Hey, so a little back story . I've always had tummy issues growing up( that I have been told is IBS )and headaches that grew into migraines the older I got. I've gone through different drugs before finding one that actually works. However, my mom has the same issues as me , literally every symptom is the same. Recently her doctor said based on her episodes that she may have something called abdominal migraines and that it is hereditary so they are in the process of getting her tested. If she has it then I need to get tested.
Just wondering if anyone has any experience with this, I know it's not as common since it's usually hereditary but thought I would ask on here first. They said stomach issues and migraines go hand in hand somehow and that treating the migraine usually helps the other symptoms but that all I know really lol
Any tips or advice helps
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There is migraine on both sides of our family. Our eldest was diagnosed with abdominal migraine when he was about 7 or 8. This developed into light sensitive headaches at primary school. Obviously school was not going to change all the lighting for his benefit. He was unwell every day, so we took him and his younger brother out of that school and home schooled them for a couple of years, during which he grew out of it. Home schooling was not very common then, but we all enjoyed it. He then felt ready to return to a different school along with his younger brother.
I like that you were able to find a solution that worked for him! I've been having migraines and headaches since elementary school around 10 ish. Had them on and off, they turned into stomach aches. However once I reached adulthood I now have frequent migraines and severe stomach attacks and pain to the point I almost pass out from the episodes.Super hot sweats, in the fetal position in pain from it, nauseous.... since it's not common in adults I don't know many people with it to go off the adult symptoms..
My moments to have passed everything she could hereditary wise to me so we think we are the two odd ones out health wise lol
For what it's worth, I have had IBS now for 35 years. Started with diarrhoea but has got less runny over the years but I still constantly feel like I need to go. Now rather than keep going I try to hold it in more, because it stings like hell after a while and I seem unable to get to the end if it anymore (that may be too much information but I am trying to explain the process). Anyway what I am finding since holding it more, is that I am getting more pain all over my body, like fibromayalgia and these pains have now reached my head which I think is TMJ. This is giving me headaches which I remember having years ago when I was working when I hadn't been able to get to the toilet. I am now beginning to think that these headaches are actually migraines. I often feel sick. I did have a few migraines years ago (when I was working) and couldn't push myself through them, I just took a migraleve and sleep it off. And these headaches feel remarkably like the migraines I had back then!
I guess what I am trying to say is that perhaps migraines could be cause by constipation!?
Is your IBS more IBS(Constipation) or IBS(Diarrhoea)?
I have ibs D. I even take meds that usually cause constipation and no such luck lol I always feel like I have to go after just going :/ such an annoying feeling .From what I read about abdominal migraines though is that the gut and head kind of go hand in hand but they don't really know how or why. So I'm thinking having ibs, Crohn's, or any other gut related health issues may just automatically come with headaches/migraines to some extent.
I always had headaches through elementary school and would call to go home or had a tummy ache. Once I got to high school it turned to occasional migraines and painful but tolerable stomach attacks. Now that I'm fully in adulthood I feel like my stomach is just getting worse. I get some stomach attacks about once a month or sometimes more that is about 10 times the pain level. .. nausea, sweat and get hot to the point I start shaking, I've almost passed out from these a couple times now.
Not sure why it's getting worse if it's ibs or if I do have abdominal migraines that they are triggered by my ibs? If that make sense lol
Yes, all what you are saying makes sense to me. The attacks which you describe of nausea, sweating, shaking and nearly passing out sound like vasovagal attacks. These are like fainting attacks but you don't always pass out, I don't. It's pressure on the vagus nerve. It often happens whilst on the toilet. See links below.
Fainting on the toilet may happen for a number of reasons. If a person is constipated, they may have the urge to take a deep breath, then push and strain. But straining lowers the volume of blood returning to the heart, which decreases the amount of blood leaving it.
Special pressure receptors in the blood vessels in the neck register the increased pressure from straining and trigger a slowing of the heart rate to decrease in blood pressure, leading people to faint. This vasovagal reflex can cause people who are dehydrated or have low blood pressure to pass out in many different circumstances, not just on the toilet.
Though it may be scary to pass out while on the toilet, overstraining and pain, rather than underlying heart disease, are by far the most common reasons for fainting on the toilet according to Dr. Chris Simpson, a syncope expert and acting dean of health sciences at Queen's University.
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