I started getting really bad pain in my left and right sides when I was a teenager (nearly 6 years ago) and no, I wasn’t having sex with anyone!!!

I’ve been to 4 different doctors and none of them have helped me at all.

I’ve been told I had gall stones, spastic colon, kidney infection, none of which were right, I was tested for allergies and told I tested positive for gluten intolerance, but not to worry about it because I was only carrying the gene :-S I had a CT can which showed a huge cyst on my left ovary, but they never did anything about it, said it was gone the next day at an ultrasound.

I asked if it could be endometriosis, the doctor said no, I was too young.

They’ve given me pills and told me they were painkillers, but I googled and they were actually anti-anxiety meds.
I also had a bloated stomach, but the doctor didn’t seem concerned.
Lately it’s gotten even more painful and my stomach is suddenly really bloated, yesterday some woman asked if I was pregnant and it left me in tears.
My last period was really heavy, I passed huge clots the size of my fist for days.
I asked one of the doctors to put me on the pill to see if it helped get rid of the pain (it was a last resort idea I had) and it seemed to work for awhile.
I’m back to square one now? What do I do? See another doctor? Does anyone know what this could be?

i was in the er 3 nights ago due to stomach pains they gave me medicine while i was there, it worked for about 45 minutes, when i got home the medicine had completely worn off and the pain was worse than before they gave it to me, and it has been non-stop since than varying in the level of pain. i have also had flu like symptoms, and been sleeping a lot more than i normally would. and if i eat or drink anything at all even water or crackers or flat ginger ale it makes it worse. the doctor in the ER said i have spastic colon and gave me a prescription (same thing i was give while in the er). since being there i have taken 2 pregnancy tests, both of which we positive. i cant go to my primary care doctor yet as i just moved and i am waiting for them to change all my info and assign me a primary care to write me an ob/gyn referral. could this be something serious where i need to go back to the ER or i can wait a week until they are finished transferring all of my insurance and assign me a doctor. (the only way my insurance will cover anything but the doctor im assigned or referred to is through an ER visit so going to a doctor is out of the option for a week)

Hi I have a tiny bump on my testicle about the size of a pinhead. It is next to my epiderymis (forgot how to spell it). Anyway I have been worried about having cancer since last year due to pains in my body but I was diagnosed with a spastic colon (brought on by stress) following a ct scan of my stomach area. No cancer was found. This bump is probably just a cyst or something harmless but I would like to see if anyone knows better. I will get it checked out if it doesnt go away. Thanks!

i have had sharp cramping pains in my stomach for abotu three months and i have been having bleeding from downstairs if you know what i mean, and when i get these cramps i immediately have to go to the bathroom and my stools are loose and also have blood in them. i dont have health insurance but i went to the ER yesterdya and all they did was draw blood, and give me a caphiter and he said that i had a spastic colon and maybe an internal hemroid. i think the dr is lazy and full of shit because the pain is my stomach is SO bad i have to sit down im like doubling over in pain and i start sweating really bad, and its not my period bc i had my period last week and i stopped bleeding for a week then i started again its like pink blood everytime i wipe. i cant make an appt with an obgyn bc i dont have health insurance. and i just had a baby three months ago and they examined me at my 6 week check up andsaid everything was good but would they be able to tell i have cancer. what should i do? i need to seee a dr asap

I’m fed up. I have a urologist, neurologist, gastroenterologist, internist, orthopedist, rheumatologist, gynecologist and an acupuncturist… and I’m only 25 years old. My doctors are all dumbfounded but are having fun trying to diagnose me. I’m fed up though and tired of being in pain. Please help.

My blood and urine tests come up fine, aside from a high calcium level, but only at 13.2. My CRF is low… so it’s apparently not an inflammation problem. My Xrays are fine, aside from “insignificant” scoliosis (3 curves). My MRI results show an “insignificant” hernia in my neck and “insignificant nerve degeneration” in my L1 and L2 discs.

My doctors suspect endometriosis, spastic colon (IBS), interstitial cystitis, and a non-inflammatory rheumatological disorder.

I have pain… and lots of it. I have pain in my female organs, my intestines, my bladder, my rectum, my joints, my head and my skin. It varies from dull and constant aching to sharp shooting pain.

Bladder- It hurts and feels very uncomfortable. It makes me have to urinate frequently. Just yesterday I peed over 20 times… 2-3 times per hour, sometimes more…. and I only drank one glass of water. I generally drink a lot of water, but on days like this, I try not to because it just makes it worse or so it seems. This pain and frequent urination comes and goes randomly. It’s made worse by tea and coffee. No cystoscopy yet because I was told that even if it was IC, there’s nothing much to do about it.

Joints- They hurt and are stiff almost every morning, but that also comes and goes randomly. When this happens I usually can’t do much of anything for at least 2 hours… usually more. This affects every single one of my joints. Can’t grip things too well and it feels like my hands are swollen, though they aren’t. In addition to that, I’m freakishly flexible (I can push my thumb forward and touch my arm easily)… so much so that my shoulder and hips pop out of socket frequently (or feel that way) and OUCH, that hurts! Aside from the morning problems I have the most joint pain in my shoulders, hips and knees. In the last 2 years this has been worse, but I can remember these types of problems since I was young. Doctors said I had “growing pains” but those pains are still here… grrr.

Muscles- Strong stabbing pain and shooting pain. Happens in random muscles at random times.

Head- Headaches in certain small points on my head: my temples, top left and right corners of the back of my head and bottom left and right corners of the back of my head. This usually happens in ONE of these points at a time, never on both sides.

Jaw- Ouch. I wake up and my jaw hurts like hell. My dentist says I’ve been grinding my teeth. On top of that my jaw gets random shooting and aching pains from time to time that don’t seem to be related with grinding my teeth.

Face- I’ve had several staph infections on my face: eyebrows, chin and jaw line.

Ears- Ouch. Lots of random inner ear pain that comes and goes randomly, sometimes radiates down through the side of my neck. Sometimes I have ringing in my ears. Also, ears are super sensitive to wind and cold (even barely cool weather).

Neck- neck pain and soreness at the back of my neck. Frequent “cricks in the neck” since childhood”. Sometimes when I make a particular slight movement with my neck to look up and I lean my head back a bit, I get TERRIBLE pain coming from the top of my neck/base of my skull that radiates upward around the base of my skull. When this happens everything goes BLACK for a second. The pain from this is so strong it can hurt for a good 30 minutes. After happening it can happen again very easily. Also, strong pinching pain in 2 locations on the front of my neck, on either side of my throat (on the outside of my neck, not deep inside). I also get this pinching sensation in my thighs in 2 specific locations.

Back- lower back pain, pain between my shoulder blades. I hate massages though because it hurts when people poke me with their fingers. If I do get a massage it has to be with one’s flattened palm.

GI- abdominal and pelvic pain (cramping, stabbing, radiating, throbbing, electrical, shooting, dull and aching pain), lots of gas, shooting rectal pain, constipation, diarrhea, mucus in stool, daily morning cramps with TERRIBLE pain (like severe menstrual cramps) that has me curled up in a ball squirming around (relieved after going to the bathroom).

…That’s not all… see comments
Random weird stuff- burning rectangular patches of skin (no rash, just burning sensation) that lass from 2 hours to several days. It hurts more when I touch it, when my clothes rub up against it or when a veryyyyyy slight breeze blows over it. It BURNS like a real burn. It happens randomly with no pattern. It can show up on my arms, thights, butt, hips, abdomen, love handles and back. In addition, I randomly get tingling sensations in my fingers, hands, feet and toes. This comes and goes randomly.

Sleep- When I wake up from a nap I feel like I’ve been beat up with a baseball bat. My entire body hurts. Sometimes this happens when I wake up from a full night’s sleep. On top of that I feel TERRIBLE because my heart is fluttering. Family and friends have put their head on my chest and felt it themselves. In fact, it was a friend who noticed it first, not me.

Other- I get sick easily and I usually get fevers when I’m sick. Those fevers are TERRIBLE because my entire body burns like I’m
…on fire.

Oh, and I also black out during roller coasters. I didn’t used to, but in the past few years half way through every ride I black out for a minute or so and just dangle there with my head flopping to the side (or so my friends say).

Please help. I’m tired of spending thousands of dollars on doctors who can’t help me. I’ve seen just about every specialist I can think of and that I’ve been referred to. This Thursday I have a sleep study with a neurologist… we’ll see how that goes. My rheumatologist suggested it. I just want to be well again. I’m tired of being sick, in pain and feeling like I’m 80 years old. I’m only 25 years old!

He is having severe anxiety, depression, and digestive issues. He has been unemployed for 2 years after a layoff. He can’t seem to get relief from any medication for his spastic colon. He thinks he is useless and is very harsh about himself…. We’ve been to countless doctors, who say to exercise, eat right, try an anti-depressant, or anti-spasm med….all of which are ok, but not stopping this…. He is 47, never smoked, but chews tobacco, 6’1″ tall, 167 lbs, went through rapid opiate detox December 14th…. I just don’t know how to help him.

Im an almost 26 year old male that has been suffering from depression and anxiety since 22-23 due to the loss of sister and father and was prescribed the medication Celexa which is an anti-depressant. I noticed in 2010 while I was stressed prior to my father’s passing I had an increase in bowe movements. It seemed as though for months the frequency from my regular once a day or once every other day changed to 2 or 3 times daily for months. In January of 2011 my general doctor diagnosed me as having Irritable Bowel Syndrome considering I was only 25 and had no family history of colon or colorectal cancer-just my sister who had Ovarian Cancer. He did no diagnostic testing I showed him a picture of a stool sample and he immediately said its spastic colon(IBS)-I also noticed diarreah when under heavy stress or emotional stress which I live in a very streasful environment. I was mot losong weight or anemic and did not have bloody stools just sticky foul smelling stools and flatulence and a poor diet with 2 years of a sedentary lifestyle mixed with anxiety. In January I started having panic attacks and anxiety attacks-I was diagnosed with Panic Disorder with agoraphobia and Anxiety and hypochondria. I suffered for a year and in Feb of 2011 was prescribed tranquilizers , 20 mg of Valium after trying Ativan which caused a lot of side effects. After this my
Bowel habits went back to normal frequency-stil messy but normal frequency. I began tapering down the Valium an it was rough. Made it down to 13.5 mg and have been holding since August of 2011 and in and out of work after panic attacks-but episodes where I would feel energy in my legs and lightheaded and dizzy and feel like I was going to lose control of my
body. So in January of 2012 I complaines to my GP a chronic complaint of chest muscle tenderness which had been going on since February of 2011. The doctor forwarded me
to a rheumatologist for evaluation. Upon a comprehensive blood analysis and urine colection over 24 hours and urinalysis-(I also had Chronic Fatigue issues) there was a little bit if protein in my urinalysis and my bloodwork was completely normal including CBCs to check for cancerous type activity all came back normal-only thing was I was normal but borderline high in a phosphate protein that is an auto-immunity that can cause clots if it becomes high but they said it was at a normal level ans then my vitamin D score was extremely deficient-7.53 when it should be 35-50 or even 100. I told them I didnt get out much for sunlight or natural Vitamin D and didnt drink a lot of dairy like milk. Combined with a bad diet I think that caused the deficiency. Anyways, the rheumy prescribed me 50,000 UI of Vitamin D for once per week for 8 weeks. Week 1 I felt great. Week 2, gastrointestinal discomfort started. It started as gas pains and flaulence an then week 3 before dosing I conplained about an onset of constipation and straining to go to the bathroom and the rheumy told me
To stop. Now I’ve read that Vitamin D can cause constipation-and I took a lot-100,000 UI over 2 week period but after ceasing the Vitamin D for over a month I have a
Constant feeling of full bowel, passed one flat stool and a bloody stool, have rotating diarreah and constipation, abdominal cramping, gas pains, flatulence, back pain, knee pain-basically all the symptoms of colon or colorectal cancer which is terrifying me. My GP insists that its IBS and with the lack of anemia and normal blood counts and having a normal lower abdominal CT Scan which would pick up colon or abdominal tumors or cancer that I’m just having a bad reaction to the Vitamin D and potentially may have a fissure or something in a bad place in my rectum where it may be causing the sensation to go. Im gonna get a colonoscopy and an upper endoscopy to be safe but am I over reacting? Do my doctors sound correct? This stuff didnt start until after the Vitamin D but it seems chronic now. Any thoughts? My Gastroenterologist said to relax and with no anemia and normal CBC and CT Scan hes gonna do a scope and check for Chrons or tears or fissures but I’m still paranoid. Anyone with similar problems or have any input? Im still regular with bowel movemts but stools are small and pale colored. Im also still on Valium-someone please give some feedback it is much appreciated!

Anybody had any luck with peppermint oil for spastic colon disease? Any other natural remedy would help.

I had a CT scan on my stomach and abdomen about 2 months ago. I also had my blood tested. I did this because I had back and stomach pain which is apparently from the spastic colon which I was diagnosed with. Anyway would this rule out any cancer in this area as it was examined by a doctor.

I feel like I’m always letting of tiny little ‘bubble farts’ whenever I’m sitting. I have no clue why due to the fact that they happen with zero warning, every 30 seconds, and there’s no way to control them. They are really really small, but if I stay in the same place/seat for too long, you can notice the smell with ease. I don’t know what a spastic colon is, but it seems to be to be the best description, but please, I’m still in school, so any advice/information would be greatly appreciated because I’m incredibly exasperated by the fact that this is happening, especially due to the fact that I make a point of being incredibly clean..(not ocd clean, or germophobic clean, but I like to smell good, so this problem makes my days quite rough).
okay, so it has been determined that I do not have a spastic colon…what do I have then…tiny uncontrollable bubble farts don’t just happen for no reason, especially when I’m a healthy eater and workout almost every day except for one or two in the week…