Nighttime woes
#323074 - 01/24/08 06:06 AM
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caputsky
Reged: 03/24/07
Posts: 256
Loc: Baltimore, MD
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Hi everyone,
For the past 3 nights, I have had a lot more difficulties with my stomach, and I am not sure what to do. Usually, when I sleep my stomach is at its happiest, mainly I think due to the fact that I am listening to the hypno tapes and I take my prescription meds before bed. However, these past 3 nights I have woken up in the middle of the night with having to go to the bathroom (BMs) and nausea that accompanies it. Then, every morning I have had moderate nausea as well, and my bowels have been looser than normal. I did cheat over the weekend, but usually by now everything would have settled down. Otherwise, I have been doing nothing out of the ordinary with my IBS diet/routine. I just hate this feeling to being unstable, especially when I am doing everything I know that usually works to help my stomach settle down. I am getting an abdominal scan in a few weeks to check for gallbladder issues since I am having upper abdominal pain as well. But the having BMs in the middle of the night is really disconcerting to me because I know this is typically not a symptom of IBS. Anyone else have this problem along with the nausea? Thanks!
Julie
IBS-D, GERD, lactose intolerant
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Re: Nighttime woes
#323090 - 01/24/08 09:16 AM
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Erilyn
Reged: 11/14/07
Posts: 743
Loc: Beautiful British Columbia, Canada
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It is possible that you could just have a stomach flu - I know we like to blame IBS whenver we have tummy torubles, but people DO get stomach flus.  I remember maybe twice in my life getting up in the middle of the night with D, and I'm 99% sure that both times were flus because I felt icky for a couple of days before and after.
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IBS-A since age 12, and fructose sensitive; with the exception of my pregnancy, have been following Heather's diet since Nov. 19, 2007.
Taking 12g of Acacia per day. Relatively stable since March 2008!
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I had the same problems with recurring nausea and upper abdominal pain last year. I eventually had to have my gall bladder removed. AFter the surgery, the nausea went away quickly and i started sleeping through the night again. If it doesn't go away in a few days, it could be the gall bladder. I always had worse gall bladder attacks with fatty foods.
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