I was first given hyoscyamine and although I didn't link it at the time it caused me not to sweat profusely all summer, not even in the ultra hot tanning bed. For me that side effect was a welcome...
When I was in the er they gave me 1mg. I told my regular doctor about the visit and she said I should be on .25mg. I have taken .25mg when I feel a knot in my chest and within a half hour it seems to...
I have been back and forth between IBS, anxiety and heart issues. I think my doctor is at the end of his rope with me cause he gave me some atavan in the er and told me it was a smooth muscle...
I have spent the past year trying to figure out what is wrong with me and all i have accomplished is finding out a list of what is not wrong with me. My symptoms: pain and burning in the center of my...
I have had the bloating and inability to breathe easily for almost a year now. I was first told by my primary that I had reflux and they put me on nexium. Then I had severe constipation along with...
I had a my first colonoscopy last week and was scared to death of the prep. I tend to get extreme gas pains from drinking anything other than water and fennel tea. My doctor had me take the miralax...
They gave no explanation at all, but thank goodness it is getting back to normal today....
location and he would have to walk a couple of blocks from where he had to park his car. He soon discovered he would get severe leg cramps after walking the first block. His doctor took the blood...
I have visited this sight on and off for the past few months trying to find ways to cope with what possibly might turn out to actually be ibs. My primary has me on zelnorm and nexium (just in case)...
cookies, brownies, or cake, I feel better. Once it is digested the symptoms return. 5 days ago after talking with a friend I decided to give up the sweets and see what happend. Today has been the...
I've been diagnosed with IBS for about a year and a half now. I have noticed that extreme stress seems to bring on the worst of it. Although for me that means extreme bloating, gas pains rising into...
I wouldn't recomend the newspaper field that is what got me into this mess (ibs). You will find there is stress in every job at some point. What you need is a job that gives you a liberal...
I ran into my doctor today at a community fair and she told me she had been thinking about me and thought that maybe I didn't have ibs but I might have h-pylori. I have heard of people getting...
I have been taking zelnorm for about 4 weeks now and it doesn't seem to have given me any change in the constipation department. I don't know if it is my nexium that is sabotaging the situation cause...
It seems as if I am having the same tightness feeling but it seems to be related to gas pain and pressure in my chest. Sometimes it is relieved by taking simethicone (gas x) or fennel tea, sometimes...
I want to thank all of you for all the encouragement and helpful advice. I just got back from a 3 day business trip. I spent the entire 3 days suffering from chest pain, shortness of breath, and...
I noticed they sell digestive advantage at Walmart in the laxative aisle....
I have been on 40mg Nexium since Dec 05. I switched doctors in June 06 and my new doc immediately noticed my thining hair. No doc has ever mentioned it before, although my grandma always had very...
Right now I am floating somewhere between being diagnosed with Ibs or possibly heart disease. Currently taking all the appropriate tests for both options. When I have any symptoms they are usually...
I took the 2 day stress test only i think I did the treadmill the first day and the at rest test the second. I never did see the cardiologist the results were given to my primary doctor and if I...
I have tried to take dulcolax, philips chewables, stool softeners, and exlax. Obviously not all at the same time and it seems as if most laxatives make the gas problem worse and I usually end up with...
No, I don't take any cholesterol meds. What are the risks of the cath procedure? What does it entail and what does it tell you?...
I have spent the last year and a half having what seems like anxiety attacks that seem to be linked to periods of bloating and constipation. My doctor has done ekg's, a stress test, echo, chest...
I think I might try the phosphosoda to clean out my system to begin with then I'll try some of the other fiber options since what I am using doesn't seem to be working. What can I expect the...
I have been using gas x for 20 years and it just doesn't seem to work any more. When I get the trapped gas it feels like a heart attack (big family history of that) then I end up in the er to make...
Aloe Vera pills do what? I try to drink between 8 and 10 glasses of water a day and ride a stationary bike between 45 and 90 minutes a day, 5 days a week. Maybe I am lacking sufficient fiber, but it...
I've been diagnosed with IBS-C for lack of finding anything else wrong with me. I also was told to take Nexium even though I didn't have major heart burn symptoms but I did have chest pain (I think...
What state would Malta be in? I am from just south of Albany NY....
Thanks you guys for all your advice. I have tried dulcolax in the past and it made my gas problem worse. My crazy doctor gave me the brat diet because she thought it might be easy to digest and...
I would check with her doctor but I don't think it should be a problem. You buy it at the health food store, even they may be able to say if it's safe. I thought it might taste nasty but it actually...
Hi Jay, I know what you mean about getting bloated from eating everything. I'll tell you what I did, maybe it will work for you. First I started out only eating soluable fiber foods. Like different...
Thanks for the advice. I was at the end of my rope so I took one chocolate exlax and spent yesterday sampling food I have not been able to eat for 2 weeks. Today finally some improvement but after...
I have been taking zelnorm, hyoscyamine, fiber therapy, and phazyme for 4 days and am still constipated, probably because my doc had me eating the brat diet (bananas, rice, apple juice and toast). Of...
an ounce of baked chicken today and feel as if this was a huge accomplishment. At the end of my work day I was so dizzy (probably from lack of food and lack of sugar) I thought I would pass out so I...
4 months. In April[i] i was under considerable stress, (dog got kidney failure, getting custody of my neice, and then my fiance had 5 heart attacks) and my whole system went to the dogs. I went to...