Any changes experienced within body - Gambling???

[romero121]

Gambling have brought me big wins as well as drastic losses. If my entire statistics is calculated this used to be in loss. I've tried different plans to keep me away from Gambling, however I wasn't able to do it. In the beginning I never mind when I experience loss, because I was single and now I have a family. I used to gamble without fear.

In recent days whenever I get into gambling I used to experience some changes in my body. Particularly stomach pain and I myself found the difference while gambling and not gambling. When I wasn't gambling I never have such issues and I myself checked Google and diagnosed the below. Does anyone have similar experience. Atleast for my health I need to give up gambling.


Irritable bowel syndrome
Also called: IBS, spastic colon

People may experience:
Pain areas: in the abdomen
Pain types: can be recurrent in the abdomen
Gastrointestinal: change in bowel habits, constipation, diarrhoea, inability to empty bowels, indigestion, nausea, passing excessive amounts of gas, or urgent need to defecate
Abdominal: cramping or discomfort
Also common: anxiety, depression, discomfort, loss of appetite, or symptoms alleviated by defecation

Google

[Vaculin]

I don't experience any of what is mentioned above. I'm just a typical gambler who only risk what I can afford to lose, I gamble for fun that's it. However, I will not deny that sometimes I also do mistakes but the good thing is that it does not make me a compulsive gambler.

[Oshosondy]

I haven't had bowel disorder before even when I was a gambling addict.

What I experienced when I was addicted to gaming are:

• emotional stress
• staying up late at night
• mood swings, after losing bet
• become not trustworthy by family
• sold some personal belongings
• Using money I supposed to use for other important things to gamble
• a time I felt like to kill myself

Because of the last reason, I quit gambling for a year, I was addicted at the time, but the one year quit made me realize I can never win but lose more unless I take gambling as fun and never use the amount I can not afford to lose. I started gambling again after a year, I lose and I stopped again without getting addicted. Later, I use only the money I can afford to lose to bet and I do not bet often, just on a match or 2 or 3 matches weekly or even biweekly.

I bet once in a week but sometimes it can be twice, if I have $100, I can use only $1 to bet and the more money I have the lesser will be the percentage I use to bet. Gambling is fun but can be deadly.

If you take gambling as fun and never stress yourself about it, this can be psychological, if you think you stop gambling and the symptoms stops, I will advice you to quite gambling for now, but do not think that is what is causing it than stress or you are a gambling addict and it is giving you stress.

[MonsterV]

I haven’t and don’t usually feel any physical pain even when I am somehow stressing about my gambling experiences. I guess it depends on the person, and to the amount of stress we are undergoing to. Although I don’t experience what was mentioned in the OP, I am very much aware that stress could really trigger pains. In fact, there a lot o studies that prove the correlation of psychological stress and physical symptoms.

[coin-investor]

The root cause is depression and too much excitement, where the body is unfamiliar with too much excitement and depression, this happens when the body cannot cope and there's too much adrenaline rushing in, I also have these symptoms when I was new in gambling, I was shaving sleepless night because of too much thinking of what could have been scenario.

It still happens to me but I can handle it now and I can stop it before it becomes worse, all gamblers experience this one way or the other, they either get used to it and overcome it or they suffer a nervous breakdown.

[dothebeats]

I've been playing for a few hours every weekend but I don't feel any of these symptoms. Never been irritable before, during, or after my gambling session; just the same old me laughing on how dumb I am to still play but it gives me enjoyment. Perhaps these symptoms are to those chronic gamblers who are always in front of their computers, poker tables, or machines most of the time, or those who have prior medical condition that becomes connected to what they're experiencing after the thrill of gambling wears off.

[maydna]

I'm not a doctor but chances are it all comes from your mind which may feel anxiety if you get a loss at gambling. Let's see, if you don't gamble, you won't have the problem you mentioned. But problems will arise if you gamble.

Means it looks like it's time for you to leave gambling because it will make you uncomfortable gambling. I don't have the experience you have because I don't gamble very often. So my advice, stop before it's too late because it's good for your health. Take your time with your family because that's the most important thing right now. Every second of the family is the best for us.

[Wexnident]

It might just be your diet? Ofc mental and emotional stress can also cause problems but it might be best to take a look at your diet first and foremost before saying it's due to gambling. It may be due to a sudden addition to your diet or something. Have you tried doing a checkup? It might also just be due to stress/nervousness or something since I myself have felt that but not really in gambling, but the emotion itself can sometimes mess up your bowel movement.

Anyhow I don't think I've ever experienced any physical changes when gambling, emotionally and mentally well, that's almost an always event kind of thing.

[aioc]

Gambling is mental whether you like it or not, and since it is mental it will have an impact on your body whenever there is depression and negativism in your mind, regrets and feeling sorry are caused by depression and this will harm the body because when you are depressed you cannot sleep and you are overthinking.
This is the reason why it's easy to tell a compulsive gambler by his appearance, they are untidy, forgetful, and easily irritated if you cannot moderate your gambling activity these symptoms will keep appearing.

[safari88]

I think one thing that I have observed to be affecting me when I am being stressed, is the pain I feel on my head and nape. Whenever I feel agitated during playing, my blood pressure stars to spike, and that’s the reason why I am feeling that pain on my head and nape. But permanent changes like those in the OP, I don’t think I've had or having any of that.

[suzanne5223]

I think you gamble a lot and you don't realize it because the stomach pain, constipation, diarrhea, indigestion, etc you're experiencing are caused by anxiety and stress.
You can google that just for you to be sure that anxiety and stress and the major causes of gastrointestinal symptoms and stomach pain which I believe is what makes you lose appetite either.
If you believe you need professional help, I will advise you to get one but if you believe you can handle yourself. I will advise you to change the percentage of your gambling to 25% now.

[bitbollo]

I have experienced some "anxiety" while placing sports bet a couple of years ago, even with low amount of money (like a couple of euro), even if I was winning... that's why I have stopped to place bets for several months without regret. It was a dismal sensation and without a reasonable motivation.

If you see a problem in gambling...As I have already suggested you should implement some cold wallet that allows your funds to be kept in a safe place and not easy to be used.
Also more drastic some timelock transactions or multikey wallet.

If you feel in danger for your habit... go immediately for a professional help. There are also group of "anonymous gamblers" that could provide relief.

[fiulpro]

One must understand that many of them can also happen due to other reasons as well, a mere gastrointestinal disturbance can honestly cause most of them as well. The mental health issues can definately arise due to Gambling but those would inturn be more associated with - " Addiction " these disorders will cause associative compulsive problems and person will quite likely loose time as well, causing depression and anxiety due to these probelms, other than that these problems that you mentioned can be caused more by online gambling 'sitting for hours' therefore this is not relevant and you should always seek medical advice before ruling out anything.

[Oceat]

This seems like a health disorder or something since I haven't experienced any of these maybe OP has something going on in his mind like a depression or something that affect the whole digestive system. Our brains is capable of almost everything perhaps you need to see a real doctor and ask what was the problem for better diagnosis.

Gambling somehow can affect us but not in a way like what OP experience maybe this is something that I didn't experience yet or perhaps a long term effect that would soon going to get trigger.

[Smartvirus]

• emotional stress
• staying up late at night
• mood swings, after losing bet
• become not trustworthy by family
• sold some personal belongings
• Using money I supposed to use for other important things to gamble
• a time I felt like to kill myself

I can agree with you on all the points to be same as me some years back except for the last. There was never a time in my gambling experience that I felt like killing myself, not like I had the most successful bets, in fact my statistics ended in loses as much as that of OP but, I had just me to worry about. My income wasn't steady and it was all about making an extra cash with just a few $ and its often loses.

When it comes to changes in your body as OP describes, most of the diagnosis given didn't particularly relate to have originated from bad gambling habits. I think your condition @OP is more related to the fact that, your irritated at the habit and this originates from the fear that comes rushing in your nerves once your at the point where you get to stake on predictions.

Pehroas it's time you get yo see gambling for a fun time or give it a break. It's hardly some means to a second income or job.

[PX-Z]

I'm not a kind of gambler that cannot control of self so I never experienced what you did.

But based on some articles in google about stomach ache, it has connections to your brain which has more connection when you're doing something ~ gambling. Here's some quote from this article

Anxiety also releases a stress hormone (cortisol), which causes the body to produce extra levels of stomach acid. That acidity causes the lining of the esophagus to become irritated, and this can lead to stomach pain....

Anxiety is very serious thing, I don't want people to have that. I guess you need to visit your physician as this early to prevent more damage in the future.

[AmoreJaz]

I have experienced some "anxiety" while placing sports bet a couple of years ago, even with low amount of money (like a couple of euro), even if I was winning... that's why I have stopped to place bets for several months without regret. It was a dismal sensation and without a reasonable motivation.

If you see a problem in gambling...As I have already suggested you should implement some cold wallet that allows your funds to be kept in a safe place and not easy to be used.
Also more drastic some timelock transactions or multikey wallet.

If you feel in danger for your habit... go immediately for a professional help. There are also group of "anonymous gamblers" that could provide relief.

i am thinking that it is more on the "anxiety" attack or stress brought by his gambling activities. some people have different reaction when it comes to anxiety issues. so for him, it is the IBS that he experienced. better keep away from gambling for the moment. or if not, just like the others have suggested, get an appointment to a professional doctor. maybe, the OP has other underlying health issues. and it is triggered by his stress or anxiety brought by gambling.

[qwertyup23]

Whoah, what you have OP is an extreme case of gambling sickness where your fear and anxiety results into medical complications. I think this is mostly associated with the psychological impact of your games that somehow affects your mental and physical capacity. OP, are you a nervous type of person in general? If this were the case, then I suggest that you avoid gambling at all cost in order to prevent any further medical complications as you have a responsibility for your family.

Personally, I have never experienced any sort of pain or changes in my body whenever I gamble. Neither did my parents nor my brother (as they are hardcore gamblers) experienced any type of medical complication while doing such act in the process.

[goinmerry]

Don't blame gambling for that.

You might already have a problem with your health condition and the changes are not because of gambling. The things you have mentioned are directly a physical condition and internal body problems. Not a mental condition like anxiety, or stress, that should be the common effect of gambling.

Consult a doctor already rather than discussing it here. Update us here.

[Mahanton]

Also common: anxiety, depression, discomfort, loss of appetite, or symptoms alleviated by defecation

These are the only things which i do really felt off when playing gambling where depression and anxiety do really comes worst
which i dont see any major changes or illness within my body yet as long you dont make yourself that depressed that much
then you would really be having no problems in terms of health.