ibs

[faith-marilyn]

wat are everyone symptoms of ibs ? thats if u feel comfortable postin them! i think i might have it !

[Galadriel]

Hello there,

Well, typical IBS symptoms are pain/cramps/gas in the
intestines, and your bowel movements can be either mostly constipated
(IBS-C) or mostly diareah (IBS-D) or a combination that trades off,
meaning sometimes your constipated and other times you've got the runs
(IBS-C/D). It is a real pain, as you can tell, and for some people
certain foods really aggrivate it, and others it just seems to be any
old thing will set it off. Usually stress is a big trigger factor.
Also, most people with IBS don't feel comfortable being too far from a
bathroom just in case! Also, sometimes you can eat say peppers
one day and be fine, and then a few days later have peppers again, and
go into an attack, for no apparent reason. Yeah its not fun. Luckily
tho, I have it pretty mild, and usually only stress causes mine to go
off sometimes, but even then its not real bad. My IBS started when I
began my first job as a camp counselor, and it was just a few days
before I turned 18 (great huh?). I know it was caused by the very
stressful situacion. One day I just started getting runs ,and then it
wasn't the same since. Before that, I had had a perfect GI tract, no
problems or anything. I hope this helps.

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[parrotxoxo]

Eek Gads.....I know I have it, and Im sitting at work in my office right now dying....My guts are killing me.


I forgot to take my meds this morning ( Bentyl and Prevacid) I ate breakfast, and about 30 minutes later, cramps, gas, bloating......


Lunch was spent in the bathroom hoping to God no one else would come in there.


I wish I were at home......

[kate1966]

I have had IBS/D for well over 20 yrs...symptoms range from mild to severe diarreaha...cramps...spams...sometimes constipation...but rarely...nausea....explosive diarreaha....lets see...heartburn...indigestion...gerd...reflux...th e list goes on and on...I hope for your sake you don't have it....but if you do...you may want to try Digestive Advantage....it's a pill ou just chew it up...tastes like candy...seriously...you can get it at like Walmart but also on this website....www.rofay.com.... works really well for me...gives you gas at first...but then that goes away too....it may not work for you though...it's specially made for IBS....for me the food itself doesn't matter...then sometimes it does...there is no pattern really...one day one thing will bother you really bad...the next time you eat it nothing happens...that is what is so aggrevating about this stuff...you just have no idea what or when things will react on you.....have you been to the website......www.ibsgroup.org....that is a pretty good place to learn about ibs...hope this helps....Kat

[Galadriel]

One thing I've found thats helped mea lot is Immodium AD. When I get the trots, that stuff stops it in its tracks if its IBS related. You have to be careful tho because it can plug you up for a couple days!

[luckistar2]

Hello,


I have IBS-D. I get horrible abdominal pains caused by the spasm in the colon. I also get diarrhea, usually in the morning. It is triggered by food (though I have no idea which ones) and stress. My symptoms are mostly stress related. Immodium helps a lot for most people with diarrhea prodominant IBS but I cannot take more than 1/2 tablet because it backs me up real bad.


The pain is the worst part. I get pain so bad that I start to sweat and yet feel cold at the same time and it makes me nauseous, which obviously I hate!


I was also going to suggest www.ibsgroup.org. I am a regular member there and they are great for support and suggestions.





Carly