IBS/symptoms when anxious, nervous, excited?

Does anyone else experience IBS/UC symptoms when going through these motions? I have, as far back as I can remember. Just waiting for the bus in 5th grade. I knew nothing special would come of it, but until I got on that bus, my stomach wouldn't be settled.

Same, before diagnosis, in college when getting ready to go out, or meeting new people, even now that I'm doing better and trying to take risks and meet new people, I get those butterflies that make me get gas, or churn my stomach a bit. Anyone else?

That's was puzzling to me... that some of us can experience these IBS-like symptoms prior to full blown UC.

I had a fear of vomiting when I was very young, and riding the bus to elementary school, I used to 'feel sick' and ask the bus driver to turn around! I never understood it. Nerves? Or beginnings of UC?

I am entering an NIH funded study on Stress and UC at Rush University. I have the combo bad. My GI is head of the study and I get 3 free flex sigs out of it.

I've been wondering too. I've always had a nerve-gut connection. Though I'd always get anxious, have a round d a D then feel better. No pain though. In middle school is throw up every single morning from anxiety. Seemed like I got better as I hit late 20s then....tadah, happy 30 the birthday to me it seems.

So I wonder if I always had it, the stress and sugar from the last bad horrible year maybe just induced a horrible flare, and maybe I'll go back to me lol. Nice thought anyway.

I was having IBS issues long before IBD. I would have very powerful gut pains right before and during a BM. It felt like I was going to keel over and die.

But more closely to this post, I would get queasy if I had to talk to a large crowd. Or certain foods would bother me more severely than others. Weirdly enough, I don't have issues when traveling. It's like my brain tells my colon to go into constipation mode, lol.

Post Edited (Sibby) : 1/6/2014 6:35:08 PM (GMT-7)

Yup, me too. For more than 10 years prior to the UC symptoms. Anxious, nervous, stressed, over tired, poor fod choice, no bathroom nearby all equal diarrhea. However, after a few consecutive trips to the John I'd feel good as new again. Definitely not the case with this new monster.

I remember getting diarrhea whenever my husband called from work. I think it was the anxiety of not knowing when he'd be home.

i don't know if this is specifically an ibs issue the way it is described. I would hazard a guess that "normal" people who experience stress have some gut issues before any sort of stressful event.....

hey great topic, yep I've got the nervous stomach too... I get it from my mother. for people who have nerve/gut issues... did you get it from your mother?

I would also have gut issues when I felt stress, excited or some emotions... actually, i would get the strongest gut sensations whenever I would do anything romantic... sort of like on South Park how Stan would also puke when he would talk to wendy.

I'm not sure why this happens, but it's most likely because gut flora influence mood and behavior. I do not like to feel like this, so I have changed my lifestyle to feel better on the inside...

after being on the scd diet, doing yoga 3x a week for months now, removing certain people from my life, I have truly re-routed my bodies internal reflexes of stress affecting my gut. it takes time, but yoga can breathe in new space into your body, and scd diet can help detox and clean out a damaged gut...

best everyone, mob