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...although dehydration and stress from the IBS can trigger them. If plenty of fluids and stress relief doesn't stop them, get checked out by your doctor.
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I don't mean to sound at all critical - you know tons more than me about IBS. But I've often read that headache is a common IBS symptom. I just did a google search and found a few research papers on this too. I am not dehydrated (I'm a C and drink constantly) and always have headaches. As to whether they are stress-related - that's obviously tougher to answer. Certainly my life is no walk in the park!
This is from the Canadian Society of Intestinal Research website at www.badgut.com:
"Symptoms that may be related to IBS which occur outside of the digestive tract can include sleep disturbances, back pain, chronic pelvic pain, headaches, interstitial cystitis, (a bladder and pelvic pain disorder with symptoms of urinary frequency, urgency, and/or pain), temporomandibular joint disorder (pain in the face or head region), and post-traumatic stress disorder."
Any thoughts?
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Renee, Yes, I think she is. You can frequently get headaches
from nausea, and IBS as we all know can cause nausea,but the
headaches aren't caused directly from IBS per say. -Bob
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I used to get horrible headaches as well when I woke up. I had the perfect night sleep and this would kill me in the morning. My GYN switched my birth control and that helped a little. My eye doctor though seeems to think that it has to do with my eye pressure when I wake up. He wants to see me first thing in the morning to check it out but I have not scheduled it. Good luck and I hope they disappear soon!
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Yep
#252446 - 03/16/06 07:36 AM
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The headaches can be caused as I said by tension and dehydration so alot of IBSers get headaches but they aren't an IBS symptom per se. If you're getting alot of headaches you should talk to your doctor.
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I also starting waking up with horrible headaches right around the time the dr starting talking IBS. Since I've always had sinus issues, I just thought it was that - however, the sinus meds didn't make a dent in the pain.
Turns out the pill I was on was the problem. The drop in hormones caused splitting headaches, my dr put me on one that tapers off in the placebo pills, but I wasn't in the habit of taking them... even a few hours late taking the pill and I would get a headache. I'm off the pill and on NuvaRing now.
Just a thought....
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