Does this sound familiar?

[Mindprison]

Yes I do. Flat stools can be a product of IBS and anxiety since the spasms crush the stool into a flat shape. The fact that fiber helps points to IBS or stress as bowel problems caused by them are improved with high fibre in the diet.

[Mom2FourKiddos]

Does this side stitch pain sound like IBS? It's not always there. It comes and goes. Sometimes it feels like a pinch or very light cramp. Other times it just feels like a pressure feeling. It's starting to localize to mainly one spot in between the bottom of my rib cage and my hip bone about 4 inches to the right of my belly button.

My ribs feel bruised on that side too.

I hate anxiety. I hate being so scared. I will read and feel better about things and then all of a sudden, my heart starts racing, I feel sick to my stomach, I start overanalyzing every single little twinge. It sucks! This one pain is really getting to me. I wish it would just go away. The pain isn't bad. It's just there to scare me off and on all day long.

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I forgot to add too, I can also feel twitching in the same area. Like a really fast fluttering feeling. Exactly what an eye twitch feels like, but in my right flank area.

[Mom2FourKiddos]

Can anyone help? I'm sorry to be a pain. I am just very scared. I've noticed the past couple days too that I have what seems like a nerve itch from my backside area also. It's a deep itch that runs down my leg on the side where I have my abscess. :( And it'll itch up around my ribs and belly button too.

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Why does anxiety switch from symptom to symptom?? It's like I can put one to rest and make sense of it and then another shows up and it's my main focus. I am just so scared that all of these things that keep popping up together point to one thing. I am sick to my stomach over it today and just want to be able to move on. Waiting until my appt on the 31st is excruciating. And even then, I know the Dr won't be able to give me a definitive answer that day. I'm sure she'll want to send me for more test and a colonoscopy. I am just scared today. Today is a bad day. I was ok yesterday, but not today.

[Mom2FourKiddos]

Anyone?

[wilky44]

People have answered, you have a diagnosis. HA is causing this. You don't need more testing, you need help with the anxiety.

[Mom2FourKiddos]

People have answered, you have a diagnosis. HA is causing this. You don't need more testing, you need help with the anxiety.

Yes, you're probably right. I was just curious about the symptoms I asked about. Questions pop up in my mind and I've made a promise to myself not to Google anymore. So I thought I would ask here. It's very comforting to hear that someone else has dealt with the same exact things, gone for testing and found out that everything's okay.

[Searchingforinfo]

Hi, I've been getting flat stools as well. You said metamucil helps with that?