How much do we have in common?


Highly critical and or controlling parent
Nail biter
Impulsiveness
Low blood sugar/hypoglycemia
Bowel issues (especially during early childhood)
Bowel issues as an adult i.e. dizziness, anxious, hot flashes
Inferiority complex
Inability to focus or concentrate especially during non-engaging activity
A near clairvoyant ability to read and relate to people/ a strong sensitivity to others emotions
Experienced trauma at birth (i.e. cord wrapped around the neck, breach etc)
Air pockets-where you feel like you have air trapped or like you need to blench but you have to force it and only a little comes out at a time

Me too everyone. I'm a Newbie. The brain, the spinal area and the gastrointenstinal area are very much linked. If I fall into a high state of anxiety or a panic attack I have many physical symptoms, including what you described. I will break out into a huge sweat, with sweat running down my back, I WILL feel dizzy and then off to the loo I go and void my bowels completely. The dizzines may be due toim the huge adreneline rush - the Fight or Flight Syndrome

This happens especially if I have had a sudden a stressful event or interchange with another person. I don't work now due to my mental illnesses but was in a professional career for many years. If some really stressful altercation would occur all of this would happen to me and I had to run to the loo as it was an emergency. My stomach would literally "go to water" as the saying goes And of course that was very difficult and embarrassing to manage. I guess one feedom that I have in losing my work life is that I have more discretion to get to the loo and do my own thing.

I have a psycholoist who I talked to about this recently and she says it comes from an evolutinary imperative. In cave man days, if a person was under attack and had to flee, the voiding of the bowel was about "lightening the load" so you could get away faster. She's a very clever lady but i don't know if I subscribe to thei theory?? lol

I don't know about you guys, but it is totally crippling to have to void your bowels in these stress situations - you are stuck in one place until it all moves through - that would counter-intuitive to being able to flee fast. And she said to me that what I am experiencing is totally natural and I shouldn't worry about it. Well, she has clearly never experiened it, how awful and further stress-creating and humiliating it is and of course let's face it, I don't always get to the loo on time. And in 2009, pooping yourself in public is not the socially acceptable thing. lol

Wendy

I experienced this with panic all the time. I am now taking 10mg of lexapro in the AM and 20mg of celexa in the PM. I have klonopin just in case too. I haven't had the bathroom trip anxiety since. To the "nurse" who thought maybe they misunderstood one comment, I think you did. I too would wake up in the middle of the night. Feeling panic stricken and have to run to the bathroom. And the advice on not pushing, trust me, with these types of Bowel movements there's no need to push :D Gross subject everyone but I am so very glad to see I am not the only one who went through this. Take care!

Support Groups Close Panic Attacks .I suffer from this disorder as well, which is likely a form of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. I get to feeling pretty awful just before a BM: nausea, rapid heart rate, higher blood pressure, numbness and tingling in my arms and hands, dizzy. I pretty much feel as though I have been poisoned. Yes our intestines do produce ammonia and we, ah the lucky ones, may have a sensitivity to increases. However, what seems more plausible is the fact that the majority of the neurotransmitter serotonin in our bodies can be found in the intestines and not the brain. Our gut is also second only to the brain in the number of receptor sites. In persons with IBS, it has been suggested that there is an abnormality in the number of receptors sites in the intestines (too many) and/or they are more sensitive to the effects of serotonin. This creating many of the types of symptoms that many of us describe. Serotonin is designed to affect mobility of food through the gut, but it does not always work correctly in persons with IBS. If one has this sensitivity then the faster the bowel movements may be. Some people with IBS are have loose stools and are then constipated which may be a rebound from the sensitivity of too much serotonin. When there is a greater level of serotonin it can cause an urgency to go, nausea, loose stools, and it can spill directly over into the blood stream which ultimately may lead to some of the additional physical and psychological symptoms that many of describe. Yes, it is a genuine problem, and no it is not really all in your head, but mainly in your gut. A really good reason to evaluate the whole person even when it is thought to be a problem of the mind. Really, they are connected. There is a whole ton of other problems that a person may have and one should always see a doctor about a health problem, better safe then sorry. But....if you do get a diagnosis of IBS you will have a better idea of what might be creating the panic.

After maintaining a steady diet of spinach these symptoms are also well managed!!!! I couldn't believe it but eating spinach 3 times a week at first and once a week now has made all the difference in all my sysmptoms!

It's strange, I know, but what happens to me is that when I know I'm going to have a BM, it makes me go into a panic mode.

wow here i thought that i waz the only one

I must say this is shocking! This has been happening to me and i didn't know why and to see it linked to my panick attacks suprised me. I just joined this group and have alot to learn. I have been havin attack for awhile now but now they are getting worse and more intense.

Wow ... I have been from pillar to post with this and am tired of feeling weird had so many tests I am radioactive upper and lower next week. is there any help for this anywhere? Every medication I have been given gives me the adverse effects lucky me i don't even have to look them up online i can tell you what they are within a few days. Supposedly due to m valve pro laps. aahhhhhhh. Thanks for posting this and thank the site for being out there I have never done this until today and have never found any info until today. To the young lady with the guts to post this many thanks from an old lady.

These exact feelings have been happening to me for nearly a year now and its starting to get worse. If anyone on this site knows how to deal with this or has some medical advise please email me at granitehealth@yahoo.com I've already had a barium enema that came up negative and am currently taking prilosec and drinking metamucil everyday...but the symptoms seem to be getting worse. So again if anyone has some spare time and maybe some answers or just wants to talk please email me at granitehealth@yahoo.com I hope we all can find answers and get better.

I have been experiencing dizziness for nearly 4 years. The only trigger I have found is bowel movements. Sometimes I get dizzy prior to, other times after. Sometimes its out of the blue. I have been tested for everything from low iron to MRI's for anurisms and tumers. I am frustrated at not knowing what this is or how to fix it! Any suggestions?

I'm not sure if this is going to work for everyone, but changing my diet pretty severely has changed my life. For awhile i was testing out foods to see which ones were making me sick and all though it took sometime...i found that just by eating chicken and white rice every day for lunch and dinner slowly made everything disappear and for breakfast either oatmeal, fruit, or teddy grahams. For me i found that dairy products, red meat, whole wheat, even vegetables messed me up. After my symptoms cleared, i started adding things to my diet like green vegetables, fruits that were low in acid and almonds. The other thing that was really important for me was drinking a lot of water and nothing else. I know i kind of jumped around here, but hopefully what i have said here will help some of you guys deal with the horrible feelings you can get when it comes to bowel movements.

I have been treated for anxiety and panic for years. I too have this feeling of dizziness before a bm. I have had considerable problems with my digestive tract and IBS and never knowing when I would need a bathroom like "right now". I have since been doing some research on these problems and have decided to try a gluten free diet. Well it's only been one week but what a difference. I am told it can take a little time to reverse what our bowels have been used to but to eat nothing but gluten free foods and it could eliminate a lot of health issues. There are a lot of these foods out there and some really good web sites that tell you what to shop for and read food packaging. I know if it helped me with all my issues that it will also help you guys. Good luck to all.

Have you had your blood sugar checked? My mother experienced this right before she was diagnosed with diabetes. She is now on medication and the dizziness disappeared.

I've just joined because of this - hopefully there's an answer around the corner. Here goes...

I have epilepsy. I'm taking 2x 200mg Lamotrogine daily and it keeps everything under control. I thought that what I am experiencing is connected although having read some of the posts on here, (forgive me, I have not had the chance to read EVERY post on here so if I'm repeating anything, I'm sorry...) I'm open to further opinion and explanation. I'll also add that I have an Archnoid Cyst on the frontal left lobe of my brain.

My 'episodes' happen as follows...

Firstly, I get a slight twinge in my muscles, usually the legs and a tingling sensation around the testicular area. My eyelids begin to twitch also and my eyesight seems to somehow adjust itself to the point where it seems that my sense of parallax (how things move quicker when close up compared to smaller when further away due to perspective) seems to suggest that I'm living in a 2D world!! My hearing also becomes amplified and my ability to concentrate on what people are saying is affected; it sounds like people are stuttering or stumbling over their words; then my hearing sometimes just 'cuts out' and things go silent. Then back to normal again. The weird thing (as if all that is not weird enough) is that in my head, the internal 'voice' you hear when reading to yourself starts to just go into one and initiate sentences I just can't control, almost argumental - think of it as when you can't get a tune out of your head; for instance this morning I experienced this and I was laying in bed with the curtains open so the room was quite bright - this internal 'argument' based itself around the fact that although my eyes were shut, they couldn't have been as the room was not pitch black. As this went on, what was making it EVEN worse was that it wouldn't stop and I really wanted it to.
I don't get dizzy as such in that I want to fall over, but according to my wife who is often there to help me out of this, I stare and stare and stare - she has to rub the palm of my hand to bring me back out...

But, back on topic, this ONLY happens when I need to make a BM. Not every time though - I've been trying to ascertain whether it's down to certain foods but there's no real pattern.

The floor's open - if anyone here can even get close to this, I'll be extremely glad to hear you take on this - many thanks in advance...

D21