini flare too for you. You might talk with the GI about an anti-spasmotic as well. I haven't tried these, I try to stick to my diet or back off to just liquids for a couple of days when this happens.

Yes Ramman you are not alone i have been having symptoms like this it started off as it was feeling like i needed the toilet when i didnt, but has recently been worse over christmas i think maybe because i have been eating more than i usually do. I have also had the funny tingly in legs bit like pins and needles in my feet. I mentioned it to the specialist nurse and we changed my tablets slightly but it doesnt seem to have helped, so i will have to talk to specialist again, sorry i dont have any answers for you but i just wanted you to know your not in alone in how you are feeling.

I have this problem occasionally, and was told it is tenesmus.  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003131.htm

Sitz baths are supposed to help by relaxing the muscles and reducing inflammation.  I didn't get much relief from them, but I think others have.

This doesn't explain the tingling in the feet, but I get that sometimes on the toilet.  If I sit in a certain position it cuts the circulation off in my legs.  Have you noticed that you're sitting a certain way when it happens?  Leaning forward, leaning back, wide stance (ha)?  When I go through these bouts I spend a fair bit of time on the toilet, with a lot of shifting around, hoping to find that one perfect position that will let my body do what it thinks it wants to do.