Re: Where do you get your IBS Pain? Does this sound typical for IBS?
Originally Posted by
lilysmith123
I've been taking codeine 30mg everyday for my joint pain as I can't take anti inflammatories and at first was very constipated for the first time in my life. Things have came back to normal a bit more, but I used to use the bathroom about 3-4 times a day, now I'm down to 1 or 2 maximum. The fact I woke up with the pains makes me think it's IBS, but when googling IBS symptoms, I don't seem to fit the bill.
Codeine plays holy hell with my IBS but it's the only drug which works on my migraines...
Does anyone else get similar pains with their IBS? Low / almost pelvic cramping on either side. Dull aches in the butt or thighs. Then I'll feel less alone in my weird IBS symptoms club.
My pain is generally right-sided but sometimes it takes a day off and switches to the left.
Sometimes it feels like a stitch type pain. Other times it's an ache. Or it's cramping.
Sometimes a damn good fart alleviates the pain - as does laying off the Kitkats and popcorn.
I'm stuck to my heat pad as I type this. I also get pelvic pain, sometimes at the same time as the other. I also get aches in my bum and the front of my thighs. It's hard to know where to shove my heat pad sometimes..
Watch the codeine - it will constipate you - and I have noticed that it makes my pain worse, but, as I said, I will end up murdering somebody (possibly Hubs) if I can't control my migraines - so it's the lesser of two evils...
You're certainly not on your own in the weird IBS symptoms club.
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