My doctor thinks I have IBS as well. It started years ago with severe stomach cramps and chronic heartburn. I also had hot flashes, nausea, dizzy spells and frequent trips to the loo. They did blood work, an U/S, a barium swallow, and they put a camera down my throat to look at my stomach, but they couldn't find anything. They were going to do a colonoscopy when my symptoms finally went away. The reason they went away though was I took a course in food allergies and intolerance and did a food diary to find my triggers (sugar and caffeine). When I gave up the triggers I got better.
Since having a baby though my symptoms have returned. I get really bad bloating and gas and still get some stomach cramps and heartburn. I take prescription antacids which help with the cramps and heartburn, but nothing seems to help with the bloating and gas, and I can't seem to pinpoint any other triggers. My naturalpath looked at my food diary and asked me to give up a bunch of things (like bananas) but my symptoms persist.
I'm interested in the IBS support tablets, I saw some at he health food store and was wondering if they would help or not.
I've been told that our bodies can change dramatically after childbirth. That is how i developed lactose intoleranceness.
The colerectal surgeon recommended the IBS Support so they must be worth it. I've only taken one capsule so i really can't comment on the effectiveness as yet. May be just give it a go.
I hope they don't find sugar as a trigger for me as i love sugar but then end up with thrush!
Right now, my tummy is soooo big but i am sooo hungry as i need to fast for this abdominal u/s and xray this afternoon.
I find nothing helps with the gas and bloating. It is only relieved overnight, when the gas magically disappears. I just wish i could let go of the gas sometimes through great big f*rts
im not sure what to describe what iv got i have adhesions on the bowel and had bowel obstructions im just wondering really anyones what to call it.
im on a low fibre diet (surgeons orders)
i can sometimes go for 2 weeks without going (im taking lactulose and movicol to go more regulary)
have severe bloating and chronic pain.
iam on buscopan 8 a day to relieve the spasms.
can anyone think of what name to describe this?????
sorry to babble.
tia take care
rach xxx to all i understand your pain xxxx
Wow, I've finally found some people who suffer the same symptoms as me! I have kep food diaries etc but can't seem to find a trigger. I don't get the runs, but SEVERE bloating with pain, that just doesn't quit. only if I go to sleep does it go away.
The food diaries don't really tell me anything, although I suspect the bloating happens after eating white bread or cakes - refined flour, that kind of thing. I am better if I take metamucil 3 times per week - I know this can bloat some people, but there are other products like agiofibe etc.
The pain is horrific and I look 6 months pg when it happens. Makes me cry it is so bad. Only seemed to happen after a laparoscopy for endo many years ago.
Rachel - I would be questioning the low fibre diet? That can't be helping if you don't go for 2 weeks. I was always told with IBS, you should increase the bulk of your stool (sorry TMI) , so a bulking agent such as metamucil should in theory help.
I really think it comes down to individual experience tho - what works for one person, may not work for everyone!
Another one here who suffers with the dreaded IBS! I have suffered with it since i was 14, but it only got worse when i was about 21. It used to be food that were my triggers, dairy, mushrooms, sugar, alcohol, soft drink, late nights. From 12 weeks pregnant til i stopped bfing i didn't get it at all though. Nowadays, my trigger isn't so much food any more, though alcohol, soft drink and late nights still do it, now my IBS is totally controlled by my anxiety levels. Now that i am on antidepressants for my anxiety i rarely get IBS, though i have had it for the last 2 days due to high levels of anxiety. My symptoms are terrible bloating, cramps and diahorrea and wind, indigestion, sweaty, hot and cold flushes, exhaustion, nausea. When i was getting IBS several times a week i started taking IBS Support tablets which seemed to help, and i also had a bottle of Aloe Vera Juice in the fridge and when i would feel the cramps coming on I'd have a siwg of the juice and things would settle down nicely. I don't think Aloe Vera juice is any good for pregnancy though.
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to all i understand your pain xxxx
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