I have noticed if I forget to eat and I am extremely hungry that this causes sod pain also. I always try to keep a snack with me. This is just a tip I have found.
My daughter & I both have had gall bladder surgery & gastric by-pass. Both of us are prone to SOD episodes if we take any codeine or hydrocodone (Vicodin) or other opiates. I have acquired Norovirus on a cruise, and found out the hard way that Lomotil has an opiate derivative. We have found that chewing a LARGE number of Tums can relieve the symptoms for us within a relatively short time, usually within 15-60 minutes. Hope this helps. I don't know if it will work for folks who haven't had their GI tract rearranged surgically like we have with gastric bypass.
Yes SOD can be triggerd by stress. i am 24 f and was diagnosed a year ago with SOD and i have been hospitalizeed 22 times with attacks so servere i will collapes,some of these have been brought on by stress.
i am currently on lots of pills to help manage the pain. but am also on a GNT spray that goes under the tounge the same one they use for anginia. As it is a smooth muscle relxant and and ani-spazmatic. It helps alot when you feel the pain coming on. Maybe worth a try.
Best of luck kazz