Any IBSers C (sometimes alternating D) have frequency issues?

Just curious, I mainly have constipation but I can go easily up to 8 times or more in a day, I might start the morning and early afternoon with about 4-5 times then usually again starting later at night before I go to bed usually around midnight, I go another 4-5 times. The frequency is very frustrating for me and I was just curious if anyone with primarily C has frequency as well.

Thanks Red, yes, my CD is in remission but this IBS is driving me up the wall. I just find it so odd that a person can have constipation and frequency at the same time...and I've had some super difficult bm's to pass each time I have to go in a day. Since I added the fiber supplement back in, it's been better but I still have this darn frequency issue so I was curious if anyone else did too...I see my dietitian this coming Friday so it'll be interesting to see what she has to say (she's actually one of my GI's crohn's patients so he referred me to her.

No, it doesn't seem to really matter from what I can tell so far...I really don't have any stomach discomfort, I don't even have bloating, and many times my stools even look decent but more often they are constipated looking (Bristol stool chart- for me anywhere from 1-3 according to the chart).

It's really frustrating so I hope this dietitian can help me sort it out, I just find it really weird that I'm in remission with my CD and have IBS mainly C and still all the frequency.

Sorry to hear that you're in the same boat with your tummy issues...it's quite depressing having multiple bowel issues, get over one only to have another continue to be intrusive...at least with my lactose intolerance I can use lactaid pills to easily treat that issue.

That is a lot for you to deal with for sure, I know the diverticular disease can be awful, MIL got a bowel obstruction with her diverticulitis so I know how terrible that disease is, sorry you have to deal with that on top of the IBD and IBS, I struggle with those 2 alone and thankfully the lactaid pills work for when I need them...it sucks for us definitely but ya it is what it is, I guess I'm just really tired of dealing with it all, physically and emotionally challenging and it's just getting tougher...I'll be seeing a therapist in April because along with the depression I am just not coping very well lately...well for a long time now, but it's definitely been getting much worse.


I drink water starting from the time I get up until I go to bed, I sip all throughout the day and drink enough when I take my fiber supplement and vitamins and with meals so I think I'm getting an adequate amount and I really don't drink much of anything else so I like to make sure I keep up with the water intake, especially with this new found constipation issue.

Glad it's mild for you and hope it stays on that path!

She is directly through my GI's office so basically she's there specifically for people with bowel issues (what a blessing as well as a shock that someone was actually thinking for a change lol) she's going to assess me and see exactly what kind of help I need which is great, it's not just about adjusting/coping with having bowel issues for me, there's the whole life thing that's bringing me down too. Once she's assessed me she will decide if it's best for me to see a therapist, psychologist or psychiatrist. I'm a little annoyed that I had to call my GI's nurse to ask for this type of help, I would have thought my GI could see it was obvious especially when he confirmed to me that my CD was in remission and that it was the IBS continuing to cause my bowel grief and he said that I had to get the stress in my life seriously under control so why he didn't suggest the GI counselor to me then is beyond me.