Pain at night

My consultant said that Ibs does not cause pain at night. Has anyone else been told this?

[Booth29]

I often get pain at night, and have done so for years. Think it’s quite common amongst us ibs sufferers!

[Viklou in reply to Booth29]

It does say it's not a normal symptom but in my experience I'm often woke up at night with it and diarrhea xxx

[MissNyxiie]

Ive never been told that, i spend almost every night in pain with my stomach from ibs... Some doctors come out with weird things!

[Hidden in reply to MissNyxiie]

He’s very good. He’s a gastro consultant

[Viklou in reply to Hidden]

He doesn't suffer with IBS then or at least not the IBS that wakes you up!!!

Sorry for being a bit flippant but they don't know how it affects you personally as they're not you xxx

[Hidden in reply to Viklou]

I’m getting worried. I don’t have constipation or d just cramping. Mainly just above waist. Worried it is something else! I have had a lot of stress. Worried it could be pancreas.

[Viklou in reply to Hidden]

Could be trapped wind. Most things pancreas related would show in your bloodwork

[Hidden in reply to Viklou]

Do you think do? Thank you

[Viklou in reply to Hidden]

I'm assuming you've had all the tests. If not push for them to find out

[Yellow-sun]

Mine wakes me up at night,I thought it did with everyone

[chubbylover78]

Nocturnal diarreah isn't a symptom of ibs. Any pain and diarreah that wakes you up from sleeping needs checking with your gp.

[swarke22]

Pain where? We need more detail.

[Hidden in reply to swarke22]

Above the waist. No diarreah.

[swarke22]

Sorry Jasper I didn’t see all the comments and was half asleep when I read it. I helped my ins immensely when I took a two step protocol called Candisov and threelac. Read the instructions and if you are the USA you can read it at Canidida. .Org UK the Finchley clinic. If you choose this you must start gentle as this is the way it needs to be. Please don’t be a smartie like me who took four threelac in one day causing the herximer reaction. Start off slow reap the rewards later. Read the reviews. I do thing different now I go steady. Candisolv 2 a day for a month and one packet of threelac/fivelac. If you follow this protocol you should start to heal. Modern day diets with carbs and sugar are bad for the gut. They cause a mucus problem. Research. I felt so much better then I relapsed onto chocolate bread potatoes etc without still using my protocol. So now I’m back in these candisolv and threelac. Everyday I’m getting better. Good luck. It works for me.

[swarke22]

Don’t be put off by the price of candisolv £60ish it will work. I wish I’d done it years ago and stuck to it. Good luck. Read the reviews.

[Trinity7]

IBS attack can occur anytime of the day and with it pain. Just my experience has always been random as well as normal tricky times.

[Buik_Pijn]

Sorry for my English, I am a Dutchman. I am 78 years old now. Since I was 23 I suffer from terrible pain every night. I have a lack of sleep every day.

My doctor gives me sleeping pills and since two weeks s very strong painkiller: Oxycodon.

I sleep a lot better with Oxycodon, but the side effects are u comfortabele. Dizzyness, memoryproblems, and driving a car is prohibited.

Nevertheless I keep using Oxicodon because I finally after many decades I sleep a lot better without pain. Ask your doctor.

Regards, Hansjelle, Netherlands

[xjrs]

That is wholly untrue! I suffer from IBS-C and visceral hypersensivity / functional abdominal pain. This pain, which I experience in the back area, is worse for me at night - anywhere from 2am onwards, but sometimes from 5am onwards. It is at these times that the intestines are at their most active preparing for a BM in the morning. With the type of pain that I am experiencing it is where the brain picks up the normal activity of the bowel as pain. It stands to reason that this pain could be worse when the intestines are at their most active which is in the early hours.

[Hidden in reply to xjrs]

Do you ever get the pain just above your naval

[xjrs in reply to Hidden]

My pain is more mid to lower back related. However, if I get trapped wind it can be more around the front.

[301246]

My pain at night started 3 years ago which said to be called a functional bowel syndrome (same as IBS). I think the gas builds up during the day and then causes pain at night. It is also painful once up and about, the trapped wind is unbearably painful. Today I have been given a private prescription for Rifaximin for SIBO which I tested positive to so am desperately hoping this drug will kill off the bad bacteria that is in the small intestine. Best wishes to a fellow pain at night sufferer.

[Hidden in reply to 301246]

Is your pain above the waist . No d or c.

[301246 in reply to Hidden]

The pain can be all around the colon, so just under my ribs and down low near the groin. I suffer with slow transit constipation.

[Maureen1958 in reply to 301246]

Can you keep us informed on how well the Rifxamin works please. I, for one, will be very interested and know there are others on here who will be equally interested. Thanking you in advance. Maureen.

[301246 in reply to Maureen1958]

I most definitely will keep you informed.

[Maureen1958 in reply to 301246]

Hi, how are things going with the Rifaximin, any luck?!

[301246 in reply to Maureen1958]

Gosh, disappointing I'm afraid! After 7 days, felt worse and not only that I became despressed and tearful which isn't me at all. When I contacted GP he told me to stop taking them. £170 wasted!!

[Maureen1958 in reply to 301246]

Oh so sorry to hear that. It's just impossible this condition. isn't it. There really are no answers, as far as I can see!

[301246 in reply to Maureen1958]

Yes, so very disappointed as I thought it would be the start of beginning to feel better. I am to go on to a new anxiety drug prescribed today in the hope it will help me cope better with this dreadful complaint.

[Maureen1958 in reply to 301246]

I wish you luck with that then. I hope it helps at least. All the best.

[301246 in reply to Maureen1958]

Thanks Maureen, all the best to you too in our battle against this frustrating complaint.

[swarke22]

It could still help my partner takes it for bad digestion and gut pain. Hope it helps

[301246 in reply to swarke22]

Has your husband had a diagnosis?