...ughh, idk how to start this.. Basically I've got an abdominal pain that happened a while ago, and also started to feel like it was going to happen today (but the pain isn't very bad, I just don't move for a few minutes and it's gone, AND only rly happened once so far this ...like... year) I'm trying to rule out appendicitus, and point the blame at bad posture (can posture cause appendicitus?).

Description of pain
Just the other day I felt a sharp, 'don't move or it hurts,' kind of pain in my lower right abdomen for about 2 mins. My posture for 5 hrs before the pain was:

*laying with my back to my couch and my feet up on a coffee table... knees bent*

...so basically my intestines / gut / etc. didn't have tons of breathing room, but, at the same time, it didn't notice an discomfort. I always study this way when I'm on adderall, I think it keeps my feet warm, and also is just comfortable / easy on my back.

...then all the sudden it's time to get up, and as I am sluggishly unslouching and all that I notice the sharp pain, at which point I stopped moving till it went away.


Now that I think about it, as of late, periodically I have been feeling a somewhat-pain everyonce in a while which is relieved by leaning back more (rather than hunching over).


Historic speculation: I recall feeling this pain more frequently a long time ago. I think I attributed the pains dissapearance to my coca-cola-abstinance. (coincidentally enough, this current pain happened 4 days after my first coca-cola in a pretty long time)


I gotta think at this point that the sharp pain must have been coming from my appendix? To follow up on the risk of appendicitus I checked for tenderness, there is none. Nor is there any obvious inflamation (but I don't know what I'm doing exactly, plus I'm way out of shape right now). My oral temp registered at 97.8 so no fever. I do have diarrhea though, but that's ongoing and attributed to anxiety and XR. I don't really have time for appendicitus until wednesday...

Should I think about sacrificing my efficiency / 'comfortableness when studying' to avoid serious bad posture complications? Does adderall increase propensity of appendicitus? Does anyone know what's going on?

Typical symptoms of acute appendicitis is pain that starts around the belly button, then migrates to your lower right hand side as it gets worse. That said: appendicitis symptoms can vary, or not present at all.

I'm inclined to believe the issue more likely a pinched nerve or muscle spasm from poor posture.

If you're concerned, see a doctor. They'll do a physical abdominal examination and if they're concerned, they'll most likely order an ultrasound or a cat scan.

With the position you are sitting in it sounds like a possible hiatal hernia. Just google it... I had the same kind of pain you are describing when I was in bed for a while after surgery. Some websites don't list pain as a symptom, but it is, it's just more rare. My dad had surgery for his because he couldn't stand the pain (not the acid reflux pain, but the actual food-is-in-the-wrong-place pain).


this site gives a lot of good info except for leaving out pain as a symptom:
http://www.medicinenet.com/hiatal_hernia/article.htm

Hmm, I'll have to do research in free`er time, but I think the pain is localized to below the belly button or even with it. So towards the "duodenum." Is that where the pain was? (I do get the occational 'gastroesophageal reflux disease' symptoms, so maybe I have two things going on?)

Btw, (getting off my own topic really, ironically enough) keeping my posture up right these last few days, I'm not getting many bad stomach feelings, but for a while yesterday, I'm pretty sure I felt somewhat of a pain on the opposite side under/horizontal to my belly button (I was laying on that side, again an unreasonable posture) and I think i'm starting to see symptoms of other random stuff (lots of tummy growling in the morning / lose stools / occational posture related pain). I have loads of suppliments to discontinue and exams coming up so I've gotta put researching off till later.