Same as me , no rhyme or reason to the attacks . But the pain was incredible , so bad one night I actually called an ambulance
It was the worst pain ever. I struggled for 2 years and am so relieved it has been removed (though recovery has taken it out of me). My worst flare in October last year, I genuinely felt I was having a heart attack as I had heard it presents as abdominal pain in women or that I had appendicitis. I ended up calling 111 and was advised to go to A&E. After 6 hours, blood tests and an X-ray I was scanned, and gall stones and an infected gall bladder diagnosed.
Just seen she is still in. I think she will be discharged with an anxiety diagnosis. I suffer anxiety and hav since my teens for various reasons (have had meds, therapy etc in the past) and once went to A&E fearing something was very wrong and it turned out to be a huge anxiety attack. I felt so foolish and embarrassed. It is scary how many different ways anxiety can manifest itself (one of the reasons the gall bladder took so long to be diagnosed as I kept putting the pain down to a weird anxiety response). It is so exhausting and debilitating.
I don't ever like to speculate on mental health as it is such a personal thing. I just hope she isn't jumping on the mental health bandwagon and playing that card. It is not fair to those who genuinely struggle with it.