[Fiona 123]

HiHow I started with IBS back in Sept 09,was that I had a solid/hard feeling around the stomach area. This feeling I still get.My con has said that this is down to anxiety, and the muscles are tight..does anyone else get this?After I have eaten I can feel my stomach feeling hard and tender .Fiona

 

[Kathleen M.]

Pretty much every last way you can think of to describe your discomfort/pain/tenderness is part of IBS.Anxiety doesn't help and usually makes every pain of anything worse that it would be if you weren't anxious.Most people have physical symptoms of their anxiety as well. So nothing you described sounds like something other than anxiety, or IBS, or some combination of them.