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#361027 - 09/20/10 09:48 AM
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Digby
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Four weeks ago I went on vacation (which is a trigger for me) and I had IBS symptoms: D, pinching pain in the lower abdomen (I don't have an appendix, so I know it's not that). My stools are heading toward the solid side now, but they're a golden yellow. The pinching pain is still present, off and on, and I'm stressed about it all, which tiggers more symptoms. Everything I eat or drink, even water, makes my tummy gurgly and gassy. Ye gads. My doc has suggested another CT scan, but we're both concerned about the radiation from all the tests I've had. Does anyone else get these symptoms from their IBS?
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Re: Help!
#361029 - 09/20/10 10:32 AM
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Syl
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Is the pain in the lower right or lower left side of the abdomen? I have pain in the lower right. I have been able to manage the pain taking 3 mg of melatonin at bed time.
The color of the stool depends on what you ate. Golden yellow is not uncommon if you have been eat relatively little safe meat.
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#361032 - 09/20/10 12:20 PM
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Digby
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Mine is lower right too. Is yours a pinching pain that comes and goes? I also have extreme muscle tightness on the right side of my spine from sitting all twisty at the computer. I've been eating chicken and turkey, but not much of anything because everything makes me rumble and bloat.
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#361033 - 09/20/10 12:34 PM
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Syl
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It is a pinching pain that use to come and go. Eventually it stayed all the time. I found some research that showed this sort of pain could be relieved in some instances by taking 3 mg of melatonin at bedtime. It can be purchased at a health food store. This is the brand I use. Brands that are for sublingual use are not as effective and frequently contain some IBS unfriendly ingredients.
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#361035 - 09/20/10 12:37 PM
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Digby
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Any idea on what causes the pain? Thanks for all your help!
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#361039 - 09/20/10 03:03 PM
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Syl
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Probably spasms in the ascending and/or transverse colon -- perhaps where the ascending colon turns into the transverse colon. Just part of the brain-gut miscommunication underlying IBS.
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#361103 - 09/25/10 09:21 AM
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I get that same kind of feeling/pain, etc. but it is on my left side...do you think it's the same as what you describe?
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#361104 - 09/25/10 09:31 AM
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Syl
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It is likely spasms in the transverse and/or descending colon otherwise it is likely similar.
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#361110 - 09/25/10 05:31 PM
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Hi Syl, I have the same kind of pain - my right hand side is almost always in a spasm, esp where the ascending turns into the transverse.
I take sleep meds to help me at night, but what do you do during your waking hours? Just grin and bear it?
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#361112 - 09/26/10 05:51 AM
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Syl
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Yep - grin and bear it. However, I have been experimenting with melatonin. Over the past few years there has been some exciting research ( for example ) that shows there 10 to 100 times as much melatonin produced in the gut than produced in the brain. In the brain melatonin promotes sleep. In the gut melatonin works in concert with serotonin to modulate GI motility and pain. I find taking 3 - 5 mg of melatonin taken at bed time seems to relieve the pain. However, if I take it too many days in a row I start to switch from D to C. So I take it for 3-4 days which reduces the pain substantially for a period of time. When the pain gets intense I start taking it again. I have found that the sublingual version does not work as well. I take the Now brand because the added ingredients (rice flour and gelatin) are IBS safe.
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