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[Lancschic]

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I am D type so i am not constipated nor is it diarrhea at the moment calcium is helping abit. I have been twice today so far and after i go and it stays all day after i have bad pressure like my ass is going to fall out sorry only way i can desribe it! I had it about 6 months ago and then had anal botox for anal fissure but thats healed up fine. My GI said i don't have hemmies or a fissure so what is the pressure then? It puts me of doing anything its always there feels like its pulling down and i need to go but i don't i have tried... Its driving me mad is this just ibs??

[Korga]

I experience that from time to time.

[BQ]

is this just ibs??

As has been mentioned.. IBS'ers can have visceral hypersensitivity.. You may need to learn to ignore feelings like that.

[Lancschic]

Thanks korga i wish mine was just from time to time its everytime. I try to ignore it doesn't work feels like my bowels will fall out if that makes sence think i will bring it up next time i see the GI because it can't be normal... last time it was because i had a fissure even my surgeon said so who gave me botox injections this time i'm not sure.

[BQ]

First off it take practice to ignore it.... like I said you need to learn how to ignore it. And that takes time.

feels like my bowels will fall out if that makes sence

No I am sorry this doesn't make sense to me. Could you be more specific or try to describe it differently????

think i will bring it up next time i see the GI because it can't be normal

Actually yes it can be normal for IBS'ers to have all kinds of sensations that others may not feel because of the: visceral hypersensitivity.

[Ihaveibs]

Lancschic, check out the "Rumbling" post down aways in the General Discussion forum. Do any of those descriptions of others' sensations seem to fit with what you are experiencing?

[annie7]

Lancshic---just a guess but i wonder if it could be a rectal prolapse--possibly an internal prolapse if the rectum isn't protruding from the anus. has your gastro checked you for that? i've read other people saying things similar to what you said--that they felt a pulling and/or a constant pressure down there--often like something is falling out-- and then their doc--either through an office exam or --more accurately-- by testing--dx'd a prolapse.i could easily be way off base here since you're a d-type. i think prolapses mainly happen with c-types??? sorry i don't know more about it. it's just that how you described it sounded familiar, like how some people have described their prolapse. yes- definitely mention it to your GI. http://www.webmd.com...-topic-overview

[LuSmith]

I used to get it constantly, sometimes still do. I think mine was actually incomplete evacuation but I seem to have pelvic floor probs so I'm not sure how helpful this is. I am sure ibs can cause all sorts of horrible feelings because I sure experience strange ones!

[Lancschic]

Yeah i think i have pelvic floor problems since having my daughter could be that. Yes i have heard of that annie been looking this up lol. Will do ihaveibs will look down the posts thanks. I had this feeling before... Before ibs!!! So i doubt it's just ibs its not something i can just ignore either ive tried obviously i still have to do everything but it makes it harder. Maybe i have some imflammitry in my anus can that cause pressure? Anal botox sorted it last time but my GI said fissure has gone. He hasn't done any tests yet i am waiting to see him again he just had a look. He said mine doesn't sound like 'ibs' i don't get pain either i am just lucky or i dunno. Thanks everyone for answering i know this sucks for us all but i am happy i am not alone in this. Thanks again dani!

[Ihaveibs]

Keep us posted with what you find out!

[pip x]

I am D type so i am not constipated nor is it diarrhea at the moment calcium is helping abit. I have been twice today so far and after i go and it stays all day after i have bad pressure like my ass is going to fall out sorry only way i can desribe it! I had it about 6 months ago and then had anal botox for anal fissure but thats healed up fine. My GI said i don't have hemmies or a fissure so what is the pressure then? It puts me of doing anything its always there feels like its pulling down and i need to go but i don't i have tried... Its driving me mad is this just ibs??

Hi I've suffered this on and off over the past 10 years. I was diagnosed with internal hemmies 10 years ago when i first had it. They were very high up and only seen with the camera. But i am sure that they were not the cause of the pressure/pain. I think that when you get a problem in that area, whether it be piles/fissures etc, you tend to tense up the muscles there so tightly that they cant relax. After a few months the feeling did go eventually. It came back about 4 years ago and was constant until a few months ago. I was back and forth to the GP so many times and i was sure i had something awful. I also ended up taking so many pills etc to try to stop the pressure/pain that it put me to bed for 3 days. I couldnt move because i had inflamed the back passage through laxatives etc. I learnt to ignore it though by keeping busy and finding something else to focus on. After you have emptied your bowels try to have a warm bath straight after. As soon as i have 'been' now, i do something straight away to take my mind off it and i only 'go' if i get the desperate urge, so that i am not sitting on the loo constantly without anything happening. I am sure its a muscular thing and the more i think about about it the worse it gets. It has taken a good few months for me to get this far so i know its not easy to just ignore it. I am IBS-a so its quite hard to find anything that helps, but i am on amitriptyline 50mg each night and they do help. I hope you get some relief soon, but i know exactly what you are going through.

[Lancschic]

Thank you all i will write back after i see my GI again i don't think its serious just strange that i had this before i got ibs and its back again. I think it maybe pelvic floor related or not emptying enough even though i am D! I don't know where it all comes from lol! I have been abit better on imodium lately the pains are not as bad so for now i am sticking with these... I have started fodmaps so i hope this helps.

[AIRPLANE]

Lancschic,If I understood correctly, you said that the anal botox did help with the pressure sensation? If so, that might be a useful clue. I have heard of Botox injections being used for tight pelvic floor muscles which could explain why the pressure sensation temporarily went away while you were on it.I have had a lot of pressure sensations since this all began for me back in 1984 after apparently doing too much heavy lifting while working. I definitely feel like things are prolapsed- feels like everything is lower and sags- chest, abdomen, pelvis but doctors always insisted that I didn't have a prolapse and kept telling me to do Kegels which did nothing to help. My pelvis often feels sore and painful and I have read that if this is the case then Kegels can do more harm than good because the pain and/or spasms probably mean that things are already too tight down there. Also, doctors are diagnosing me as having constipation even though my stools are very loose. I don't think they fully understand that incomplete/difficult evacuation and constipation are not the same thing. You can have IBS A, C or D and still have that problem as we all know from reading various posts here. In fact, my doctor told me that one of the things I should try was a laxative which I know would make me totally housebound but of course I know that I have to do what I think is best based on my own experience- not what the doctor says and I realize that they have to put something down on paper to make it look like they came up with a treatment plan even when they really don't have a clue! I'm also reading lately that doctors are noticing a lot of overlapping issues in patients- IBS, incomplete evacuation, Interstitial Cystitis, other bladder issues, Vulvodynia, Fibromyalgia and they think that there must be a common or root cause. It probably isn't just a coincidence that so many of us have more than one issue. Pelvic Floor Dysfunction can be one possible issue and there are treatments where they re-educate and loosen the pelvic floor muscles. As to what caused it to develop in the first place can be many things but the main thing is to recognize and consider it.I have been referred for a two-week course of pelvic floor retraining for the 2nd time. I didn't go through with it the last time because it was too expensive and of course in the U.S. if insurance doesn't cover it (and mine wouldn't) then you have to pay out-of-pocket and the cost was pretty high. I've yet to check with my insurance for coverage this time around but if they agree to it I will probably give it a try. My main concern though is that if it doesn't work then I will be blamed for the failure rather than maybe considering that the treatment wasn't what I needed or wasn't enough. Other physical therapists seem to think my real issue is adhesions so there is some disagreement as to what the main cause is. And if adhesions were a factor then I'm concerned that it could effect the outcome of the treatment. But when I tried to discuss adhesions with the doctor and physical therapist they didn't seem interested in that possibility.You should definitely tell the doctor about how the Botox provided relief and ask about Pelvic Floor Dysfunction.