Anyone Else's Symptoms worse in the mornings??
#173372 - 04/25/05 08:16 AM
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I seem to have the worst of it in the morning. I feel okay when I get up, then I go walk my dogs, and when I sit down to breakfast I am hit with the WORST cramps, ALWAYS have a bout of D and then I can get on with the rest of my day **almost** symptom free.
Anyone else have really sensitive bowels in the morning???
Lisa
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Alot of people on here (inc. me when I feel iffy) have to have a pre-breakfast...just a small amount of SF or their tums go into shock when they have breakfast. Personally, I also have to have something to eat before I go anywhere or I'm ill...if I want to walk the dogs before breakfast I grab a cracker or ADB or something else small on the way out.
Hope that helps! 
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I actually get the worst of it at night.
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Michelle
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my stomach is very sensitive and upset in the morning, although I am most bloated at night towards the end of the day at work. I get my worst attacks in the middle of the night 2 or 3am.
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... early morning and late night. My tummy is super painful when I wake up and within an hour it goes away. Then, I seem to go through the day just fine and about 10:30 or 11pm, my tummy starts to really hurt again. I've been wondering if it's something I've eaten late at night, so I'll have to examine that.
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Elizabeth
all those years it wasn't IBS - it was celiac!
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Yup...
#173408 - 04/25/05 09:49 AM
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I find the pre-breakfast thing in the morning really helps, as LInz mentioned. Before I do anything in the morning I have a toasted english muffin and a cup of tea with acacia, just kind of hanging out and waking up in the kitchen. That helps. I also eat some good SF about an hour before going to bed - the less time you have to have an empty stomach the better, the way I see it.
I'm definitely on my way to stabilizing now  but for me it kind of went - feeling sick all day, feeling sick (D) in just the mornings and being able to go on with my day just fine, to only occassionally having D in the mornings and only very rarely at other times (usually due to triggers) - which is where I'm at now.
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Opposites
#173423 - 04/25/05 10:27 AM
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Lynx
Reged: 04/21/05
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I peak in the evenings. My symptoms subside as I sleep.
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Yes. The first 90 minutes I'm awake are the worst, even when I'm stable (like I seem to be lately-yay ) I've started taking breakfast to work with me, because if I don't, it will take even longer than usual to get out the door.
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Yes, totally!
#173457 - 04/25/05 11:22 AM
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Nelly
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Hi Lisa R! I'm nel, nice to meet you!
I totally get morning attacks, especially if I'm woken up with a jolt! The trick is to start your day slooooowly. Not practical for everybody in the 21st century world, but it'll go a long way towards making you stable.
Try staying in bed for an hour after you wake up, vegging out and watching a little tv. I do this now, and when I do roll over and sit upright in bed, my bowels have had time to adjust to my waking phase, and everything isn't going 100 miles per hour inside of me. I don't usually have an attack if I take it super slow like this, and I swear by this method especially during the week when I have to be somewhere in the morning!
OK, sometimes it does mean getting up at 6 instead of 7, but there's a lot on tv at 6am! LOL! The slower I start my day, the less urgent and painful my attacks are. It really works, and if you keep tylenol-3 or imodium by your bed in case you get the first pangs of an attack, you can nip it in the bud without jumpstarting your tummy by dashing across the room to the medicine cabinet. 
Also, you can reduce night attacks by not wearing anything around your waist (undies, pajama bottoms, really! LOL! ), and by not eating for 3 hours before bedtime. Hope this helps! Good luck to you--
~nelly~
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