Cigarettes?

[Ellie24J]

Hi - I'm new here. Have had IBS for over 20 years after a very bad parasite infection that went undiagnosed for over 10 years. I have mainly diarrhoea, multiple times a day, but the only way I can usually manage to go to the toilet is to have a few puffs on a cigarette. Does anyone else have this, or (which would be really helpful) did anyone have this problem and manage somehow to overcome it? I do not want to be a smoker for ever!

[Hidden]

You have diarrhoea but you need to smoke a cigarette to go to the toilet, that doesn't sound right.

[Ellie24J in reply to Hidden]

I think the whole thing about having IBS is that things aren't "right", don't you?

[Hidden in reply to Ellie24J]

If you have diarrhoea why do you need help to go to the loo. That's the bit I don't get.

[Hidden in reply to Ellie24J]

Smoking is bad for your stomach and everything else, do you think its worth the risk, is there not anything else that might help you out like a cup of black coffee?

[NayaPixie]

I find coffee makes me go better than cigarettes but I am a regular smoker with IBS, GERD, Hiatal Hernia with Gastroparesis

[Hidden]

some people go within 5 minutes of drinking coffee if they have IBS.

[denvajade]

Ask to be tested for Dysbiosis.

[Hidden]

Hello Ellie,

I found that smoking helped - but I didn't want to become a smoker. This is what I did instead that worked just as well: sickofibs.com/well-being/a-...

Hope this helps you,

Alison

[Jilly24]

Guess the smoking helps you to RELAX (having never smoked I cannot be sure!) I am assuming you also have constipation as you say 'can usually manage to go after a few puffs'?

To calm your stomach and feel more relaxed you would do better to take Phenergan, as if you take it at night, before bed, it is a mild sedative (just ONE) and you will sleep very well and feel calmer next day.

It is sold over the counter and is also used for children- it is mainly a travel sickness pill/hayfever pill so cannot harm you (check you do not take any other medication). It has worked WONDERS for me!!! Have not taken Imodium for a number of weeks now!!

[Hidden]

Hi yes I used to smoke; go for a walk instead

All the best

[CCampbell76]

Yes. I have been dealing with IBS for 15+ years. I am a smoker, but have wanted to quit the whole time. When I do, I am unable to evacuate fully (meaning what I call rabbit pellets), but not a full evacuation. A college boyfriend is a pharmaceutical scientist, and he said that western medicine doesn't really do a lot of research into this (I think because smoking is so frowned upon that anything that made nicotine positive would be seen as anathema to the Stop Smoking line of our era.) That said, when I smoke, I can actually feel my bowels move. I need both cigarettes and coffee, but no other nicotine replacement works. I have tried patches, gum, lozenges and e-cig's. The smoke-delivered nicotine is the only one that works. I really want to be free of cigarettes, really, really, but each time I quit, I go for 26 and 30 days respectively without evacuating my bowels. I don't think people understand how not doing this is super dangerous faster than the cancer can get us. I often feel like I am a gay person in the 40's trying to explain that it is natural to be gay. This seems so foreign to people and they think I am just lazy or *trying to justify* smoking. Quite the contrary. I am eager to quit and still poo. I found this site today, because I am once again looking for answers. So far this morning, this is what I found. And by the way, I think I just read that the nasal spray is no longer available to the public. I am eager to see if the tablets are and if they have shown promise to do quick delivery to the bowel in the way that smoking does. That's all I need. I have the willpower or desire to quit. That part was remarkably easy. It is the bowel.

Nicotine Nasal Spray

amazon.com/Five-Zero-Nicoti...

stop-tobacco.ch/en/nicotine...

I hope I have provided solace on this. You are not alone.