raggamuffin
10-03-2012, 07:10 AM
Hi all,
So i've had daily stomach pains for months now. One GP said anxiety but IBS was a physical underlying issue. Since there's no vomitting or blood, D or C when going to the toilet they're not concerned it's anything sinister. A lot of IBS can simply be pain she said. So other than a few blood tests which came back negative and feeling around my stomach they've just advised to try 4 different IBS meds over the course of the past 2 months+ I've had these daily pains.
None of the 4 meds worked. Now i'm left thinking about what another GP said when I came to him with severe chest and arm pains a while back. He said pain killers wouldn't work for anxiety based symptoms unless they had a placebo effect.
This has led me to think, might this simply be the case with these current IBS meds? This GP who thinkgs it's IBS based is the best GP in my surgery in my opinion. She is very thorough and did say that there would be an IBS medication out there which would help, but it's just a case of finding it.
I don't like the thought of it though. Living day to day on pills to quieten down my stomach. I know that IBS isn't fully understood but I don't want to have to rely on meds. At the moment I just get by day to day. Sometimes the pain really hurts, most of the time it's just an uncomfortable distraction from work or enjoying my free time.
It's something i'll address with my therapist when I start CBT on Saturday. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? I know anxiety can easily cause stomach upset. In fact i'd be happier knowing it was just anxiety as opposed to IBS. Whilst I have changed my diet dramatically i'm wondering if there would be an irritant in my diet. Gluten intolerance was ruled out. maybe trying a lactose free diet for a few weeks could proove to be beneficial.
Ed
So i've had daily stomach pains for months now. One GP said anxiety but IBS was a physical underlying issue. Since there's no vomitting or blood, D or C when going to the toilet they're not concerned it's anything sinister. A lot of IBS can simply be pain she said. So other than a few blood tests which came back negative and feeling around my stomach they've just advised to try 4 different IBS meds over the course of the past 2 months+ I've had these daily pains.
None of the 4 meds worked. Now i'm left thinking about what another GP said when I came to him with severe chest and arm pains a while back. He said pain killers wouldn't work for anxiety based symptoms unless they had a placebo effect.
This has led me to think, might this simply be the case with these current IBS meds? This GP who thinkgs it's IBS based is the best GP in my surgery in my opinion. She is very thorough and did say that there would be an IBS medication out there which would help, but it's just a case of finding it.
I don't like the thought of it though. Living day to day on pills to quieten down my stomach. I know that IBS isn't fully understood but I don't want to have to rely on meds. At the moment I just get by day to day. Sometimes the pain really hurts, most of the time it's just an uncomfortable distraction from work or enjoying my free time.
It's something i'll address with my therapist when I start CBT on Saturday. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? I know anxiety can easily cause stomach upset. In fact i'd be happier knowing it was just anxiety as opposed to IBS. Whilst I have changed my diet dramatically i'm wondering if there would be an irritant in my diet. Gluten intolerance was ruled out. maybe trying a lactose free diet for a few weeks could proove to be beneficial.
Ed