I am a 29 year old overweight male. I’ve always had the ability to have a healthy, good sized bathroom break. For about the last week or so, I’ve been eating normally, but I’ve only really had explosive diarrhea, or watery bowel movements with a little bit of soft feces, and a liquid floating on top. The last time I tried to go I ended up passing a small piece of what looked like those sales pictures you see for colon cleanse products. It looked like tripe (cow stomach) you see on the grocery store shelves. I haven’t had the urge to go at all in the past 2 days, but I made myself try to a few minutes ago. After straining almost to the point of passing out, I passed a small, hard grey/green colored clay-like stool.

I’m worried I may be developing, or already have a bowel obstruction, and the diarrhea is squeezing past that. From what I’ve read it could also be IBS (which I am not diagnosed with yet). I am able to pass gas (and a lot of it), but that seems to be all I’m passing lately. Should I worry? To go from one extreme (diarrhea) to the other (severe constipation) doesn’t seem right.

I also have mild stinging pains radiating around my stomach, similar to what I would have before/after having a bout of diarrhea, but nothing seems to want to come out.
I’m freaking out about this and cant even sleep or calm down, so any help would be appreciated. I will call a doctor when they open but until then, I’ll be worrying my butt off.

A few days ago I had an episode…I guess. I was watching tv, the felt like I needed to go #2. I ignored it for a bit, but then I started having bad pains and decided to go. I did go #2 with no problems, but I had extreme rectal and lower stomach pains and pressure. I thought I still needed to go so I sat for awhile trying…but nothing else happened. I finally got up(still in alot of pain…it did not subside when I went to the bathroom) I layed on my couch wrything in pain, sweating and feeling dizzy and nasueas for a few minutes before I got up to take some Tylenol. I then layed back down for a few hours. I had bad pains all thru the night but not like it was in the beginning. Well that was a 2 nights ago. I have not had an episode like that again but I continue to have lots of rectal pressure and even more lower belly pain and pressure. It hurts when I try to go to he bathroom(pee or poop) when I cough, move or touch my belly. Its not horrible pain but I would rate it a 7 on a 1-10 pain scale.

I jjust do’t know why its still going on. I am not constipated…havn’t been in years. I am not bleeding or anything like that. I am a pretty healthy 23 year old female.

Some other info that might help to diagnose. I had a csection almost 2 years ago. I have adheasions from that csection, I have an IUD in place for over 1.5 years. I do not have any disease or chronic illness. I have never experienced this before.

I know it sonds like gas…I thought that too…but does gas keep going for days and days?? Its just weird and I’m worrried….thanks for any help.

I have been awakened at night by severe rectal pain (lasting about 5 painful minutes) so I looked it up and found that it’s called Proctalgia fugax, a severe, episodic rectal pain that usually occurs at night, a muscle cramp in the wrong place at the wrong time, rectal spasms or just plain pain in the anus…
It could last a few seconds to a few minutes so most people do not even report it to their doctors.

Warm baths and massages seem to relieve it but I’d like to know if any one of you people found other true and tried methods to relieve that pain in the butt fast.
I do not have IBS, I’m very regular and eat lots of fiber and have no problem my my digestive system.