Mad anxiety

[Sore-guts]

I’m so anxious about my stomach. My stools are all over the place at the moment and have been for the last 4 weeks, well formed/loose/diarrhoea/constipation. They are consistently a lighter colour, not yellow or orange but just a lighter brown, they always sink too. My doc has given me every test to rule out anything sinister and has diagnosed IBS. I have pain everywhere in my stomach too. Lots of gurgling noises coming from my stomach too.

[Cjc_woodworx]

Snap same here been happening and still going on now

[Lilagrace87]

I’m always convinced certain foods trigger everyone’s, there is always a reason for the reaction being caused with the gurgling and then upset stomach/constipation. It’s just long winded to find out what it is. If you haven’t tried food elimation or FOD map diet I recommend. Starting with the main ones, garlic, onions, gluten and dairy. Also a lot of fruit and veg are on the FOD map list to avoid x

[Daisy2191]

I'm exactly the same. I have around 4 to 6 months of remission then have a flare again. This one has been going since end if Jan. I'm very uncomfortable abd feeling very depressed. I suffer with instances of mucus which smells fishy. But same as you docs did the bloods and stool samples and ruled out everything leaving me stuck with IBS and the lack of understanding to a cause. Hot water bottle and buscopan help with the pain and lots of rest. Thats ny biggest issue resting. Trying to save my energy to make it to work everyday so my house looks like a bombs hit it and i have hardly any clean clothes. The struggle is so real but so under the radar ☹

[Sore-guts in reply to Daisy2191]

I thought I was getting back to some form of normality over the weekend, had a bit of chocolate and felt horrendous after it. I hadn’t had anything sweet for a while except a yoghurt everyday, wont be doing again for a while. Anyway my flare up was brought on by crippling anxiety about my health during a really stressful period at work, started of with stress type back pain and heartburn in December which I convinced myself was some form of cancer, I then got the stomach pains and upset bowel movements around the end of January. Been on fluoxetine for 3 weeks and feeling a lot less anxious but just dying to get back to normal.