Ibs switch from D to C

[pajohns]

Has anyone's symptoms switched from D to C?

I've was having D every morning for weeks, months even. Then I started taking some probiotics and I started to feel better. My need for a bm wasn't waking me up at 4.30/5am and I was generally much better. But for the last week things have flipped. I've been getting the 4.30/5am wake up with wind and cramps but then not getting the relief when I go to the loo. I either can't go at all or everything is really hard.

Anyone had the same thing? The probiotic I'm taking is optibac everyday and optibac s.boulardii.

[Catherine2020]

Yes. Going through this right now. Can’t go without taking some laxatives now. I really can’t win with my bowels. I also feel constant pressure down there. Like I need a BM. But absolutely nothing comes out.

[Maureen1958]

Hi, I have tried several probiotics and found they do the same to me, I end up where instead of keep going all day and still not getting to the end, I find I feel bunged up, if that makes sense to you. Maureen.

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Mine went from D, to C with occasional bouts of D.

This article might help you move forward: sickofibs.com/ibs-symptoms/...

Alison

[MCoS]

I’m having similar issues at the moment. I wonder if it’s a hormonal switch as it started with my last ovulation. No change in my diet.

[kleelibby]

I also am having this problem. I had D for many years and then C set in. I’ve only taken a probiotic for less than a week and now I’m nauseous with D again. Not hungry and losing weight I’m sick of IBS.

[Dalph87]

It can happen and it did happen for me in the past, what I did to prevent hard stool was drinking a lot of water everyday and force my body to make the stool more soft no matter what. Long term probiotics and lack of fluids can cause it.