I am sick of all the pain. I too have had just about every test done xray, colonoscopy, ultra sound, on my kidneys ovaries, bladder, spleen, pancreas, endoscopy. I have taken Zantac, had medication for inflamation, medication to rub on the site of the pain, I can go from loose stools to very scanty stools one day to the next. i have asked advice fro various medical web sites, and still not gotten anywhere, I have had these pains that move around from the front to the back all around the left side of my body, sometimes it feels like my ovaries on the left side, but The Dr checked them out and said they were normal. then the pain seems to move and it feels like it is low down under my left rib cage. and in my back.. does anyone have any other suggestions. I'm so fed up always being in pain, it's 18 months since this started, right after I stopped taking Fluoxetine for depression.
I've been suffering with IBS for years (like 19yrs to be exact but not constantly...it does come and go). I can be constipated one minute and have loose stools the next and often during the same bowel movement. Mine also comes with nausea (especially in the am). I've had pain so severe it woke me up in the early hours of the morning. My mood sets the pace of bathroom breaks...if I'm stressed or anxious, I can spend a good portion of my day in the bathroom. Without being too graphic, I've noticed there is alot of yellow bile when my IBS is at it's worst. Sorry, that's yucky. It's terrible, I know. I have noticed coffee (caffeine) really agrevates it. I also have a problem with lettuce...lettuce really starts the stomach a churning. About 3 weeks ago, I went back to the Dr. and asked him to treat me and not the IBS. He put me on Prozac. My IBS, which had been flaring up terribly, has really eased up. Let's hope it stays that way.
Me too...28 yo male, for almost a year now, ive had just about every morning, usually right when I wake up, 2-4 loose stools every day. Its like its the new routine, just flipped a switch one day and now its like this. I've been through the tests, and they came up with just IBS and some anxiety issues. Doesnt matter what I eat, or if i drink coffee, or what, its always loose and more than once in the mornings. 11 months like this now, but i really get no pain or anything, just loose stools. anyone else with type of change, and was told it was ibs? I know pain is supposed to be a main symptom of almost every GI disorder? Thanks
Not a coffee drinker. I get it first thing in the morning, as soon as I wake up.
Just to let you know i am in same position you are in, i have no idea what causes this im think IBS as well. I get the worst of it in the a.m as well. I wonder if you get it as well after you drink coffee?