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Feeling Faint

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taytime
taytime

Anyone have this problem that when your stomach starts to cramp you feel like you are going to throw up or pass out? I am wondering if it is my anxiety doing that for fear of the pain or if it is associated with IBS?

Any suggestions on how to control this feeling and I am already on anxiety meds but for the past week my anxiety has been really high

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  • kate47167
    kate47167 taytime

    Posted

    Hi I feel your pain sad

    My IBS has got so painful after a miss carriage and anti biotics sad( so constipated and the cramps and pain makes me wretch and cry

    I also have anxiety and start SSRI soon and tomorrow I start hypnotherapy for IBS and it it helps like it does for anxiety I can't wait.

  • janet74211
    janet74211 taytime

    Posted

    Hi,

    Yes I do and get a lot of diarrhoea, IBS is law unto it's own, affectspeople in so many different my ways. Not everyone will get the same symptoms but someone will always have some or several symptoms as someone else. And they can change with the bouts. If you have not already seen the doctor then YOU need to. I have sickness tablets from my doctor which help.

  • beth79547
    beth79547 taytime

    Posted

    Hey. I also get this but i am almost certain its my anxiety. I suffer with ibs but these days i never no how im truley feeling because of my anxiety. I have tried mebeverine, buscopan and am now on a mild dose of amitriptaline. I always carry immodium but when i take it i feel very strange.its controlling my life and making me very sad.  i hate taking tablests etc. but something i swear by is oil of peppermint tablets from holland and barrett. when ever i feel funny i take on and they are soooo good. worth a try! 
    • janet74211
      janet74211 beth79547

      Posted

      If in UK then peppermint oil tabs are on prescription, if you pay for you'd prescriptions then compare the costs between both and do the cheapest.
  • beancounter
    beancounter taytime

    Posted

    Yes.. I have experienced these symptoms. In fact I have actually fainted many times - the most recent was last night when my wife discovered me on the bathroom floor after falling off the toilet in severe agony with an IBS attack.

    The fainting is a sudden result of loss of blood pressure, you get hot/cold and then sometimes faint. Prior to fainting I am in severe pain but strangely after recovering from fainting the pain is usually gone - apart from a sore head hitting the concrete floor !

    I swear by peppermint oil capsules which are available from most chemists without prescription. I take two when I feel the onset of problems and they usually start to take effect after about 15 minutes. Unfortunately some of my IBS attacks occur in less than 15 minutes, which leaves me in severe pain. 

    I avoid fatty meats which is always a trigger. Stress and anxiety will also make symptoms worse and more frequent.

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