Anxiety, a cause for diarrhea?

[tredy1]

Hello,

My 12 year-old battles diarrhea almost on a daily basis. We can't seem to track a consistant food cause from his diet the day before. It happens upon awakening and lasts until he can't go anymore.

We've taken him to a Children's GE Dr. and had extensive testing via endoscopy, and colonoscopy, stool samples, etc. We've tried Rx such as Ammodium to no consistant success. Sometimes it does nothing.

Also, he does take a daily prescription for ADD and nightly Prilosec for Asophogial reflux. (discovered via endoscopy) We also supplement with a daily OTC fiber tablet. The Prilosec seems to help the morning IBS because it is definitely worse and more frequent when the Prilosec is overlooked the noght before.

We guess this problem may be related to the STRESS and ANXIETY of readying for the day. He is a CD student in special education with other anxiety related behaviors and is also physically impaired with a right side hypertonation. So the morning routine is nothing close to routine.

We would appreciate any directional help on this.

Thanks.

[mjthewriterdad]

It sure creates diarrhea in me!  However after the stress is gone, so is the  diarrhea.  Also, my body adjusts if the stressor becomes part of my routine.  Lately, the darn snow has me waking up early to shovel it and I take kids to school, then I gotta hurry home and hit the can.  Then I go to work. Maybe I gotta also hit the can there, troo.

[pennst8r]

If you look at your post on the children - special needs forum, I posted a reply

Penn