[DonnaV]

Does anyone else suffer with spasms of muscle pains in the back. I am often getting spasms of pain in different parts of my back. The pain jabs on and off for a few days, it feels like a strained muscle. Has anyone had this? Could it be trapped wind in my back?

 

[bellyknot]

Hi Donna,Yes I've had the same pain. It even woke me out of a dead sleep because it felt like someone was digging their elbow into my back. I haven't had it that bad for a long time, but I believe it is gas. I take Zelmac and don't eat too late or too many carbs. I hope you find something that could help. Have you tried Gas-X? It helps me with upper gas. Give it a try.Or maybe an antispasmotic.

 

[DonnaV]

Hi bellyknot, All i take at the moment is probiotics and magnesium tabs, I have really suffered this week with this pain in my back, always on just one side and it really feels like a strained muscle. Ive never heard of Gas X but will enquire at health shop near me. Unfortunately alot of the products I read about on here, we dont seem to get here. Hopefully, I will find some sort of relief soon. Thanks for responding to my cry for help.

 

[bellyknot]

Donna,Gas-x is just an over the counter gas relief med. You may have it under another name. Doesn't the mag give you gas? It does me. I hope you are feeling better and also that you will have that back pain checked out. Maybe it is a strained muscle.There isn't a thing they'll do about it but maybe give you muscle relaxers. Do hot baths help?

 

[Joan Gregg]

ANOTHER brand of Gax-X ishazyme.All any of them are is simethicone (sp?)

 

[flux]

Could it be trapped wind in my back?[?quote]If you don�t ever pass gas, then no.

 

[LyndaB]

Donna.. I have had trapped gas that has been so bad, I couldn't stand up straight. I always thought it was a pulled muscle and the doc even gave me a muscle relaxant over the phone last year because I couldn't get up or even walk to the kitchen.That time, it was up high across the middle of my back, and I could hardly breathe. I just had it happen again 2 days ago. This time it was down low in the middle of my stomach. It was really bad and I figured I would be in bed for a week as usual. I thought I pulled a muscle bending over. My IBS had been flaring up,and since this was in the front, radiating around to my back, I started to wonder if it was gas pains. I got out the heating pad, took Cat's Claw and then tried a Colon Cleanser tablet that night. The next morning it was much better and today it is nearly gone. I am convinced that when this "back" problem happens, it is gas..I was beginning to think I was crazy..

 

[ibspeck]

I don't know whether its gas or not but I get the pain usually in lower left side. It doesn't usually spread to right side, although it did this attack. Normally I get the pain in the front and if it spreads to back (kidney area but its not kidneys) then I know I'm in for a bad attack http://www.ibsgroup.org/ubb/confused.gif The only thing that tends to help me is to take 5mg. diazepam 4 x day and that over 2-3 days alleviates all symptoms. BUT IT'S A REAL PAIN and you sure don't want to eat!I also get the bloating which can give me a distended stomach which is hard as a rock. Sometimes when I wake up in the morning, I can literally feel a hard bulge on my lower left side. It eventually disappears. Has anyone else had this?

 

[carolauren]

When I'm badly bloated my stomach gets very hard too. Sometimes my colon swells up so much it literally bulges out the sides of my abdomen between my ribs and pelvis. Very uncomfortable.

 

[Teresa Gama]

Gasgirl, and do you have terrible pain in your abdomen when you're very bloated? Thanks

 

[DonnaV]

Hi Lynda, Im so glad you responded to my cry for help as I really have been thinking Im going mad. I have have these pains in my back now for more than 2 weeks this time. Ive had them so many times before and just couldnt quite pinpoint what I could of done to pull a muscle. Sometimes I can be fine during the day then all of a sudden, "BANG" Pain in full force again in my back and in different parts of the back. I have landed up this week having to take an antiflamotory tab and as u know that does not help with the IBS but if I dont take it then im stuck in bed for ages not being able to stand on my leg as that feels like a pinch nerve. Boy! I tell you, half the time i feel like a real old crock, Im surprised my hubby has not traded me in yet! LOL I really need to find some way to relieve this if it is wind as the pain is truly depressing me. So I will drink another colon cleanse myself tonight and tosed to better health for all of us!

 

[carolauren]

Teresa, I can't call it pain, just very uncomfortable. Sometimes I get spasms, kind of an achy, throbbing pain in my lower abdomen, but this can happen whether I'm really bloated or not. Mostly what I get is lots of pressure and gas.

 

[Stace]

I suffer with trapped gas, also. Prescription anti-spasmodics really help with this. I have taken both Librax and Bentyl in the past and within an hour of taking a pill, I am able to pass the gas and the pain is gone.If you haven't tried a prescription anti-spas, I would highly recommend it.Good luck,stacey

 

[carolauren]

Oh, mine passes! And passes...and passes...

for hours at a time. Bentyl helps the spasms alot, and a Bentyl and hour before eating, with simethicone at the start of the meal sometimes help the gas build-up quite a bit.

 

[Teresa Gama]

Stace and Gasgirl, i don't think we have Bentyl in my country. What is its composition? Is it intended for gas or spasms? Thank you so much.

 

[Tlyon]

Hi...Bentyl never helped me, made me sooo sleepy. I take Levbid, both are prescription meds. Smooth muscle relaxers. One of those, some Gas-X, and if someone is feeling generous, a good back rub, helps. Hope you feel better soon. I know how painful it can be.

 

[Stace]

Is there a prescription drug called Spasmonal or Dicetel in your country? They are both smooth-muscle relaxants (and are not available here in the U.S., so maybe they are where you are). They are also called anti-cholinergic drugs. They relax the smooth, involuntary muscles of the GI tract. For me these drugs are wonderful because when the smooth-muscles are relaxed, the pain goes away and the gas flows freely and out.Stacey

 

[carolauren]

The generic name for Bentyl is dicyclomine, and for Levsin, hyoscyamine.

 

[Teresa Gama]

Yes, we do have it but with another name. Thanks again so much. I'm going to give it a try. Hope all of you feel better. This IBS is frustrating. All the best

Teresa

 

[DIGNIT]

I am in the processof being diagnosed. Im nervous and worried. Is it normal to have lower abdominal pain constantly. It's like I can almost pinpoint the spots where it's inflamed. I have been prescribed Levisin. Does it help? Does it make you sleepy? I have so many questions. Does spicy food make you hurt?