[encephalos]

Intense horror is referred to as "looming/impending fears of doom/dread" in medicine.. could be worth you checking out kidneys/adrenals (there’s a rare benign tumour that can grow on our adrenals called pheochromocytoma - that legit functions as a provider of intense horror kidding aside it can either over or under produce certain hormones mainly the ones that control fight or flight if I remember correctly so cortisol and epinephrine which is adrenaline’s new name). Again, it’s super rare BUT could be worth investigating if your IBS is actually something related to your endocrine system, so hormonal / pituitary-related.

Edit: removed a double word

[forum_ghost]

pheo crisis would have BP and pulse through the roof as well (and probably lots of other things, flushing, HR, respiration, etc), and the first thing done in ER triage is vitals.

It can be potentially an allergy also, also can induce impending doom, and BP variation could be within the norm, and even sometimes hypertensive instead of hypotension.

endocrine-related IBS? how so?

[webmobdev]

What you shared is quite interesting. But looming/impending fears of doom/dread is one of the tell-tale symptoms of anxiety (which is more plausible than a rare ailment for how common anxiety is. Anxiety also often has physical symptoms).