I have had the same problems and usually it happens in the middle of the nite with me too. Did they ever figure out what was wrong?
Just wanted to add another data point -- male, early 30s, in good health and weight/height ratio good... I have the same issue once every few weeks. Sometimes related to what i'm eating, other times because I have gone too long without eating and just have had water (which is weird I know)
Build up in gas, I get sweaty and clammy, and then get a severe piercing sharp pain in my lower abdomen. I haven't passed out yet from the pain, but i've come close -- easily one the most painful experiences in my life, i'm doubled over in pain and can't move. Like others, I try to relax and do breathing exercises. Gas-x won't do anything because it takes too long to take effect, I would need relief immediately. The bulk of the time it happens in the late evening (8-11pm) or early hours of the morning (2-5 am).
Happens every few weeks, this has been going on for years and i've just dealt with it, it's only a few seconds in duration but feels like an eternity. I haven't bothered my Doctor about it, I don't even know how I would explain it, I can't seem to find any correlation between when it happens and diet. I get plenty of fiber (daily shredded wheat) and also do greek yogurt daily.
Build up in gas, I get sweaty and clammy, and then get a severe piercing sharp pain in my lower abdomen. I haven't passed out yet from the pain, but i've come close -- easily one the most painful experiences in my life, i'm doubled over in pain and can't move. Like others, I try to relax and do breathing exercises. Gas-x won't do anything because it takes too long to take effect, I would need relief immediately. The bulk of the time it happens in the late evening (8-11pm) or early hours of the morning (2-5 am).
Happens every few weeks, this has been going on for years and i've just dealt with it, it's only a few seconds in duration but feels like an eternity. I haven't bothered my Doctor about it, I don't even know how I would explain it, I can't seem to find any correlation between when it happens and diet. I get plenty of fiber (daily shredded wheat) and also do greek yogurt daily.
When in severe pain or after a bad emotional surprise, the body starts to go into shock. One of the main consequences of shock is decreased perfusion. Perfusion is simply how blood filters through the tissues of the body and is carried to all extremities. When in shock, blood tends to pool in the vein and other peripheral parts of the circulatory system, decreasing the amount of blood being transported to the heart. With less blood to pump, heart rate increases and blood pressure drops. This accounts for fainting in people experiencing severe pain or who have just learned disturbing news.
Exactly what happened to me last night. Second time in my life. First time about 6 months ago. Woke up feeling like my stomach is unsettled , walk to bath room. First the sound goes then the vision, then the sweating. Border line passing out And then it's over. As quickly as it came. Loosish bowels for the next 12 hours or so.
This is what we all have guys!! I have this too. It's horrible and goes as fast as it comes. When mine starts up if I have time I immedeatly turn on the tub on hot water and jump in and sit there. But the whole almost passing out and getting sweat clammy and pale thing the last two times I don't have time to fill the tub. I can only lay there and wait and make myself stay concious. I know you can all relate. Please Google Proctalgia fugax.....it's basically a charlie horse in our bums. And it sucks!
Proctalgia fugax (or levator syndrome) is a severe, episodic, rectal and sacrococcygeal pain.[1] It can be caused by cramp of the pubococcygeus or levator ani muscles.[2]
I have had this happened to me for years, I am now 56.
food has nothing to do with it....that last guest post was the correct answer.
this is how I deal with it....when I feel the pain coming, I turn my fan on full blast by my bed and soak a cloth with COLD water for the back of my neck. If on the toilet I use the cloth, but If I feel that passing out thing, I go lay on the bed in front of the fan and if I sh*t on the bed, well, I sh*t on the bed.
I also do my best and notice if it's been3-4 days since a bowel movement and then talk a laxative, to elivate the problem before it starts.
My doctor totally agreed with this process.
food has nothing to do with it....that last guest post was the correct answer.
this is how I deal with it....when I feel the pain coming, I turn my fan on full blast by my bed and soak a cloth with COLD water for the back of my neck. If on the toilet I use the cloth, but If I feel that passing out thing, I go lay on the bed in front of the fan and if I sh*t on the bed, well, I sh*t on the bed.
I also do my best and notice if it's been3-4 days since a bowel movement and then talk a laxative, to elivate the problem before it starts.
My doctor totally agreed with this process.
Im trying to figure out the same thing for my mother. She woke up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom and passed out. She was white as a ghost and when she woke up within a few minutes it seemed like she was in a daze and then went back to normal. When she started to talk she said she had a horrible stomach pain and felt that she was going to pass out and eventually did. I really hope i find out because my mom hates going to to the doctors but im scared its something serious.
I just read about this condition and it defines exactly what I'm going through. The pain is excruciating and only occurs for a few seconds to a few minutes. It hurts to move and I try to breath through it. Sometimes if I pass gas it goes away. Sometimes the pain comes as my body is trying to pass gas. THANKS for the info
I've also had the same symptoms, go to the loo for #2, pain builds and builds in my abdomen, profuse sweating, loose stools, feeling like i'm going to pass out (sometimes do). Its agony and extremely scary and I beg for it to pass. My last episode was at work 2 days ago, late afternoon and I've just been to the docs today who checked me over but nothing obvious to be found. Got to see him in a week for blood test results. First started 18 years ago (remember it vividly) and had a total of around 8 in that time. Its really horrible for all of us, and I empathise with you all.
I thought that I was the only one with those same symptoms. Noone has been able to give me a straight answer and it is very frustrating to me. I get so weak that I can't sit up, I can't even speak. I do notice though that if I eat some foods that are too rich or spicy I will had an attack that night. Even still, why? I want answers not guesses.
i have a number of family members who have had their gall bladder removed and your symptoms match up perfectly with what they had and with what my doctor told me to watch out for.
I am glad I am not the only one experiencing these horrible things, mine started a few months back, I woke up in the middle of the nite, my stomach hurt sooo bad it felt as thought my stomach was being twisted inside out, I went to sit on the toilet, and sat there for 20 minutes, the pain was so horrible I ended up throwing up, and it was all over. It has happened a few more times since, and every time I end up throwing up becuase of the pain Im assuming, now I recalled that my brother went into the hospital last yr & had surgery becuase if I remember correctly he had a muscle wrapped around his intestine or colon Im not exactly sure which, but I got a call into him right now to ask him what his symptoms were.
Hi,
I can see I am about a year behind on this thread starting. I guess I am a veteran with these attacks. I am now 56 years old and have had these since I was nineteen. Started with being given a too strong laxative to take the night before a cystoscopi procedure.
Ended up on the floor after having managed to barely get out of the toilet. Have had episodes with varying frequency since then. Sometimes ok for a year, sometimes monthly intervals.
Now my eldest daughter is experiencing the same cramps. She has suggested after searching the net that apart from the actual bowels cramping it could be the muscels in the pelvic floor. Check out the following on the net, Proctalgia fugax or Levator ani syndrome.
I have some muscle relaxing medication that helps especially if taken as soon as it starts, also using breathing learnt from child birth can take you through the pain and at least avoid you passing out.
This happens to me fairly frequently, and has been going on for just about 20 years now...sometimes the cramping is so painful I throw up, and sometimes I fear I am going to pass out from the pain (but have yet to have this happen). My doctors blow it off and say it's probably IBS, I've had ultrasounds done and much speculation as to what might be causing it, but nothing has really ever been done, no colonoscopy or anything...usually a hot bath or hot water bottle will keep the symptoms from subsiding, also lying down on your left side with your right knee pulled up opens up the passage to allow everything to flow less painfully. Avoiding food helps too (lol), but obviously we need to eat sometimes! Sorry I have no answers, but at least you can know you are not alone, and if you didn't already know about the tips, there you have it...good luck to you!
Thank you all so much...even if we don't know what it is, I feel validated, which helps a great deal...I'm not crazy, and/or a hypochondriac! I'm also a little less scared of what it might be...