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Horrible abd pain that wakes me up from a dead sleep

For the last few years I have been getting excruciating abd pain in the middle of the nite that wakes me up from a dead sleep   My abd is bloated and then over the next few hours my gut flushes everything out of it. I tried to correlate it to foods or drinks and nothing is consistent. Colonoscopy was diffiicult due to the bowels being very " tumultous". I do have a history of endometriosis but had a hyst and ovaries out 9 months ago and am still severely suffering with these bowel problems. Please if anyone has any ideas??? My GI doc was no help and the pain literally has made me pass out.
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9090222 tn?1401645995
Has your GI done another colonoscopy since the last one? Or an endoscopy? He/she may be able to find something different that could be causing the pain. I had to have both to confirm chrons because it can occur anywhere in the digestive track. The pain tends to come off and on but it's terrible when it comes. I know your pain and I really do hope that you go see another GI so that the whole ordeal can be fixed. No one needs to be in that much pain.
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Thank you. I already use Bentyl and hyscoamine- and a Vicodin when this happens. I also use the heat pad when I can stay in bed but typically it keeps me in the bath room. I just really want to know what it is. I can deal with the 4 hours of horrific pain because I'm not in daily pain anymore from my endo but I am hoping to figure out what this is so I can avoid it.
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9090222 tn?1401645995
As your doctor for dicyclomine. I have Chrons so I get severe abdominal pain and that tends to help relax the muscles a bit. Also try putting a heat pad on your lower belly, it helps a lot!  If you feel like your GI isn't helping you much get a second opinion from a different GI.
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