Abdominal Pain

I have had crohn's for about 7 years. Ulcer is on the terminal illeum/jejunum area. Basically cramping and abdominal pain after bowel movement have been my biggest problems. I am on Pentasa. Last year I had a CT enterography done and there was mild inflamation in one spot. The report showed everything has stayed the same the last five years. I recently had my annual visit with my GI and told him that most of my pain starts after a bowel movement and will stay with me through out the day. I get relief when I stand up but when I sit back down it comes right back. The spot the ulcer is in is on my right side and a lot of the pain is on the lower left side. I explained this to my GI and he seemed stumped. Said if it persisted I could try enticort. Has anybody heard of being in pain mostly just when seated? My GI didn't think all of the pain would be from the inflamation...maybe spastic colon. I have tried a few prescriptions for that but nothing has seemed to work.

I was also thinking if some of this pain can be caused by stress. I am constantly on the intranet reading about crohn's and after reading what a lot of people are going thru I am just waiting for it to happen to me. I was wondering if any of the anxiety drugs would help. My GI said it has helped a lot of his patients but I have heard coming off those type of medications can be hard.

Any suggestion or opinions would be great.

A lot of us struggle with anxiety. I have a prescription for xanax. To me the best part is I only take it when I need it. Sometimes I take it every day and sometimes I don't take it for weeks.

As for your pain, I hope you can find relief. Usually when I have a lot of pain and cramping after a bowel movement, it means I'm flaring. For me I would definitely try entocort or something else to see if it has an effect. Good luck!