new symptoms- is it an obstruction?

I would appreciate some professional crohnie opinions on this: Yesterday I started having abdominal pain- it kind of feels like someone kicked me in the stomach. This is not normal for me. I felt overstuffed after eating, have been having loose, frequent bm's and woke up in the night feeling very dizzy. The room would spin whenever I changed elevations. Actually couldn't stay upright at one point. Felt nauseous when I was experiencing that dizziness. Also lots of bad-smelling gas.

My life has been very stressful for quite some time. I've been blaming that for some slight changes in my cd. I recently started a new job as a cashier and I've taken some immodium to get through some shifts. I took one 2 days in a row and wonder if that has anything to do with my current problems. Normally I just take colazal for my cd which is in my colon only. I've had to take prednisone on occasion but other than that it's been pretty easy to deal with compared with some of the stories you all have shared.

I am wondering if this is a partial obstruction maybe? I'm thankfully off today, and plan on eating only when I need to take my darvocet. Got a bad headache right now. I have moved and don't have an appointment with my new gi until 6/8.

I've been feeling like maybe I need to make some dietary changes to try to get firmer bm's before this happened anyway. I just don't know what to do. What used to work doesn't seem to anymore. I'm hoping this is just a bad couple of days for me, but it's still too soon to tell.

So, does this sound like a partial obstruction? Does anyone else ever experience dizziness with their cd symptoms? Any diet tips? I thought I heard that adding a certain type of fiber could bulk things up but the thought of adding fiber scares me.

Thanks for your help!

Thanks Nanners. I'm hoping it's not an obstruction. I thought they'd be less likely since my cd was found only in the colon. I just felt so backed up despite the fact that I was going. That was all I could think of. I've never had pain in the stomach area. Maybe I just need to be more careful with my diet. Usually I only get the crampy bm's when I'm crazy enough to drink coffee. I need to get this under control so I will try not to eat much today. I'm hoping I can hold off until my scheduled gi appointment.

My chrohn's is in my colon and rectum as well, however I will have days where I feel like someone has been tap dancing on my stomach and I cannot eat. I get the same nausea and dizzy episodes. I find if I drink some warm fluids and place a warm pack on my stomach it can be soothing. The heat seems to help the gas to pass and whatever is making me feel blocked up pass as well- Hang in there.....

Hey, I have all your symptoms, pretty much: the nausea, the constant D, the bloating, painful, odiferous gas, and sometimes the dizziness, too. The other day my legs went all rubbery while I was shopping--closest I've ever come to passing out. For the past year, I feel as if I'm getting weaker every day. But nobody can find any reason for it, and it's all been going on for many months now. I used to be anemic, but my hematocrit is better than ever; I've gained 18 pounds (only 8 of which I wanted); I've gone back to getting monthly B-12 shots--but I still feel really really bad. I've been to one doctor to try to find out whether my CD is masking some underlying problem, but nobody seems particularly interested in finding anything. Like you, I don't know whether what I'm looking at is a partial obstruction, CD symptoms, or something unrelated. I can tell you, though, that it's been like this for way too long to be a serious obstruction. I would have been hospitalized and in surgery by now, if this all was the result of an obstruction. Hang in!

I have an appointment in less than an hour. But it's my IM doc and she seemed reluctant to treat my cd last time I saw her. We'll see what happens.

I do have gerd and they did an endoscopy a couple of years ago and my LES doesn't close properly. I've been taking otc meds for my gerd for awhile now. Sometimes I get breakthrough reflux. Hopefully it's not enough to cause serious problems. I will have to remember to mention this. Still doesn't explain my frequent trips to the bathroom. I've actually gone from loose to D today. Fun times. As much as I hate prednisone I'm actually looking forward to it if it'll get me out of this misery. I just don't want to take it if they aren't sure it's needed.

Nawlinscate, I can't believe you don't have answers for these symptoms after so long. I found myself wondering if it could be cd in the stomach. I guess they can check for that with endoscopy. Have they run any tests on you?

You have a long wait for August! I'm not sure I could suffer that long. I hope it gets better before then for you.

Well, the doc thinks it's gastroenteritis and vertigo which is unrelated. Not sure I agree with her. I think they are related somehow but what do I know. She told me to take meclizine for the vertigo which she thinks is an inner ear problem. She told me to eat the typical soft bland diet. I did and am still having D so I'm thinking I might go back to clear liquids and see if it'll go away. I finally am at the point that the stomach feels better after I get the D out of me. It just keeps coming back though.

Great doctor's excuse for work they gave me: She states that she is ill. And, she states that she needs to be off work until this date. It was the doc who told me to take another day off when I asked if I could return to work if I felt better. It's a mute point as I'm in no better condition yet, but it makes it sound like I could be faking just to get a work excuse.

They gave me exercises to try to train my inner ears not to be so sensitive. I'll give them a try but I really think this won't clear up til the gi symptoms do.