IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)

[Bridg]

I have googled the symptoms, and can check off most things on the list.

Has anyone got IBS? Do the Inner Health Plus tablets work?

DH has to help me get the boys ready for school today, as I am back and forth to the loo. Should I get some IBS support tablets? I've taken Immodium to stop the runs and cramps.

[Turkish Delight]

I've got IBS and even tried those inner health plus tabs. They did nothing.

Try Mintec. You can buy them over the counter as well as in the supermarket. My gastroenteroligist referred them to me. They do work, but i am so sick of taking tablets before each meal, that i gave up.

I have the bloating and constipation, not diarrohea. Have you had a lactose and fructose hydrogen breath test? Some of the things you eat may trigger it. I am very, very sensitive to lactose. My anxiety causes it too.

It is a vicious cycle.

GL.

[alicia]

When I was diagnosed with this I found it most helpful to make a list of the food that set me off and then try to avoid them. For me it is too much red meat, broccoli, cauliflower (both of which I love) and some cooking oils that are the worst offenders. Yakult helped at the beginning while I was trying to determine the things to avoid.

TD - I have got soem of the Mintec but haven't tried them. I am TERRIBLE at remembering to take tablets.

[Bridg]

TD- Foods can affect me sometimes and not other times. I have bloating after eating weet-bix but the constipation and diarrohea is the most common. The 1st time I ever had it, was when I was 16, and under alot of stress, so maybe it could be emotionally related. I'm on Zoloft to keep my anxiety under control.

I might have to try the Mintec.

[Turkish Delight]

anxiety and depression are main triggers for my IBS too. I just put up with it because i have to. I'm on anti depressants too, but my IBS still flares up.
I do recommend a hydrogen breath test too, to eliminate foods as a cause.

[Arimeh]

I tried mintec - didn't do anything for me! The inner health tablets really worked for me, maybe because I had the crap part of it, not the constipation?

Oh and pregnancy basically got rid of it for me - so I'm just waiting for it to come back with a vengeance!

[Astrolady]

I was diagnosed with IBS about 2mths ago. The doctor put me straight onto a script for Colofac. I haven't been as bad since being on that. Do have my moments, but no where near like I was.