for at least 6 months now every time i eat ( any meal small or big) i get really bad cramps in my stomach pretty much from my belly button down , it isnt on any particular side. but i dont always get this feeling if i have a snack.
it can last for hours and can start as quickly as my still sitting in the restaurant finishing my food. i the past few years i have yet to go to a restaurant and either not leave anything on my plate. most times im lucky to be able to eat a quarter of the meal before feeling the cramps. but the pain goes away over night and i dont get waken up because of it . it feels alot like generic period cramps , not at the peak of pain types of ones but the general 24/7 pain i feel when i have period pains but like i said before it covers my whole belly from belly button down to under my belly with pain/cramps.
i have had blood tests done and im not glutton intolerant or wheat intolerant. i also dont eat much dairy , defiantly not daily.
i dont really have a problem with diarrhea. i dont drink. or smoke but i do have to take multiple tablets because of a blood thickening disease and having a auto immune disease. but i have been taking these tablets for about 3-4 years now and this is only in the last 5-7 months started happening.
ill be happy to update you if i find out what i have or if you have any other questions about what i do or dont do
Do your bowel habits change at all from constipation to diarrhoea even intermittently? Does your pain move about? Have you tried a food diary? Check your medication leaflets to see if you are reacting to it. Have you had an ultrasound, stool tests? I would ask your doctor about IBS. It can cause period like pain all over your stomach and the pain typically improves temporarily with a bowel movement. Stress or food intolerance can trigger it.
I started with constipation, then generalised stomach pain that moved about, nausea, loose stools, and back pain. I was diagnosed with IBS after tests.
Hi Nickleee121
Are you taking steroid for your autoimmune condition? as these overtime can cause gastric problems....
I was having something similar to this and went to a gastroenterologist who gave me some medicine to try. If that doesn’t work have them do a upper gi scope and figure out. I had esophagitis the stomach ulcers. They usually look for ibs while doing that as my doctor had thought that it was ibs
Doctors cannot look for IBS with scans or any other test because IBS is functional (it is a disorder in how the bowel works). It doesn't affect the structure of the colon. Doctors diagnose IBS by doing tests to exclude other causes. If everything is negative, IBS can be diagnosed.
Well then my doctor is an idiot because he told me that.
Yikes your symptoms sound all to familiar. Always had this issue until I decided to stop eating out at restaurants, fast foods especially greasy foods. I also kept a diary of foods that triggers the problem. I was diagnosed with IBS. When cutting out trigger foods, ate yogurt, took supplements to help balance gut flora it slowly went away.
Also cramps were were quite painful drinking warm water helped relax the stomach.
Hey not really to all the first Questions. I hadneed really thought to do a food diary as every single meal hurt, it could of been a salad or ham or a egg or pretty much anything I could think of and my bowel movements have been pretty normal , some abnormalities here and there sometimes but I will go see the doctor and ask about ITS.
Thank you for your help
Hi,
Nov im not taking steroids for my condition. The only sidea effect that could alter my body is one of my medicines can over time breakdown my muscles but I don't think I have been on it long enough and I don't think that has to do with this current condition .
Thanks for checking with that!
Lettuce was a big trigger along with corn peas Apples the skins were a issues and my goodness they just did not get digested. Kept a diay of food triggers. It's spontaneous which is the problem. My worst trigger is greasy food and additives I never eat out and it's has gone away. No more IBS and knowing where every restart was in the city.
yogurt and gut supplements helped a lot. Balance the gut flora. Sugar can take over and eat less sugar .
Thanks! I also saw the comments below. None the less will have testing done to see if i have IBS
Thank you!
Hi!
Because of this pain I don't really ever eat out, i do occasionally but might go out once or twice every 3 -4 weeks. However I struggle alot more when I travel overseas. Ill start with a food diary to hopefully help me a little more to figure out what causes the most pain as pretty much every meal hurts but i will try that !
I'll also try the warm water next time i get really bad cramps , thanks !
Thank you for your help!!
Thank you for all your help! Will follow your tips!
Yes always a good way to do for better diagnostic out come. Just helping with what gave me some peace after many years of severe tummy problems my weight was down to 105 & I am 5'o. So I also had my gallbladder recovered a few years prior.
I hope that your diagnosed and on the mend soon.
Peace and Healing! 🤗
Maybe your doctor said IBD rather than IBS? IBD is inflammatory bowel disease which causes visible inflammation of the colon in both Ulcerative colitis and Crohns. With Crohns, it can cause inflammation in the upper digestive tract too.
Hopefully you can get answers.
I hope they work for you. It takes time as you start to feel the results
Good lich.
Peace & Healing
lich should be LUCK . I wish this forum had a edit button. YIKES 😑
I get It. I was the same way miserable for hours after eating. Hot water help calm the cramps. Eating yogurt and even eating foods that support gut flora was a big change in my life. Hope it works out for you.
herebto no more tummy cramps and rushing to the loo! 🙄
How did u get diagnosed with ibs May I ask as I keep getting told I have it but how do they know