Hi guys. What aches and pains have you had from stress / anxiety and IBS ???

[Codfather]

Try to include some of the unusual ones ?

[Catty1234]

Hi the strangest pain I get is shooting pain under left rib and elbow at same time , along with my usual back and groin pain , headache and fatigue 😫 x

[Codfather in reply to Catty1234]

Hi catty. Sounds like u got same as me. Pain bottom left ribs , groin pain and bad lower back !! Is yours mental or food allergy ?

[Catty1234 in reply to Codfather]

Not sure if it’s a food intolerance and sometimes I do think I’m mental 🤣 I take citilopram for anxiety not sure which came first the ibs or the anxiety x

[Codfather in reply to Catty1234]

If you've got anxiety then it is a mental ibs. Very hard to deal with. I'm on sertralene ,!

[Catty1234 in reply to Codfather]

I try to avoid stress if I can ! Virtually impossible anxiety causes all sorts of physical problems , insomnia is the worst for me x

[Codfather in reply to Catty1234]

Aches and pains for me. Pain in the arse lol x

[Catty1234 in reply to Codfather]

Yep I have that too 🤣🤣🤣

[Bassem1979 in reply to Codfather]

Me too plus pain around my sacrum and the feeling of needing to go to the toilet all the time even when been. Feeling of pressure.

[Sweepy13 in reply to Catty1234]

Wow you could be writing my symptoms! sometimes the left rib feels like pressure and all it needs is a good rumble, I get the fatigue too and shivery … hope you feel better today 🤗

[Catty1234 in reply to Sweepy13]

Aww thanks sweepy I actually feel quite shit today lol , ibs and gallbladder playing up , stopped me eating , fingers crossed will be better tomorrow x

[Sweepy13 in reply to Catty1234]

Oh no that’s awful 😞 fingers crossed for better days xx

[XDjames]

IBS gives me wind and other stuff which makes me very uncomfortable .... and that makes me very anxious about eating and then sleeping which makes IBS worse. Lovely vicious circle. Wondering if I should add something like Xanax to my collection (as well as the mental tricks), but benzos and I have history.

[Catty1234 in reply to XDjames]

Ibs is an unwanted gift that keeps on giving !

[Maureen1958 in reply to Catty1234]

Very good, I like that, I think mine might have been a gift from my ex-husband, I wish I could give it back to him! 🙂

[Catty1234 in reply to Maureen1958]

Mines definitely a gift from my present OH he can have it back x

[Maureen1958 in reply to Catty1234]

Get rid of him!

[Catty1234 in reply to Maureen1958]

My rubbish bins full 🤣🤣🤣☺️

[Maureen1958 in reply to Catty1234]

At least you have a sense of humour, that's the one thing you do need with IBS! Sending you kindness and understanding. ❤️

[Catty1234 in reply to Maureen1958]

Aww thanks Maureen x

[301246 in reply to Maureen1958]

Oh Maureen, I think I would feel the same, you have to blame someone!!!

[Maureen1958 in reply to 301246]

How are you doing now? Are you still getting the fibro pains?

[Arkus in reply to Maureen1958]

Me too. Mine a gift from my late husband. In my experience it’s not either/or, mental or physical. It’s mental causing a physical change in the body, ie IBS, which lasts forever as far as I know and has to be managed after getting the stress under control, in my case sertraline for 15 years!

[Maureen1958 in reply to Arkus]

Do you think the sertraline is good? I assume you do if have been taking it that long. Does it have any effect on the IBS ie make you more constipated or the other way?

[Codfather in reply to XDjames]

Yes. It's a bloody vicious circle. Don't think Al ever be free , pain's all over !!

[edwangy in reply to XDjames]

Stay off the benzos if you can. They'll help with sleep and pain in the short term but once you develop tolerance, that's the slippery slope. Been there

[Andann]

These things come and go with me but definitely groin/lower bowel at times. I thought my back ache was from poor fitness level and sitting too much .....its very hot and humid where I am so long walks etc are not happening much. Hope you can get rid of pains soon. My worst is stomach gas at night and cant really work out why it comes and goes, except maybe fizzy liquids and alcohol.

[Codfather in reply to Andann]

Mine is the same. Gas gas gas !

[edwangy in reply to Andann]

Same here, lots of gas but still pain after farting

[Epiphanies]

Hi… mine is stress related, I was bad for about 12 months and linked it to neighbours in first lockdown and not going to the gym… was pain free for months until 2 weeks ago..

Things got busy in work and I haven’t been able to go to the gym, pain in left side in the evening and wakes me up in the night, hardly any symptoms in the day when I am busy…..I took my running machine out of storage and have set it up so if it rains I can still walk and run.. hoping this helps and trying not to stress about things…

[ValDee88]

Pain is always right sided and the only thing that helps is a hot water bottle. Occasionally I have a feeling like a bubble bursting-I explained that once as a goldfish opening its mouth under water to a GP, never again 🤣

[Andann in reply to ValDee88]

The bubble bursting (or gurgling) is probably gas . Try Degas tablets from pharmacy or other remedies suggested on here.

[edwangy]

I have severe pain 24/7 keeps me awake every night. I'm so exhausted, I wish I was dead sometimes

[Andann]

Thats more likely to be sciatica, I 've had that recently........look up exercises to relieve it on internet, they work. My physio said to make sure when flexing your leg, e.g. on a chair, that you move your head back and forward as you do it to relieve pinching of the nerves. Hard to describe in text! Hope thats it and fairly easily solved.