IBS Symptoms

[DigitalBerg]

Please describe your IBS Symptoms and how you cope with any medication/diet?

[Aj1967]

Hi..I started having spasms in work last Sunday ...5 days ago ....I just about managed my shift but the spasms were so painful . I got home at 3 and crawled into bed ...my partner finished work at 4 and brought buscopan home with him ...it never touched the sides so he had to take me to the hospital ...I had to wait 3 hours to see the doctor so I had had severe dpasms for around 11 hours and was actually sick from pain and acid ...They gave me oral morphene which didn't work ..then a dose of paracetamol intrevenous wich took the pain away for about half hour . They sent me home 2 in the morning ....The next day I got col permit which is now keeping the pain and spasms away ...just slight spasms and pain now and again bit much better ....its tender to walk as my stomach still feels very bruised ...The thing I'm worried about is my stomach is still very extended ...could this be from having such bad spasms for so long ...im only eating rice and bananas as I'm to scared to eat anything else .please have you any advice on my bloating . I'm having an ultrasound scan in the new year to check everything but my doctor is sure it's my ibs ...thankyou

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Diahorrea, which is almost projectile.

No pain

Controlled by dairy free diet and no cabbage or it's relations and very little fruit

[Franjanu]

Take Imodium and anti spasm medications - natural herbs- heat pads- if bad then painkillers- lots of probiotics, fermented foods, teas, digestive enzymes. no refind sugar, dairy or gluten.

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IBS symptoms are many and varied, some people only experience a few of them whilst others have many. These symptoms also change over time.

Most common symptoms are: diarrhoea and/or constipation, nausea, vomiting, gas (often trapped), burping, abdominal pain/cramps, fatigue, heartburn, indigestion and incomplete bowel-emptying.

Treatments and medications vary according to symptoms, also what works for one person may no effect on another. Most common treatments are: Buscopan, Colpermin, Mebeverine, food elimination diets (to nail triggers), laxatives of one sort or another and Imodium.

The whole syndrome is a nightmare to deal with and, if you think you have it but haven't seen your GP about it, you should do so asap as there are a lot of tests that should be done to rule out all other possible causes, e.g. Crohn's, Coeliac, colitis etc.

Rosie

[Sandyevans]

I have ibs and a gluteen allergy. So it's very hard to find things to eat. I don't take any medication now. I control it wirh my foid that I eat. I'm on the fob diet I have been on it four about 5 months now. I have only had about 3 episodes were the ibs bothered me. That is great compared to everyday before.

[Marathoner]

I mostly feel fine, although my waist has gotten a bit thick, like around the belly button area. Out of nowhere, I get an aweful stabbing/hot gassy pain and my stomach may or may not gurgle relentlessly. I have to breath deep (almost like lahmas) and wait until i know i have a chance to run to the restroom. Mostly it's a lot of liquid. I call this "butt water". Once evacuated, I feel better. But this may happen several times in an hour. Some days are really good. But most days are like this. Every inch of my innerds were checked out, including the pricey pill cam with no evidence of crohns, colitis, or otherwise. I was given the diagnosis of post-infectious IBS. ??? I have tried nature made probiotic. I will never try probiotics again. After weeks of trying this, i developed cystic acne. Very painful and unattractive. The probiotics showed no signs of improvement, so I stopped and my face eventually got back to normal. Also, i was given a prescription for anti-diarheal, as they are so expensive over the counter, and they just back me up. I won't go for days. This is worse than the diarrhea. So, i stopped that as well. Also tried benefiber for a while, but again, no signs of improvement. I tried the FODMAP diet and the BRAT diet (with slight variations, based on what I could get my hands on and what tasted good) and again, very little to no improvement. Bananas worked pretty good at first, I was eating them like crazy, but now I have no benefit from them.

[Marathoner]

Now, i just pay attention to what i eat. I can not have anything with lots of seasonings, like stuffing (no more stuffed pork chops..incredibly sad), taco pastas, taco dips, etc., or pizza (horrible side effects). I am making this very sad but adult decision to cut pizza out entirely. This is about the only conclusion i have made in about a year and a half. My weight has fluctuated all over the board.

[Hidden]

I suffer from ibs and I get a lot of wind in my chest which feels like a sharp pain that lasts a second but frightens me and I have been to hospitsl a bout three times and have ecg and blood tests , but they have told me to loose weight and take gaviscon , the last time I went they told me I have a pulled muscle in my chest area , today I have pain that comes and goes, I am eating all bran in the morning because I get constipated sometimes and it's more uncomfortable, and then some days I keep going all morning, if I stop eating the bran, I might get constipated, and the bloat is bad. But I am wondering if the fibre is causing this wind, I had a bad bout of ibs this morning and a migraine with the aura and a panic attack , then the pain started in the left hand side of the chest at the top , I have had a colonoscopy and I have diviculitis . I feel like I can't go on feeling like this sometimes , as I sometimes think I am having a heart attack , and anxiety and depression make me feel low.i have got to be strong as i have to be . As people depend on me. As my husband has copd . I haven't got much support . Please excuse me for moaning.

[senga11]

Hi,

My symptoms are severe pain in my lower stomach,constantly at the toilet and makes me feel very cold.I am on my 4th medication plus painkillers or i need to be on morphine for the pain.