anxiety and stomach issues

Hi Korissa,

I've never heard of that specific condition "a hard edge"..but I know that my anxiety causes me ALL kinds of stomach woes. I hope your test goes well tomorrow. Stomach emptying eh? Sounds a bit unpleasant, but if it gets results it's worth it.

Have you been dx with IBS or anything specific or is it just deemed as a "stress" reaction? Let us know how you go.

Meg

good luck with your test! Let us know how it turns out.

I suffer from IBD/Colitis and I know that stress definitely exacerbates it. Stress can cause constipation and many other horrible things. It is important to have a good support network and stay strong. I find that it really helps to talk about the obstacles I'm facing...it makes them seem a little less large and scary. It is also good to know that you're not alone, not that misery loves company but that there is someone else out there in the world that can relate to you. I think it's important to try to be as hopeful as you can be because we don't have any idea how long we have here on this earth so let's make the most of it...even through trying and what feels like unreasonable times. I'm sure that you'll be ok...try stress relievers...I'm thinking of taking up yoga myself. Good luck!

I haven't heard of "Hard Edge" either, but it sounds just like what I've felt in the pit of my stomach since I was a teenager,

I always referred to it as a "petrified log" in my stomach.  As far as anxiety causing stomach issues - abso-bloomin-lootly!

I've suffered from Colitis (years ago), GERD (still), IBS and a myriad of issues from the large colon to the top of the esophogus

which is all -- all related to stress.  The only way I've been able to handle it is some form of exercise (which right now is

exercising dogs) and "mindful breathing" which has helped immensely, not only with the stomach issues, but also with

chronic pain and anxiety.  I've found over the years that I hold my stress in my stomach and shoulders.  It causes pain in

my shoulders, but causes illness in my stomach/esophogus.  Oh, writing and speaking things I'm grateful for every day

is a big plus for me - turns me right around.

Hi - I second...or is it tenth now (LOL) the anxiety/stomach connection.  I suffer from anxiety every morning prior to work, wake up with nausea and sometimes can't eat until 10am.  My intestines also flair.  Start getting blood in the BMs from inflammation and the 'roids also.  I used to have colitis - I used to have colitis, so I really have to watch how my anxiety level affects my health.  A panic attack in itself! 

I'm practicing meditation and trying to see the whole of my life instead of just the anxiety.  There are nice things I want to do in my life - I try to think about how if I let this anxiety Get to me, how that will affect hte rest of my life.  Trying to pull the reigns in on the anxiety.  Doesn't work sometimes, but its getting better.  I'm also in the middle of analyzing life to see Why I suffer from this.  Shouldn't be a normal thing people have to deal with - there has to be something I can change either in my life or how I look at and deal with it. 

Best wishes, K