I've been through so much for years with my IBS and Ive taken various supplements and vitamins, antibiotics, drugs, diets, you name it. I've found myself sort of back at square one. I'm 20 years old,...
do you follow that diet? I tried it but Im not sure if it helped me any. Just curious to hear how you reacted to it. Jess...
I feel the same way. I've been in serious discomfort for years. I'm a 20 year old female. I try to maintain my everyday life but it's so very hard. It affects everything in my life, including jobs,...
Thanks for sharing this. I have been looking into it for about an hour now. Is the FODMAP diet well known now or is it still making it's way around? I have never heard of it before. I'm glad you hear...
Hey, I am 19 years old and I started Amitriptyline when i was in grade 9 or 10. I was on it for a long time but I never really found any big difference. I found it constipated me after a while and I...
Hi, i've been dealing with my stomach for far too long now.. i'm 19 years old. I have been on and off of medications but it's to the point now where it is swallowing me hole. I am anxious all the...
hey everyone. so i have been taking 10 mg of lexapro (cypralex) for almost three weeks for anxiety and depression. i'm 18 years old, and ive been missing school constantly and not really doing much...
Hey chris. i'm in grade 12 and just last year i started dating a girl. and i had to go through a lot of stuff with my parents and it is hard, i know it is. grade 7 is a lot different than grade 12,...
ive gone on my 2nd antidepressent and its called cypralex. i'm also on an antibiotic right now too but i've been experiencing a lot of nausea and headahes and i was just curious if anyone else is...
i'm almost 18 years old and ive been having problems with my mom for a really long time. we both clash a lot and we dont really get a long too well, but a lot of it has to do with the fact that my...
after my colonoscopy it seemed like all food hurt my stomache and the pain was a bit different than my normal pain. but yeah, pizza and ice cream would kill me so i imagine it would be especially...
i really like your point of view. I recently visited a naturopath, and most of her questions were about[b] my early childhood and such, becuase IBS cant just start on its own, (i dont think), and i...
im confused.. i mean all the doctors i go to give me medicine for pain, and i realize that my stomache is very sensitive, but is that what IBS is? i dont understand how everything can be fine, but...
thank you guys for the replys. i dont think i will have any PEG when i go to montreal. do you know if PEG is a successfull drug?...
i am going to montreal in 2 days with my mom and dad for 3 days, and i am starting to get nervous.. probbaly becuase i was in pain all day today, and just had very bad pains. I got a new med last...
hey there. congrats on graduating! i am currently in highschool.. grade 10, and i have severe IBS, which is making me do crapty in school, but i am trying to hold out for a few more weeks. Im sorry...
What is post infectious IBS? and can you take antibiotics for IBS?...
I believe that IBS IS caused by something.. it could be little or it could be huge, but I was a very nervous worried girl when i was younger, and I was a picky eater. I was sad alot too. I believe...
hey, im sorry to hear about the IBS. I used to be the way you are, 3 - 4 episodes a month. not they are much more often. But anyway, the soreness i think is very common.. If i have a very bad episode...
thank you very much jtaurus. i appreciate your kindness and support.. and im sorry to hear about your problems. It really doesn't matter what age you have IBS. It is hard for me right now, but i am...
wow! that's amazing.. im thinkign maybe it would work for me? I have bloating gas, and abdominal pains. Bloating is my worst symptom... And i live in canada so i can probably get it. Thank you for...
I am on 2 meds right now. One is amitriptilyn (not sure of the spelling). The other is called pregabalin (lyrica). Amitriptylyn is an anti-depressent, it's supposed to help me relax and my stomache...
thanks for the reply IBSHELP. I actually have just started to really workon the fiber the past week or so, and it hasn't really helped much. And i just started taking acacia in my water. What kind of...
hi monkey, welcome.. I read your story.. i have also had IBS for 4 years, I have had many tests, like thebarium xray also.. not fun i know:) My Ibsgets very severe at times. The last 2 months have...
thank you for the update. barb if you read this soon, stay strong and i know you can. You will be in my thoughts barb!! you can get through this. -jess...
thats awesome miss G. im glad to hear that you are getting better!! i am doing acupunture as well, so i am sort of ont he same route, but not with the medicines you were talking about . i am...
I have ibs c too. and i am constantly bloated as well, im sorry you have it :( So, for me, it helps if i think a lot of water, liek more than i used to. and i try to get a lot of fiber in too. not...
Noda. im sorry to hear about allt he trouble you have been through. i have had severe IBS for about 3 - 4 years, and the past month has been the worst month ever.. i basically go to school, stay...
did you have severe IBS before? where do you get monavie? glad to hear you are feeling so good !!...
barbara lee, I am 100% here for you, and I can see that many many people here are too. I hope you don't take the comments that people have made to heart. You are a strong strong person, and its not...
hey. its good to hear you are doing somewhat better! its amazing how much pain IBS can cause, and how it can become our life. how long have you had IBS?...
yeah, iam on a new high fibre diet too:) and yes activia yoghurt is very good for people with IBS. my dieticien told me to start having it once a day, but I am not eating dairy at the moment. I would...
good luck to you!! I hope you do get better. And I hope to start going to the gym once I can control these pains more....
Im really sorry... you went through so much stuff in the past couple years! I am only 16 and I just have pain everyday and blahblah, but You seem very detirmined to do what you want to do, and that...
that really sucks.. yeah I know what you mean by eliminating a lot. I haven't drank for a while, and its something I like to it with my friends and have fun. But, i never feel good enough lately to...
OH i am the queen of food logs.. I have done so many in the past 2 years to try and figure otu something, and it hasn't helped because like you said, there is no pattern at all. I mean I know i can't...
yeah i just started to drink tea, and I have been on soo many different diets. i was off dairy adn wheat and fat and al that for about 6 months, and now i am eating wheat. its so hard to tell what...
I am very sorry to hear about your pain, and even more sorry to hear about how long you have had it. I have been trying to figure out whats wrong with me for about 4 years, and i guess i am stuck on...
I know when I have pain, I will use a hot water bottel or heating pad, especially when i am in agony i absolutely NEED a hot something to take my mind off the pain. I was curious what any of you do...
thank you guys for your support, i appreciate it and wish luck to all of you as well. we\re all in this together i guess...
and gutastrophe, the meds i am on are pregabalin and amitriptyline...
thank you.. and i know i have to stop feleing bad about for making my parents feel bad but i just don't like it when my mom gets so stressed over things. she is so bad with stress, and right now she...
first, thanks guys for replying,.. i was excited to read haha. and yeah, i have done all the tests needed .. from bloodwork to scope to barium both ways.. not fun, most of that was done last year and...
I am 16 years old and have very severe IBS problems. I don't know anyone my age or around me that has the same problems as me, so it's hard for me to feel normal and not embarassed. ( i have had this...