Thank you so much for answering Lucy. I really appreciate it. How do they test to find out if you have the genes, so that I can ask for that. I'm sort of worried that my daughter is having problems...
So here we go...so far I have been spending most of my time on the IBS website because that is what I was diagnosed with after several rounds of testing. After western medicine failed me, I turned to...
Of course I don't mind you answering. So you aren't getting any help, huh? Are you IBS C or D? I'm C most of the time. I'm so tired of buying product after product, so I thought I would ask before I...
Hey gang, I was wondering if any of you use or have used fibercon and how you feel about it. I'm thinking I need something to help me keep things moving, but I definitely don't want to use a laxative...
Yeah, it all sounds familiar to me. I think I have experienced every thing you have said. I've tried dairy free...but it didn't seem to do much. Now I'm going gluten free...and at first it seemed to...
Your liver is still pouring too much bile into your intestines, which is coming out as diarrhea...this is why it burns. (I wish I had this problem, I'm still constipated, even after having my g.b....
You should check in with your doctor to make sure there is nothing wrong, but it sounds like IBS to me....
I'm so tired of spending so much money trying to get rid of IBS symptoms. But I'm really mad at myself right now. I went to a chiropractor who supposedly can relieve digestive issues, on the advice...
I'm no doctor, but I think you would at least be seeing improvements after three months. I gave up after one....
Okay...I've been having this problem too. I wasn't having it until I started going to a chiropractor who put me on an extremely large amount of a probiotic. (Acidophilus and bifido bacterium, I...
I tried it a couple months ago with no luck, but I hope you have luck!!!!...
Thanks for replying...I think I agree. I'm trying to decide whether to try prebiotics. Huh...such hard decisions. ....
I keep telling my mom that I am getting to where I don't want to leave the house and it is really starting to get on her nerves that this is all I ever talk about. She thinks my constant dwelling on...
Thanks for telling us about yourself, ilovemyhubby! I agree with you that constipation is about the worst thing there is. I have a friend whose daughter recently had surgery on her shoulder and she...
I'm somewhat of a hypochondriac as well as being an IBS sufferer, and now I am afraid I have ovarian cancer. At least I have a pap test scheduled next week, and I can talk to my gyno about that. ;)...
Hey friends, I have been taking Align for almost a month and from my understanding if it was going to work, I would be seeing results by now. I have about five days left and I have not once had...
I can tell you which foods are generally hard on IBS, but unfortunately it is different for everyone. For instance, bananas kill me in the bloating-pain dept. but are good for lots of people. But the...
Sorry you are having such a bad day. Bowel prep can only be described as horrific. Just keep thinking...tomorrow it will be OVER!...
Infinite, I have to say I have also never heard of a test for IBS. From my understanding it is more a "process of elimination" diagnosis. You get tested for everything else and when nothing comes up...
No problem. I'm a bit...shall we say obsessive and worried that one of my daughters was for awhile. I looked into it alot. Glad I could help....
She needs to continue to pursue this. Those are some fairly classic symptoms. Does he have one area that he really really concentrates on. I would love to give you an example, but I don't know how...
I bet everyone with IBS can relate to the gurgling in the stomach thing. I don't have it much, but every now and then my stomach starts talking. It's very weird, and can be very embarrassing if it...
Yesterday I had a pretty good day, which is weird because I had "normal" food for lunch and dinner. I had a turkey dinner for lunch, which caused me to have a normal bm which made me feel good for...
Honestwoman, what did you do that caused you to feel so good for six days in a row? You probably mentioned it, but I must have missed it....
Have you tried Prilosec? It's an OTC acid reducer. I would imagine it would reduce your nausea by quieting your stomach down. My sister swears by the stuff. They have it in a generic, but it is still...
jt80, I feel your pain. I have the same problem and it bothers me alot. I am taking Align right now and at first it seemed to be really helping with my constipation and now I don't feel like I am...
So I figured out I accidentally ate banana this morning. Bananas are my one trigger food that I know without a doubt I cannot eat because I bloat terribly. /community/emoticons/sad.gif There was...
Huh...my mom mentioned the other day about upping the dosage on my Lexapro. I wonder if that would help. I was also thinking about starting Citrucel, but am concerned about gas and bloating. What...
Huh. You sound just like me. I have been trying to figure out what to eat and what not to eat for a long time. The problem is, the same food can do two different things to my stomach. I agree with...
Wow. Your story, while being so totally different is kind of similar to mine. I went through the messiest divorce I have ever heard of awhile back and that is where all the stress came from for me. I...
Hey, Maxie! Nice to meet you. I took Amitiza for a little bit. I got samples from my doc and they were helping but I gave up when I realized my medical plan wouldn't cover them and they cost about...
Thanks for your answer. My mom made me eat a fiber bar last night (well she didn't make me, I'm a grown woman and I didn't have to but she strongly suggested it.) All it did was make have horrendous...
In your opinion, is fiber good or bad? Does it cause you problems? I keep getting told eat more fiber, but on the other hand, I hear people say that fiber causes their symptoms to get worse. Does...
You should expect diarrhea with either thing. I am almost sure you will be fine. The bm's you are describing sound like you are contipated...but if you are going at all...that means you probably...
I almost forgot...if you do either the Magnesium Citrate or the fleet enema and it doesn't work (the M.C. should work within twenty-four hours and the enema should work almost immediately) go...
Go to a Pharmacy and get a bottle of Magnesium Citrate and a box of Fleet Enemas. Drink the bottle of Magnesium Citrate...the whole bottle.) It's gross so drink it chilled if you can, and have water...
Hi, I'm new here. I've been suffering with different forms of IBS for about a year now. Like most of the people in here, I have been to the doctor multiple times and been on tons of different...