What is an attack?
#269792 - 06/16/06 07:35 AM
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chupie
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I would just be interested to see what different people define as "an attack". It seems like perhaps this is a hugely variable and personal thing. Do you still have *some* symptoms when you are stable but because they are not extreme you feel stable?
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Hey, good question! I've been wondering how others define an attack, too.
I consider it an attack if it's an "OMG, where's the bathroom? I need it NOW!" moment. Or, if I feel the painful waves of gas, I know that moment is coming. I had a couple of attacks last weekend, but I wasn't surprised because I'd eaten some questionable things.
Anyway, I do still consider myself stable. I have been fine the rest of the week, and eaten safely. Occasionally, I still get gassy, but not painfully so. Also, I haven't had to take a Levsin since December.
If I had attacks every day for about a week, I wouldn't consider myself stable anymore.
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Personally speaking from an ibs-d person. I consider an attack where the pain starts right around my solar plex(right in the middle kinda below the ribs) and then it moves down into my lower intestins/lower back. From there the pain/spasms come in waves until the D starts and after about 2-3 d movements i'm usually fine.
Personally other than the bad timing D can have, if it was just the d i could handle it alot better, but it's the blinding pain, hot flushes, and nausea that really make the whole ibs thing truely depressing for me. Sometimes i will have minor attacks that consist of minimal pain, 1 d movement, then done everything is back to normal those are the happier days. (and i'm damn near jumping for joy when i have a normal bm.. <sigh> that almost seems like a dream now haha  )
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Yes !!!!! It would help me a lot if an IBS-C describes an 'attack' for me. What's the difference between a spastic colon and IBS? I really appreciate the info. Also looking for a support group in the Orlando,FL area.
Thank you,
Abi
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As far as I am aware (and pls others feel free to correct me on this) but i'm pretty sure the two things go hand and hand. People with IBS have a spastic colon which is usually the culprit to most of the stomach problems.. (pretty sure anyways)
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The way I understand it is "spastic colon" is what doctors used to call "IBS". They are the same thing.
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I am a C. When I get an attack there is a familiar twisting in my gut. Being a C when you have to 'go' it is not fast, it's a long slow process. My intestines knot and squeeze and take over my whole body. I get hot and sweat and sometimes pass out. This goes on till I am empty. I am left drained of all energy and have to sleep for a while to recover.
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To me, an attack is when I start to feel that 'oh no, pain is coming sign' then, the pain comes, as does the nausea and the instant need to find a bathroom and fast! When Im having an attack, the pain starts in my middle belly, then around to the sides, and usually radiates to my legs.  Pain....
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Hello Lyndeigh,
Thank you for the info. Are you IBS-C or D? I'm IBS-C and I'm still trying to figure out about an attack. I'm confused  I go to the bathroom every morning(after I wake up and after breakfast). Some days I feel just fine after a BM in the morning, but some other days and have the pain all day and all night long until the next morning when I have a BM again. Sometimes I get the pain later during the day or night and won't feel better until the morning BM. And some other times I get the pain after my BM in the morning and gets better later in the afternoon or night time, but I only seem to be able to have a BM in the morning. I eat about the same things everyday to keep it safe, but I never know from one day to another about the pain. Any ideas????? I appreciate the help...
Thank you,
Abi
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OK, this is more like me. It's a slow thing (although it can get bad quick when my period hits). I used to have periods of time of what I called 'raunchy gut'. Not pain, not heartburn, but I would just get this raunchy yucky squishy feeling in my gut. This is I guess why I think maybe this has just gotten worse and worse. HOwever, I don't feel AS bad as it seems the rest of you do, and yet, it can still seem nearly debilitating at times. Like you are just tired but not sleepy?
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