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I get a really bad pain in my very, very lower abdomen on the right side. I get it usually if I am having a D attack, and then it sticks around for a while (anywhere from 20 minutes to 2 days) after. It hurts a lot, but I won't take any painkillers for fear of that making the D worse (I dunno if that happens, sometimes I think I just make stuff up...). Heating pads and herbal teas don't help when I get that pain, it just stays 'til it wants to go away.
The other pain I get is an inch or so to the right of my belly button. I also get what I think of as 'full cramps' where I feel like everything from my stomach to my lower abdomen just aches and cramps up. The kind where you wrap your arms around yourself and rock on your feet like a crazy person. Sometimes it's bearable, other times I end up in the fetal position, whimpering.
I've been on Acadia since January and haven't noticed any improvement, but so many people have that I will carry on!
Hope this helps, FutureDoc... And I too hope you become a GI so you can help us all!!
--Steph

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~~I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell-I know right now you can't tell~~Matchbox 20
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