Thank you very much for your post. Have a follow up appointment next week. My helicobacter was negative so just waiting for the coeliac biopsies. Also have an MRI of my small bowel next week. I get a...
I had a gastroscopy yesterday as 4 weeks ago I had Norovirus and since then, my nausea hasn't really settled down. Before the norovirus, I used to get episodes of heartburn and nausea. The...
Yeah I found this really hard. If it continues and you don't feel as though the symptoms are getting better, maybe try chopping a 37.5 table tin half and taking that. I did that when the symptoms...
Yes I am in the UK so my GP can prescribe it...
Have you stopped the medication completley now or are you still on 37.5mg? When I was reducing from 37.5, I would take chop the tablets up and take it really gradually and week by week cut down by a...
I have been recommended this by my GI doctor. I suffer with loose stools (sometimes up to 8 times a day) and often very strange thin stools. I am thinking of giving this a try. Does it help with...
I think the safest thing would be to get checked out. It's probably IBS pains but you should just get things checked with being pregnant. Hope all is ok....
The canned soups that I have don't contain MSG but I don't eat the cup a soups as they have it in them and I always worry that this will set things off with me....
I came off Effexor in the spring. I had tried previously on 2 occasions and had to go back on it because of the withdrawal symptoms. I cut down really slowly from 225mg. Going from 225mg to 175mg was...
I kept a food diary but it didnt really get me anywhere. Sometimes Im ok with certain foods and other times not. I find acupuncture and acupressure massage helps my IBS. I also use buscopan for...
Thanks, that was really helpful...
what is osmotic d? it has been a week and i am only just starting to feel a bit better. Still have loose stool and nausea. Can flares last this long?...
Do a lot of you suffer with this? I think my anxiety realy impacts on my IBS....
Has anyone else found that red wine causes a really bad ibs flare? I habe terrible ibs d after a few glasses of red wine the other night, also stomach cramps and vomiting. My stool also goes really...
I have been on effexor since 2006. It is a really good drug for depression but very difficult to come off as it has a short half life so you can get some physical side effects. I have drank (small...
Have you been tested for lactose intolerance? This can sometimes cause really bad gas....
Yes I have but I still worry about some of my symptoms, I do get a lot of D and get nausea quite a lot....
solitary rectal ulcer syndrome isn't an inflammatory bowel disease, it's quite a strange syndrome that can occur from constipation...
I get this quite a lot ... the stools are almost paste like and are quite hard to pass but burn at the same time. I also get the burning in my abdomen. Do you find that these stools are sometimes...
There is a syndrome called solitary rectal ulcer syndrome ... type it into google. I had this when I was 18 and suffered from bad constipation....
I take both of these together and they work quite well...
Today I saw a chinese acupuncturist and had acupuncture and moxibustation for my IBS. I have attached an article about moxa treatment. I had not heard of this until the other day. I'm going to give...
I get nausea quite a lot with IBS. Have you seen your doctor about the pain?...
The colonoscopy will show for definate what you have. Do you also have mucus in your stools? Hope you soon feel better....
no - i was told that your heart can sustain palpitations of 200bpm...
If you tested for blood, do you not have inflammatory bowel disease?...
Thanks for your answer The diahorrea has been better today but I have a strange pressure feeling in my rectum which is quite uncomfortable....
I don't have UC ... was wondering if it could be a possible diagnosis????...
I have had loose stools and mucus for 3 weeks. I have been trying to come off venlafaxine so these symptoms could be due to that but I as worried about how long it has been going on. I saw my gp who...
I have had loose stools and palpitations for the last 3 weeks. I was sure it had to be my thyroid but my test came back normal. Could it still be this or are the tests pretty reliable? Thanks...
For the last 3 weeks I have had loose stools every day, about 4 times per day. I am trying to come off venlafaxine and I don't know if it is to do with this but these symptoms are getting me down. I...
I am currently down to 37.5mg from 75mg but even from doing this (very slowly) I have diaorrhoa, nausea, headaches. Thanks...