Change in bowels

[tostressed]

I know that a lot of people don't like to talk about bathroom habits, but I just need to answer a quick question. Can your Bowel movements be messed up from anxiety? Meaning normal one day, Thin the next and then some diahrrea? I have been driving myself crazy with this. I have health anxiety so i start to think colon or rectal cancer and I don't want to go there. Any help will be appreciated.

[heartfluttersflyawayplz]

yes it can i have not had a normal one in 7 weeks , its anxiety,

[bip]

hun,  I have IBS and when Im stressing I go the bathroom about 4 times a day.nervs can do alot to you.Me Im doing oppsitie Im peeing a lot.you are fine....

[torque]

OMG!! I am going through the same thing! I was just looking up what should be normal. SOmetimes I am fine and go a couple of days with normal bm's. Then I might get diarrhea. Sometimes it might be really light or really dark. I get so nervous about it. Sometimes it is thin, other times not. I am all over the place. I swear I am part owner in Pepto Bismal. When I get nervous and feel like I might have to keep going, I will take it. I have not taken it about 3 days- which is a big accomplishment for me. There is not a week that goes by that I dont feel the need to use it!! We are supposed to go to a friends house tomm night for dinner, and I am kind of nervous about it. WHat if I dont like the food, what if I have to go to the bathroom, will any know? Once I start thinking about this- I get that weird feeling in my tummy. I am sure I will probably have to take pepto with me! I use the tablets- so I rip off two and put them in my pocket- I pretend like it is a mint if anyone asks!! Anyway, I think it is completely normal to be so screwed up when you have anxiety!!

[Topher7]

Well mine isn't exactly the same but along the same lines. Without being TMI...lol. The anxiety had caused such knots in my stomach that eating went down the tubes and I would eat to sustain but I could barely eat my normal amount. I started losing weight. BMs stayed the same for a bit but then my stomach went nuts one day and was gurgling. I thought I might have gotten a littel out of sorts so I drank alot of Fierce Grape Gatorade..alot of water. I never had diarrhea but it went from brown to light green to green to brown to skinny to big to everywhere. I am on Nulev to starighten out my bowels now. This is one aspect of anxiety where real symptoms appear because you supress your system.

[spade22]

"Can your Bowel movements be messed up from anxiety? "

Absolutely, positively, YES!!!!!