should not laugh at this.....I read the article when it was published, and said, why not try it? It does make a difference!! I was able to squat over the toilet bowl...the stool came out more easily...
Hello everyone, haven't posted in a while.... I have to ask, has anyone else been sleeping through the day? Its not like I'm excessively fatigued; I'll wake up, go to the bathroom and I then find my...
I have had pain in my right eye for years. Depending on stress or fatigue, it can get worse. Usually though, I'm pretty much pain free..when it does get worse, a couple of Advil or something similar...
hello everyone,,,haven't posted in a while things had been going well. Recently I have a recognition problem..we have scratch off lottery tickets, and when I have one a couple of times, when I turned...
Hello there. I have IBS-C and about 8 years ago my gall bladder started to really affect my health, pain that would drop me to the ground, burning acid in my stomach. I was lucky enough, and I acted...
I also have balance problems...my balance was one of the first things to be affected. I use to be a downhill skier..I could not figure out why I kept going down. I then started losing balance on my...
Hello everyone...I was just at my doctors and it was time for the usual blood tests. She told me this time that I always had been slightly anemic, but it seemed to be getting worse. I have found some...
I have problems swallowing at times.I'll start choking and I have to get something to drink quickly, I feel like there's something stuck in my throat and I need to wash it down. It happens when I'm...
not really....if they can see the lesions with the MRI. its usually not done....
There may be something affecting the brain overall,,,,when it comes vaccines. it is not the vaccine itself causing problems, but what they use to store and preserve the vaccine can cause problems.....
I keep seeing more and more posts linking MS with IBS, Crohn's, UC and other brain gut dysfunctions. I wonder if there is a link between MS and the rest, or is it all just a badly programmed...
Hello Janet........I've also have been told I have a slow colon. There were times it was slow moving for everything to basically get from A to B...When I am having a severe attack of IBS-C I would...
I have real problems with heat, but to quote an old cliche, "its not the heat but the humidity"... I have gotten so hot, and unable to cool off I've had to lie down before I fell down,,,but I also...
Are you sure that it isn't mucus? I've been dealing with IBS-c for a long time myself, about 6 months ago I started taking senna and a stool softener, It has worked great, but every so often I'll get...
Hello everyone. I've been feeling pretty well for a long time now. I was lucky enough to find out that by taking stool softeners and sennosides, (Ex-Lax), a natural vegetable stimulant, my BM...
I have this female friend of mine, I bring that up because a large majority of people with IBS are women. I think 8 out of 10, anyway..we both experience that reconnection..it is very, very seldom.....
Hello there alias 46..welcome to the club. A lot of us here have that same problem. Some of have to be very careful and plan their activities around bathroom availability. If you are really worried,...
Hello everyone...this is a simple question for others with IBS-C..I have this friend of mine who also has IBS-C and we were comparing issues and we discovered that for the both of us, ever so often,...
I find myself choking at times also, unable to swallow,, its not all the time. I have to run to get a drink of water so I can speak...
I miss skiing down a double diamond during the winter...
There are times for me I don't dare eat an apple...I don't know if its the sugar but I bloat, Italian bread bread, pasta ...I feel my stomach has a balloon in it... I have used that colon flush for...
Most of us here, unfortunatly, understand all too well how you feel. The senna and stool softener combo has worked fantastic for me. I started using that combo about 6 months ago and so far, so good....
Glad this combo worked for you! I know how you feel, the relief you feel that you have some control over your body...I started doing this combo six months ago and it still works...and that is...
You can take senna for a long time! I've been posting about senna recently and looked into side effects and duration...They have done autopsies on persons who have used senna for years, and no ill...
If you are looking for a mild laxative, sennosides, ex-lax for example, are a mild vegtable laxitive that you can use indefitnetly...stool softeners are also good for going....what works for me is a...
I've heard of "dumping"... everything in you just blown out...as someone with constipation, I won't say this is pleasant, but I feel really empty and cleaned out, and that does feel well. but there...
Hello everyone.. it seems like every couple of years I'll get this attack by my IBS-C that turns into D It happened again this week...my stomach turns into an acid volcano, constant nausea and...
again I have to say, please read the ingredients for senokot. you can buy the sennosides and the the stool softener separately at any drug store, and save your self money...
I take several natural supplements that do make make a huge difference...vitamin D3, 4000mg, probably the most important........ ginkgo biloba, 240 mg standardized glcosides 24% terpene lactones...
What kind of diet are you on? Your body seems to be going in complete opposite directions...first you can't stop, then you can't go...people with IBS usually are on or the other, were you diagnosed...
I know how you feel, do not please do anything rash...you were able to get control over your IBS, you can do it again.. I have both IBS and multiple sclerosis....I have said if a angel of the Lord...
also that softener he was using, the colace generic, I think is just a softener, no laxative to help push...
Hello new member!! Like your husband I also have MS. also post the MS Healing well site.. Yes,, both IBS and MS. The senokot is a combination of stool softener and a natural vegetable laxative.....I...
Its also driving somewhere....I don't go on highways if I can, and when driving sometimes, its like, "It took me this long to get here?" its like when I'm driving, my time sense is turned off,,,when...
I seem to have issues with time, I'm not actually aware how long it is taking me to perform some task...going to the store, driving to a store....does anyone else have time problems? is it a...
You have absolutely nothing to worry about...the senokot-s is just a combination of laxitive and stool softener that is avaible in other drugs at Walgreens and all other stores its 8.6 grams of...
You mean it's just not me that gets so irritable at times? with me its when I'm really fatigued...I'll bite your head off! thing is I'm not really sure when the irritability quotient is high so I can...
I've read somewhere that there may be a connection between MS and IBS...both are the result of some sort of dysfunction in the brain... I hate spacisity....I get it in my lower legs, especially at...
This Dennis....besides the MS I am also dealing with IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome...from what you are describing this might be a form of IBS...ask your doc to look into it,...
Sorry it took so long to get back....its that short term memory thing :-) ..so you were never exposed to what is considered the main triggers...diet, lack of sun, maybe pollution...we will have to...
I seem to have problems with apples and apple juice. There are times drinking a glass of apple juice will bring me to my knees, and appl;es burn, but, these issues come and go depending how active...
And don't forget anxiety to cloud your mind even more...your were worried about your vision, an other symptom :smhair: do it to myself all the time...
So you had plenty of sun, milk and you probably had plenty of fresh fruits and veggies......the other trigger being high fat foods not applicable I've wondered if pollution has an effect in...
Hi Gretchen...I recently found a trial done by the University of Toronto to test D3 amounts ans limits...of course I can't figure out how to cut and paste the address you know, a lot of this is how...
Hello flutterbug...I thought I had an excerbation earlier this year but my neuro after said, after looking at a MRI, no.. after 30 years the MS has taken a toll on my brain, and things wear out...but...
I usually don't post on this board, I have multiple scelerosis and depression at times is a big problem for me and I read your post...I'llv do what I can to help you deal with it and give you...
It was not the way I was sitting in the car, its what I THOUGHT happened, that I had gone too far forword in parking, I was pulling into space going straight ahead....just being startled can pull the...
For a lot us there are triggers with our IBS...certain foods, stress, depression... mine is the startle effect I was parking my car on a hill, thought I had gone too far foword, scared myself....then...
I also have some issues with muscus...I've seen it on my stool, usually when the constipation is worse, and, this part I hate..... the only way I can explain it is my butt sneezes.. its not...
Did contrast, no sign of inflamation ...... I feel foolish posting my problems at times...I have found my MS and my IBS extremely annoying at times, urgent, uncomfortable and embarrassing... and...