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Stomach Cramp, Diarrhea, sweating , light headedness and fainting
I have experienced on 4 occasions in the last 6 years a rather weird Diarrhoea attack which really is painful and scary. Here is a description of what occurs.
1. Sudden abdominal pain which increases in intensity over a short time. The same sensation one might get when they are about to get Diarrhoea.
2. I go to the toilet and try excreting whatever wants to come out. However after about a minute of sitting there with nothing coming out I suddenly few light headed and am starting to get a dizzy spell like I am about to faint and my breathing weakens.
3. This borderline fainting sensation lasts for about another minute before I break out into a sudden sweat all over my body. Within a few seconds I have sweat literally pouring out of me, my clothes are wet as if I ran a marathon or something.
4. After a minute of sweating I suddenly feel something coming out of my rear end. I try to squeeze it out and only a hard stool comes out.
5. The sweating stops and the stomach cramp subsides. I think everything is over and I clean up. I walk out of the toilet and in about 2 minutes time the stomach cramp and the fainting sensation comes back (I've fainted only once to date from this and was out for about 15-20 minutes).
6. When I get back to the toilet I have a really violent Diarrhoea episode in pure liquid state. It takes a few minutes to subside and once I
1. Sudden abdominal pain which increases in intensity over a short time. The same sensation one might get when they are about to get Diarrhoea.
2. I go to the toilet and try excreting whatever wants to come out. However after about a minute of sitting there with nothing coming out I suddenly few light headed and am starting to get a dizzy spell like I am about to faint and my breathing weakens.
3. This borderline fainting sensation lasts for about another minute before I break out into a sudden sweat all over my body. Within a few seconds I have sweat literally pouring out of me, my clothes are wet as if I ran a marathon or something.
4. After a minute of sweating I suddenly feel something coming out of my rear end. I try to squeeze it out and only a hard stool comes out.
5. The sweating stops and the stomach cramp subsides. I think everything is over and I clean up. I walk out of the toilet and in about 2 minutes time the stomach cramp and the fainting sensation comes back (I've fainted only once to date from this and was out for about 15-20 minutes).
6. When I get back to the toilet I have a really violent Diarrhoea episode in pure liquid state. It takes a few minutes to subside and once I
Is anyone having these symptoms on Lisinopril or another ace inhibitor blood pressure med?
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I take lisinopril. My doctor doubled my dose this week and I had an episode this morning! I haven't had one in a year and a half. I had never had problems with this until the last 3-4 years. I've been taking lisinopril a little longer than that.
I had IBS years ago and was told it was to do with sever constipation. I changed my diet, added extra fibre, more fluid, and made sure I was not constipated. reduced stress in my life too. all this seemed to work. Recently a consultant who I was seeing for respiratory problems altered my medication to include medication for reduction of acid reflux. I took it for a month and had to discontinue due to severe stomach pain after eating. I have now not been on it for 2 months and I am still getting the stomach pain after eating - fainting with the pain it is so severe, sweating, and shivering, feeling sick (sometimes I am sick) but not problems with bowels. after having not had this for literally years I am so fed up. I have been trying taking supplement with additional acid, enzymes, including apple cider vinegar with each meal and this does seem to help. Last time I ended up in A & E because they thought I was having a heart attack - all they did was endless tests for heart problems and totally ignored me saying it was my stomach etc. No help from the medical professionals so I am going with trying to sort it out myself like before. I get afraid to eat, and afraid to go out in case I pass out again. No way to live is it?
I have experienced the exact same thing several times over the past 6 years or so. Maybe longer. It used to be very occasional, then for while it became very frequent and I started suspecting food intolerances, IBS, stress. I kept a food log and could not come to any conclusions. I could go days eating everything in my diet without issues and then randomly it would cause trouble. Or I could go days without eating the suspected offenders and would still have symptoms.
Then after starting Lexapro, I had these episodes less and less to the point I thought it was related to anxiety. I ended up going a year or longer without any incidents. Then after a while I started having the symptoms again but they were much more bearable while on the Lexapro, they didn't hurt as much for some reason.
Then I quit lexapro and was still fine, but started getting theses episodes very infrequently again. I even got it while doing the paleo autoimmune diet for 45 days. I got it about 2 weeks into it I think. Which is what told me it had nothing to do with specific foods. There was hardly anything I could eat at all.
Anyway, the conclusion I came to is that this is related to constipation. I started noticing that the symptoms seem to manifest when I have been constipated for a few days (which is very common for me, has been this way for my entire life) AND I eat something that makes my intestines want to empty out ASAP. Such as high amounts of high fiber foods (pop corn, corn, veggies in general after not eating them regularly) and foods high in fat.
I did not have a single incident with any of those foods if I have been having regular bm, even if they look constipated. And if I feel I'm too constipate, I avoid the above mentioned foods.
My theory is that these foods stimulate the bowels and cause contractions, so to speak, and gas, that then becomes painful because the intestine is already somewhat full and kind of blocked. Not a true blockage, but enough that gas can't pass easily, let alone stool. The movement/contractions, press on the vagus nerve causing a vasovagal response (lightheadedness, nausea, sweating, fainting).
The only thing I have to explanation for is the fact that it is impossible to have a BM for a while and even when I can, it's difficult. Even though I have the urge, and I'm trying. It's like there's some type of spasm and I think that's what makes it worse, because your body is trying to eject all of this waste violently and something is not allowing it, which causes the pain to be even more horrible and last longer. I honestly think that if I was able to have a bm right away, it would not be nearly as bad.
I have no idea if this theory is right, but I have been fine ever since I tried to follow these rules. Hopefully that will be the case for a lot who read this because this is not good, it seriously makes me want to die and I wonder if labor would be much worse. I hope not because I will ask to be knocked out if so, it's so unbearable and it's strange to me that something so simple as gas and bowel contractions could be so painful and debilitating. Luckily I have never passed out, but have come close. Somehow I think my extreme anxiety due to the pain and fear of passing out keeps me from passing out.
Then after starting Lexapro, I had these episodes less and less to the point I thought it was related to anxiety. I ended up going a year or longer without any incidents. Then after a while I started having the symptoms again but they were much more bearable while on the Lexapro, they didn't hurt as much for some reason.
Then I quit lexapro and was still fine, but started getting theses episodes very infrequently again. I even got it while doing the paleo autoimmune diet for 45 days. I got it about 2 weeks into it I think. Which is what told me it had nothing to do with specific foods. There was hardly anything I could eat at all.
Anyway, the conclusion I came to is that this is related to constipation. I started noticing that the symptoms seem to manifest when I have been constipated for a few days (which is very common for me, has been this way for my entire life) AND I eat something that makes my intestines want to empty out ASAP. Such as high amounts of high fiber foods (pop corn, corn, veggies in general after not eating them regularly) and foods high in fat.
I did not have a single incident with any of those foods if I have been having regular bm, even if they look constipated. And if I feel I'm too constipate, I avoid the above mentioned foods.
My theory is that these foods stimulate the bowels and cause contractions, so to speak, and gas, that then becomes painful because the intestine is already somewhat full and kind of blocked. Not a true blockage, but enough that gas can't pass easily, let alone stool. The movement/contractions, press on the vagus nerve causing a vasovagal response (lightheadedness, nausea, sweating, fainting).
The only thing I have to explanation for is the fact that it is impossible to have a BM for a while and even when I can, it's difficult. Even though I have the urge, and I'm trying. It's like there's some type of spasm and I think that's what makes it worse, because your body is trying to eject all of this waste violently and something is not allowing it, which causes the pain to be even more horrible and last longer. I honestly think that if I was able to have a bm right away, it would not be nearly as bad.
I have no idea if this theory is right, but I have been fine ever since I tried to follow these rules. Hopefully that will be the case for a lot who read this because this is not good, it seriously makes me want to die and I wonder if labor would be much worse. I hope not because I will ask to be knocked out if so, it's so unbearable and it's strange to me that something so simple as gas and bowel contractions could be so painful and debilitating. Luckily I have never passed out, but have come close. Somehow I think my extreme anxiety due to the pain and fear of passing out keeps me from passing out.
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I agree it has to do with constipation.
I am relieved to know I am not the only one that has experienced this. Only this happened when I was only 16 years old and it never occurred again. The difference is that the pain was so unbearable that I lost eyesight until I fainted.
I got woken up at around 5am, normal time for me to get ready for school. I had this cramp that I thought it was my cue to go to the toilet. I walked to my bathroom and sat there for a few seconds, when I realized the pain was intensifying each ticking second. Panicked, I try pushing hoping it was just my stomach trying to poo. The pain got even worse, and I just held myself whimpering in pain. I was scared out of my mind, even more so because I was home alone. My parents had gone to the hospital that night for my dad's knee pain. I needed to give them a call so I got up and tried to walk myself over to my room. The pain was just unbearable, and that's when I lost eyesight. The room suddenly turned black. I thought the power had gone out so, I stumbled and found the light switch. Nothing. I touched my eyes to make sure they were open. All this time I'm holding myself because of this pain. I started to see some light and that's when I realized it was me who couldn't see. As the pain grew worse, I lose all eyesight again. Finally, I reached my room and without reaching to my phone I collapsed right there and fainted. I woke up who knows how many minutes later to find myself still with no eyesight. I felt something heavy down my pants but I ignored it. I walked all over my house until my eyesight returned. When I went to see what the heavy thing was, to my horror it was my own poop.
My parents returned shortly after and they freaked out. I felt so much better so I told them i didn't need to go to the hospital. But I'm 23 now and that memory still haunts me. What was that? No one has an exact answer.
I hope someone can tell me if they've had a similar experience.
I got woken up at around 5am, normal time for me to get ready for school. I had this cramp that I thought it was my cue to go to the toilet. I walked to my bathroom and sat there for a few seconds, when I realized the pain was intensifying each ticking second. Panicked, I try pushing hoping it was just my stomach trying to poo. The pain got even worse, and I just held myself whimpering in pain. I was scared out of my mind, even more so because I was home alone. My parents had gone to the hospital that night for my dad's knee pain. I needed to give them a call so I got up and tried to walk myself over to my room. The pain was just unbearable, and that's when I lost eyesight. The room suddenly turned black. I thought the power had gone out so, I stumbled and found the light switch. Nothing. I touched my eyes to make sure they were open. All this time I'm holding myself because of this pain. I started to see some light and that's when I realized it was me who couldn't see. As the pain grew worse, I lose all eyesight again. Finally, I reached my room and without reaching to my phone I collapsed right there and fainted. I woke up who knows how many minutes later to find myself still with no eyesight. I felt something heavy down my pants but I ignored it. I walked all over my house until my eyesight returned. When I went to see what the heavy thing was, to my horror it was my own poop.
My parents returned shortly after and they freaked out. I felt so much better so I told them i didn't need to go to the hospital. But I'm 23 now and that memory still haunts me. What was that? No one has an exact answer.
I hope someone can tell me if they've had a similar experience.
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I have been dealing with the same exact thing for 16 years. I have no idea what causes it. I have a BM twice a day and have never been constipated in my life. My first episode was when I was 15. The pain was so bad I passed out. I felt the need to poop so I went to the bathroom. I sat there but nothing came out and then the pain came. The pain was absolutely unbearable, and it came on fast. I was doubled over on the toilet and felt myself getting lightheaded and felt my eyes slowly closing. I whimpered out my mama's name and that's the last thing I remember. I came to with my mama holding me up on the toilet. I finally pooped once I was passed out. It wasn't hard or liquidy. It was like soft serve icecream and it had an almost chemical type smell to it. My mom cleaned me up, but by this time I was soaked from sweat and alarmingly pale. She told me to go to my bedroom but I ended up passing out again on my way to my room. My mom drove me to the hospital where they ran a lot of tests on me. Everything came back negative. I have experienced these "spells" hundreds of times since then. I'm always told it's IBS but I have never heard of IBS being this bad. The only thing that helps for me is an ice hold shower. It's the only thing that keeps me from fainting. The pain is still unbearable to this day and I've given birth to three children. Please, if anyone knows what this is let me know because I would love to have answers. This is no way for a person to live.
As much as it's a relief that I'm not alone in experiencing these same exact symptom....it's worrisome because no one has a definitive answer. I've seen user 'goldenpons' refer to histamine intolerance in repeated posts, so I will definitely look into that....thanks!
But here are my experiences, which are way too similar to what everyone else has reported.
I had my first episode Valentine's night in 2009 as I was bartending an extremely busy shift. I wasn't able to eat much that evening since I was so busy. Hours into my shift I got a really bad stomach ache and ran to the bathroom leaving only 1 bartender behind the bar. I thought I would have a BM and be over with it, but the stomach pains increased in intensity. I started sweating profusely. I managed to leave the stall to find someone to help me (while my pants were still down). I re-entered the stall and felt like I couldn't breathe, while the pains increased and then disappeared. I could only refer to the pain as worse than contractions. I thought I was dying. My friend was going to call 911, but I insisted that I only needed to poop. I drank water and had a cold towel on my neck. Finally, after almost an hour I was able to 'release' a couple rounds, and felt relieved. I was weak the remainder of the evening but it was over. I went to the dr a couple days later and did a transvaginal ultrasound, as the dr thought it was possibly an ovarian cyst that ruptured, but by that time there wasn't anything to see.
I never experienced this again until a couple months ago (May 2016). I had a kale salad and burger patty for dinner. I was watching a movie afterwards and suddenly got a sharp stomach pain which I figured was gas. Then the pain came on stronger. I ran to the bathroom to hopefully pass whatever gas or BM that was building up, but the pain increased and I started sweating profusely. I remembered what I went thru years earlier and panicked. I called my boyfriend in the bathroom to help me. He didn't know what to do. He said he couldn't understand anything I was saying I thought I was on drugs. He got an ice pack for my neck and cold water for me to drink with a straw, as I couldn't lift my head. After what seemed like 'forever' with contractions, I finally passed solid stool. Then the pains started again to release diarrhea. After another diarrhea round it was over. I climbed into bed still sore in the stomach, but woke up feeling great.
And then it happened early this morning. I had a stomach ache all day yesterday but figured I waited too late in the day to eat, and had major gas. I went to bed with the stomach ache but thought I'd sleep it off. Instead I woke about 6am in pain. Ran to the bathroom and once the sweats came on, I yelled out to my boyfriend that it was happening again and that I needed help. He ran to the kitchen to get me an ice pack for my neck, but when he came back to the bathroom, i had fallen and passed out in the shower stall (rear end up) next to the toilet. He woke me up and got me back on the toilet. I thank god this episode didn't last as long as the previous time, but this was the first time I've passed out. After I was able to pass diarrhea, I was able to make it back to bed. This morning my stomach is still cramped....I'm worried it'll happen again at any moment.
Hope we can all find some resolution to this curse :(
But here are my experiences, which are way too similar to what everyone else has reported.
I had my first episode Valentine's night in 2009 as I was bartending an extremely busy shift. I wasn't able to eat much that evening since I was so busy. Hours into my shift I got a really bad stomach ache and ran to the bathroom leaving only 1 bartender behind the bar. I thought I would have a BM and be over with it, but the stomach pains increased in intensity. I started sweating profusely. I managed to leave the stall to find someone to help me (while my pants were still down). I re-entered the stall and felt like I couldn't breathe, while the pains increased and then disappeared. I could only refer to the pain as worse than contractions. I thought I was dying. My friend was going to call 911, but I insisted that I only needed to poop. I drank water and had a cold towel on my neck. Finally, after almost an hour I was able to 'release' a couple rounds, and felt relieved. I was weak the remainder of the evening but it was over. I went to the dr a couple days later and did a transvaginal ultrasound, as the dr thought it was possibly an ovarian cyst that ruptured, but by that time there wasn't anything to see.
I never experienced this again until a couple months ago (May 2016). I had a kale salad and burger patty for dinner. I was watching a movie afterwards and suddenly got a sharp stomach pain which I figured was gas. Then the pain came on stronger. I ran to the bathroom to hopefully pass whatever gas or BM that was building up, but the pain increased and I started sweating profusely. I remembered what I went thru years earlier and panicked. I called my boyfriend in the bathroom to help me. He didn't know what to do. He said he couldn't understand anything I was saying I thought I was on drugs. He got an ice pack for my neck and cold water for me to drink with a straw, as I couldn't lift my head. After what seemed like 'forever' with contractions, I finally passed solid stool. Then the pains started again to release diarrhea. After another diarrhea round it was over. I climbed into bed still sore in the stomach, but woke up feeling great.
And then it happened early this morning. I had a stomach ache all day yesterday but figured I waited too late in the day to eat, and had major gas. I went to bed with the stomach ache but thought I'd sleep it off. Instead I woke about 6am in pain. Ran to the bathroom and once the sweats came on, I yelled out to my boyfriend that it was happening again and that I needed help. He ran to the kitchen to get me an ice pack for my neck, but when he came back to the bathroom, i had fallen and passed out in the shower stall (rear end up) next to the toilet. He woke me up and got me back on the toilet. I thank god this episode didn't last as long as the previous time, but this was the first time I've passed out. After I was able to pass diarrhea, I was able to make it back to bed. This morning my stomach is still cramped....I'm worried it'll happen again at any moment.
Hope we can all find some resolution to this curse :(
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I have the same exact symptoms happen about once every few months and I can't get any resolution to the problem. I have never passed out but have come close and sometimes I'm so nauseated that I vomit. I wish we knew what this was and were able to treat it. It's absolute hell when it occurs and believe me I know, it's worse than labor and passing a kidney stone!
I'm always getting this,first got stomach pain back in 2012 it eventually went. But this year since March I've been getting stomach ache 3 or 4 times a week. Often feeling sick and diarrhoea to. Last night I actually thought I was going to die. Got really bad stomach pain, felt ever so hot, and was about to pass out until I went outside and sat down in a cool breeze. Went to doctors last week might go back again tomorrow. Last week he put me on a 48 hour water only diet, no food at all. Just want to feel better now.
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