alexm
21-02-08, 18:58
Hi guys.
Long time since i have posted, sorry. I have a long suffering unresolved complaint that i need some help with.
Its been going on for a good 5 years and has never got any better... let me explain.
When i was 15-18 i was diagnosed with IBS. is was extreamly dehabilitating as other sufferers know. anyway with getting older and maturing i seemed to grow out of this along with the help of some peppermint essance tablets from the doc's.
For the past X years (lost count but will say 5, im now 28) i have had a 'feeling' in my right lower abdomon. i cant really describe it as a pain, its more of an uncomfertable feeling that shouldnt be there. sometimes this 'feeling' can get worse or sometimes i dont really notice it as my mind is occupied by work or whatever, but 99% of the time its there.
I cant pin it to any route cause... tried diet change, cutting out tea and coffee, alcohol etc. what i have noticed is in extream stress it does get worse. for example, last november i went on holiday with the girlfriend (our first time) after a few days the 'feeling' got worse untill i felt priettly much like i should be bed ridden, or i had no motivation to go out etc, got my health anxiety panic on about having to go to forign hospital etc..vicous circle. Its seemed to spread to the rest of my stomac and felt like mild cramp, bloating etc. upon returning home after a day it went back to the normal feeling as if my stress was amplyfying it and was all in my head. (i dont like being away too long from home.. i like my home comforts so this could have been a stress factor)
as im sat typing this i can feel it, its like from the right hand side of my belly button all the way round to my spine at the back. feels 'inflated' 'tender' 'bloated' sometimes like i just need to burp and maybe that would help. the latter feelings in my head i think because if i touch and manipulate my stomac it dosnt hurt
When eating my tea and i have it bad i sometimes feel very slightly sick, like i cant eat no more etc. but i dont ever have a loss of appetite
one thing i have also noticed (though this goes back to my bad IBS days) is that if i havent had a regular bowel movement ie if im delayed by a day or two my stools sometimes have like a strange translucent white coating, i dont mean a compleat coating is more of just bits, almost like a marble effect. (sorry for the minging descriptions) i had kind of put this down to a possible mucus IBS thing but not sure since it only looks similar.
i also find if i ly in bed on my left side its uncomfertable as it seems to amplify the feelings.
Obviously i have been to different doctors a number of times and explained all this. some have given me zantac, some have said its the way i sit at my desk (i dont sit at a desk anymore) others that is muscle pain. most recently one said it could be a symptom of IBS. All the doctors pysically examind me and said there is nothing amiss there and there is "nothing really to go wrong there"
so im really at a loss... just wondered if anyone can relate to all this?! maybe someone has same symptoms.... just seems like im stuck feeling like this forever.
Thanks for taking the time to read my post... i really appreciate it.
Alex:yesyes:
Long time since i have posted, sorry. I have a long suffering unresolved complaint that i need some help with.
Its been going on for a good 5 years and has never got any better... let me explain.
When i was 15-18 i was diagnosed with IBS. is was extreamly dehabilitating as other sufferers know. anyway with getting older and maturing i seemed to grow out of this along with the help of some peppermint essance tablets from the doc's.
For the past X years (lost count but will say 5, im now 28) i have had a 'feeling' in my right lower abdomon. i cant really describe it as a pain, its more of an uncomfertable feeling that shouldnt be there. sometimes this 'feeling' can get worse or sometimes i dont really notice it as my mind is occupied by work or whatever, but 99% of the time its there.
I cant pin it to any route cause... tried diet change, cutting out tea and coffee, alcohol etc. what i have noticed is in extream stress it does get worse. for example, last november i went on holiday with the girlfriend (our first time) after a few days the 'feeling' got worse untill i felt priettly much like i should be bed ridden, or i had no motivation to go out etc, got my health anxiety panic on about having to go to forign hospital etc..vicous circle. Its seemed to spread to the rest of my stomac and felt like mild cramp, bloating etc. upon returning home after a day it went back to the normal feeling as if my stress was amplyfying it and was all in my head. (i dont like being away too long from home.. i like my home comforts so this could have been a stress factor)
as im sat typing this i can feel it, its like from the right hand side of my belly button all the way round to my spine at the back. feels 'inflated' 'tender' 'bloated' sometimes like i just need to burp and maybe that would help. the latter feelings in my head i think because if i touch and manipulate my stomac it dosnt hurt
When eating my tea and i have it bad i sometimes feel very slightly sick, like i cant eat no more etc. but i dont ever have a loss of appetite
one thing i have also noticed (though this goes back to my bad IBS days) is that if i havent had a regular bowel movement ie if im delayed by a day or two my stools sometimes have like a strange translucent white coating, i dont mean a compleat coating is more of just bits, almost like a marble effect. (sorry for the minging descriptions) i had kind of put this down to a possible mucus IBS thing but not sure since it only looks similar.
i also find if i ly in bed on my left side its uncomfertable as it seems to amplify the feelings.
Obviously i have been to different doctors a number of times and explained all this. some have given me zantac, some have said its the way i sit at my desk (i dont sit at a desk anymore) others that is muscle pain. most recently one said it could be a symptom of IBS. All the doctors pysically examind me and said there is nothing amiss there and there is "nothing really to go wrong there"
so im really at a loss... just wondered if anyone can relate to all this?! maybe someone has same symptoms.... just seems like im stuck feeling like this forever.
Thanks for taking the time to read my post... i really appreciate it.
Alex:yesyes: