Addicted to stress causes IBS

Digestive health
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I am beginning to feel I am addicted to stress and the symptom is IBS. I have noticed a sort of war going on in my head where I need to keep myself in stressful situations. I don't really mind what the situation is but I am sure that I am getting worse. This morning I got up at 3.00 am to make my wife a chocolate cake, it took me until 5.30 am and then I checked my blood sugar and had some porridge and milled linseed for breakfast. Obviously the IBS played up and gave me cramping in my left side, but I could not stop myself until I had done the chocolate topping at 6.30 am.

There was no need to do this, my wife was surprised when she came down at 8.00 am knowing that it was all for her because I am diabetic. I need the stress of doing this.

Another moring I decided to do some maths tests on the internet at 2.00am. I don't understand what is wrong with me, I need the stress and have explained all this to my GP. He prescribed me some diazepam 2 mg but I don't like taking them because they take my motivation away and I miss it within 2 hours of taking them. I know I am hooked on stress and cannot get off it. I am fairly sure this is the cause of my IBS. The whole thing is generated by my state of my. Has anyone out there discoverd they are like me?

If you became addicted to a drug you can get off it by abstaining from the substance. Escaping from a state of mind that gives you a buzz is much more difficult, even though it is giving you IBS.

My memory recall seems to be increasing and my need for sleep is seriously reduced. What would you say I should do.

robert

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Hi again Roberto,

just browsed around this morning and see no replies to your question...so..thought would respond..no skill whatsoever in this

area...off the top....I know you've had a major lifestyle change...therefore its

possible its not an addiction but a search for compensating balance.

Much like that of the high/low pressure compensating valves. That

IBS is caused by stress or being exacerbated would lean being

worsened..IMO...I went thru similar when I retired at age 47..but had no dbt2 or IBS. Did have a cardio problem but challenged it and won..but the wakeing up at 2 or 3am...and needing something to do..sometimes "stupid or non productive stuff" drove me somewhat nuts.Took some time, finally realized I needed to do something to compensate from what I had been doing for over 20 years. I was lucky not having your limitations. And had a younger brother who was most supportive..don't know if my thoughts here are helpful? .Claudio

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Dear Claudio,

Lovely to here from you and I totally accept yor reply.

The problem is things a getting a bit silly, I never sleep more than 2 to 3 hours and then I am up again. My wife sleeps upstairs in her own room. We get on very well during the day but if she didn't sleep upstairs I would be waking her up about three times a night with my odd nocturnal habits. I have explained this to my GP and was told " don't just lay there tossing and turning, get up and do something. You wll soon feel tired again and you will want to sleep " The problem is I don't get tired again and I often work right through until she comes down at about 8.00am. By this time I have often baked a cake, prepared the main meal for the day, lit up the woodbuner and cooked her breakfast. It's not that I am trying to be a good husband, I need the stress of having lots to do for some strange reason. My last GP was a bit concerned about this and sent me to see a psychiatrist at a nearby hospital. He asked me lots of questions and then said " you might be borderline bi-polar, but this normally shows up by the time you are 21" He commented on my records of medical notes and said it was most odd that my notes were more detailed than his when he went to medical university. He prescribed me Seroquel which I think is also called Quetiapine used to treat bi-polar disorders. I stopped taking this after just one week, it makes you completely stupid, you can't do anything and you don't care. What a waste of time.

I think the NHS wastes millions of pounds on drugs which are not needed when all we need is a bit of guidence from some clever person who has seen these problems before.

I could go on all day Claudio but I will read your comments again and appreciate your valued input

Thank you.

robert

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perhaps a combo...compensatory and latent drug effects? (a SWAG)

Your last comment is "absolutely" central to your specific case: Dr's prescribing meds vs practicing healthy solutions.

this drug Quetiapine can "muck up" our brain it tends to block receptors in the brain's dopamine pathways. (it easily crosses

the blood brain barrier

and also due to compensatory changes at dopamine, serotonin, adrenergic and histamine receptor sites in the central nervous system.

Symptoms post withdrawal that was mentioned by a "patient" who was treated with an " anti psychotic" similar drug

(he was 46)...developed anxiety and insomina...I don't recall "how long" or the duration of either symptom before full recovery,

just recall it was not a short time.

The anxiety was "new" he had had bouts earlier in his life as a somniac, he was a "pin ball mechanic" without any disorder other than needing reading glasses.

Felt "pressed" for speech ...the need to do things, calling long distance connections at all hours etc, completly out of his former disciplines...was causing"havoc" at home. He told dr's he didn't want to take these drugs because it made him depressed.

He recovered after being sent to prison for making false fire alarms in multi hotels (said he had no memory of these stupid acts)..and

while in prison was required to do a lot of physical work and exercise, was absolutely not his former habits.

Quetiapine:

No dr in his right state of mind (in my world) would prescribe this med "knowing" you were dbt2....

"Diabetic ketoacidosis ( is a potentially life-threatening complication in patients with diabetes mellitus). It happens predominantly in those with type 1 diabetes, but it can occur in those with type 2 diabetes ""under certain circumstances."" the dka results from a shortage of insulin; in response the body switches to burning fatty acids and producing acidic ketone bodies that cause most of the symptoms and complications."

I do not know how to purge "akkapucky" or clean up a disabled or impaired receptor or their pathways....I do know

that 1. resveratrol is a "scananger"...but do not know if it can "tidy up" a dopamine pathway...2. IP6 has usefullness in cell repair, and per Olly in Southampton 3. Curcumin (perhaps theracumin a tad better)

If you consider these please study first...If you find any info difficult due to medical jargon...let me know..I'll do my best to "clarify" or try to make it more "English"...btw...I am pretty sure I know why your note taking was far more detailed than dr's...

Claudio

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Dear Claudio,

I am sure you are correct, I will study your blog carefully and come back to you if I get stuck.

Thank you

robert