Appendicitis? Ibs? Something else? Scared, please help!

Hey there,

I'm not sure if this is posted in the correct section, so I'm real sorry if I've posted it in the wrong place!

I've never had appendicitis in my life, but at the same time this is a new strange symptom for me so I'm not entirely sure if it's IBS either. I've had IBS five years and in all the time I've not felt this kind of pain.

Basically, yesterday morning I woke up with a weird nagging sensation on the right side of my lower abdomen, and stretching around my right hip. It's been like a sharp throbbing sensation that waxes and wanes but doesn't go away. I tried to put heat on it but after reading about appendicitis risks and so forth, I realised that was a bad idea in case..

I haven't really slept very well as the pain kind of kept me awake and I couldn't get comfortable. It hadn't gone today and it hurts really bad if I apply pressure. However, where I assume the appendix would be, although I'm tender, it's not like severe pain or anything, and it seems like the throbbing pain is further over and more toward my hip region.

I don't know how far my bowels stretch and if they curl around as low as your hip, but if it's possible it's just IBS pain I'd really love to know..

I'm not like in SEVERE pain, and atm the pain is like a 5/10 maybe, (it just hurts to lay on or stretch/move too much, plus to put pressure on), I just feel a bit rough and I feel a bit nauseous but that could be more due to panicking, or the pain.

What does appendicitis feel like? Has anyone had it and can tell me if it's something I should be aware of.. if it helps, I didn't have any pain around my navel area as far as I know, and it's mainly been localised to the left of my right hip, my hip bone and also curving round the back of my flank.

I googled (which I know is a bad idea) but the only other possible explanation I came up with was some kind of bursitis, which can cause inflammation around the hip joint? I don't know if this is possible though, all i know is I woke up with it.

If anyone has any idea of what it's more likely to be and whether it sounds at ALL like appendicitis I'd be real grateful! I am gonna go to the doctor in the morning if the pain is still there, just to be safe.

Have heard if you depress your right side abdomen and it hurts like hell when you let go it's appendicitis
But your best bet is go to the ER for tests that can do a definite dx
all my best

Yeah, the thing is I don't necessarily have nausea anymore and the pain has subsided a lot, it was a nagging sensation, now it's just sore mainly when I put pressure on it (but it's more towards my hip and round my flank where it's sore). I've not got a fever. I'm probably just more paranoid than anything else, I think I'd most likely(?) be in a lot more pain with appendicitis but nobody in my family has had it so I don't know if it's different for everyone.

I'm gonna speak to my doctor quickly this afternoon and see if they advise me seeing them. If I press on my right side there's a slight soreness (no excruciating pain) but then my bowel is around there too and having IBS that's not unusual.

There's no rebound pain or anything though.