Pain in Lower Intestines AFTER a bm... any of you?

Bettsann

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Posted 11/28/2014 7:36 PM (GMT 0)

I am writing this on this forum because I was told that what appears as IBS is anxiety related...so hope its ok I do this.

This doesn't always happen to me...but when it does, ay yi yi, no fun! I am not always regular with either D or C ... but after several bms followed by several bouts of diarrhea, but lower intestines really hurt. Not just discomfort...they HURT for several hours, so usually take advil and eventually it helps.
Do any of you go through this same thing. I guess it always just helps make feel a bit better when you are not feeling like the 'only one'... I read somewhere that pain or fatigue after a BM is a psychosomatic thing...well...maybe so...but the pain is extremely 'real'...
Thanks everyone.
B

Post Edited (Bettsann) : 11/28/2014 12:42:04 PM (GMT-7)

Scaredy Cat

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Posted 11/28/2014 8:11 PM (GMT 0)

Betts,

I have heard that intense pain can be a real issue with IBS. I get discomfort...but am not really sure how to rate it on a pain scale. I have a high tolerance...and it is so subjective...(I had two completely un-medicated childbirths)

However, if you have ever read IBS boards...there are people who say that their pain has them writhing on the floor. There is even a pain pervasive form of IBS that has pain as its dominant symptom!

So, yes...I would say this is normal. I hope that you find some relief soon and can enjoy the rest of your weekend!

S.C.

1039smooth

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Posted 11/28/2014 8:54 PM (GMT 0)

Betts,

I'm unsure of how helpful this is, but I had gastroenteritis in 1999. Had I not been in a car, the pain would have brought me to my knees.

John

lesweet1971

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Posted 11/28/2014 9:01 PM (GMT 0)

Betts-

I don't have IBS (I don't think- surely I'd know lol. My bm's are normsl w/occasional constipation)..

Anyway, off & on my whole adult life, I'd get what I've called "post potty cramps" (when I say potty, I mean #2). It's like my bowels are spasming or something. I too take Advil when this happens. It's very upsetting to me but bc the Advil helps & bc it's rare, I've never worried about it or had it checked.

My close friends & I speak frank w/eacother & this has been brought up before & some of them have it or get it too sometimes.

Hope this helps.

Hugs,
Lisa

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