Alcohol, ibs? Pancreatitis? Help!

its prob IBS.  It can take all shapes and forms and be brought on by many things there are also other things it could be but the best measure is blood tests and you seem to have had all these, try not to worry I'm sure it's IBS 

IBS is not only brought on by drink its a syndrome that is not particularly brought on by anything and can happen at any time.

You didnt mention if your bowel movements are loose, solid, semi soid changeing  all the time and accompanied by pain in lower abdomin. That was my experience of IBS. What do you drink? do you drink the same alcoholic beverage all the time, if so try something else and see it you get the same symptoms. In my

experience certain alcohol can play havoc with my tum. If you get the same symptoms with all alcoholic drinks then I would say whatever is in the alcohol

is irritating your digestive system. Also, do you get the pain at any other time other then when you drink alcohol. You must weigh up all these possibilities and write down what you have eaten and drank when you get the symptoms. You may have an in tolerance to alcohol.  Hope this will be of some help.

Do you have any blood in your stool. Just to rule it out as a process of elimination,why dont you do a bowel cancer screening. Send for the bowel

screening kit and follow the instructions. Your can get one free from nhs and take it from there.  Kind regards.

Im glad that the result of your bowel screening test was fine. I think the only

option left is to see your GP and ask for an MRI scan, you dont mention that you have had one. Perhaps that the other tests you have had  missed something, this can happen. I do hope you get to the bottom of what is causing

your pain. Kind regards.

I met up with friends for first time in a long while and we did drink quite a lot. The next day I woke up feeling like I pulled a muscle under my left Breast, the pain was mainly in my breast but I tried to ignore it. Follow on the next time I drank and I woke up in agony, pain in my breast/rib/ feeling like it went up my chest. Worse when I lay down. Drinking seemed to really aggravated it and that's what led me here. I'm terrified now. I've had a few health issues past yea.. Since having 2nd child diagnosed hypothyroid and had lots of blood tests on kidneys etc. I don't drink much really but did party in my 20's.

So scared there is something else falling apart. Did you ever get any answers? Thanks x

Your symptoms sound so familiar.  I have battled the same symptoms for many years.  The ER doctors assumed I was having pancreatitis attacks and would give me pain meds and send me home.  After having multiple attacks last year and being hospitalized with malnutrition as the official diagnosis because I had lost over 30 lbs and blood tests confirmed it, I finally got to see a GI doctor that did more tests and the CT scan showed that I had a bowel obstruction and nothing wrong with my pancreas.  I am not sure that this what was originally wrong with me because I had been having symptoms for several years.  My theory is that the chronic nature caused the inflammation in my colon that resulted in the obstruction.  I say this because the surgeon took out the inflamed colon section, about a foot and a half, and my symptoms are returning.  I have not had any alcohol at all in over 2 years because of the intense pain and problems associated with it afterwards.  So my guess is that the alcohol has only increased the severity in your case.  I was on a mostly liquid diet before the surgery, which helped.  I have now learned to stick to the liquids, even though I love to eat.  Meat is a big trigger for me, as well as vegetables.  There are lots of other good threads that can give you tips.  The best I can tell you is to listen to your body and avoid the triggers.  If it's only alcohol, then avoid it and be thankful that is the only one. I avoided it and it did not resolve.  My experience has told me that even if the doctors say they have the answer, chances are that it is just a quick fix for the symptom and the problem is still there.  What I put in my body seems to be the biggest problem and or solution.  I hope you find the answers and get some relief.  Gastro problems are no picnic.  

I have also same prob. Upper left pain day after drink. from 4-5 months. Not regular only when i drink tomuch. Short breath in night time,when i close my eyes imidately brain thinking diffrent kind of stories,the fealing is like some kind of atack heart beat fast. After every half or one hour i nead water.when i drink water i feel ralife. Now have to stop drinking.