Cococj
11-07-08, 17:35
Well the title is a little misleading as I'll be covering everything in the bottom half of the body. I was diagnosed with IBS a few years ago and there's no doubt it's worse when I'm anxious and there's no doubt I'm anxious at the moment but I have to say my stomach and bowels haven't had this much of a prolonged problem for a while and I'm wondering if anyone else suffers this badly when they're in the darker stages of their anxiety.
A quick list of the specific symptoms I'm talking about:
Pain/discomfort down the left and right side of the body, from ribs to hips.
Pain/discomfort in the stomach area of the abdomen.
Back pain running across the spine about half way up the back.
Back pain running down and parallel to the spine about an inch to the right of the spine. (possible tendon problem?)
Lower back and hip pain, worse when after sleeping mostly.
Weakness in the external abdominal muscles, spasming.
Excess acid, reflux, burning sensations across the upper body.
Problems swallowing.
Spasms in the oesophagus when tensing the abdominal muscles. (eg when rising from laying to standing)
Muscles in lower body feel heavy, especially when sitting, like I'm being pushed into into my chair.
Now at one time or another I've had most of these symptoms and I've had problems swallowing for over a year in the past which resolved itself. The excess acid and reflux I can sometimes control through diet and the use of Lansoprazole and Gaviscon. I'm somewhat used to that but the concerns I have specifically are:
Lower back and hip pain, worse when after sleeping mostly.
Weakness in the external abdominal muscles, spasming.
Spasms in the oesophagus when tensing the abdominal muscles.
It feels like the muscles down there (both external and internal) have a mind of their own. I'm actually asking for some reasurrance here more than anything. Do any of you get things like this that affects the internal and external muscles. Could the external muscles be tied to my back pain (which at times is severe). The pain on the spine feels like someone's tied a rope around it and is twisting, it feels squeezed. It's around the height of where my diaphragm would be when I breathe out. And it does increse the pressure on it when I breathe depening on the position. The pain running parallel to the spine and down my back is slightly to the right of the spine and bothers me more when I'm bent over or in bed on my side with my legs curled up.
I'm wondering if anyone here gets these interrelated problemsm, sufferers of back pain and IBS and anyone else with a theory please add your thoughts :)
A quick list of the specific symptoms I'm talking about:
Pain/discomfort down the left and right side of the body, from ribs to hips.
Pain/discomfort in the stomach area of the abdomen.
Back pain running across the spine about half way up the back.
Back pain running down and parallel to the spine about an inch to the right of the spine. (possible tendon problem?)
Lower back and hip pain, worse when after sleeping mostly.
Weakness in the external abdominal muscles, spasming.
Excess acid, reflux, burning sensations across the upper body.
Problems swallowing.
Spasms in the oesophagus when tensing the abdominal muscles. (eg when rising from laying to standing)
Muscles in lower body feel heavy, especially when sitting, like I'm being pushed into into my chair.
Now at one time or another I've had most of these symptoms and I've had problems swallowing for over a year in the past which resolved itself. The excess acid and reflux I can sometimes control through diet and the use of Lansoprazole and Gaviscon. I'm somewhat used to that but the concerns I have specifically are:
Lower back and hip pain, worse when after sleeping mostly.
Weakness in the external abdominal muscles, spasming.
Spasms in the oesophagus when tensing the abdominal muscles.
It feels like the muscles down there (both external and internal) have a mind of their own. I'm actually asking for some reasurrance here more than anything. Do any of you get things like this that affects the internal and external muscles. Could the external muscles be tied to my back pain (which at times is severe). The pain on the spine feels like someone's tied a rope around it and is twisting, it feels squeezed. It's around the height of where my diaphragm would be when I breathe out. And it does increse the pressure on it when I breathe depening on the position. The pain running parallel to the spine and down my back is slightly to the right of the spine and bothers me more when I'm bent over or in bed on my side with my legs curled up.
I'm wondering if anyone here gets these interrelated problemsm, sufferers of back pain and IBS and anyone else with a theory please add your thoughts :)