IBS &anxiety

[pam1000]

I have had IBS for years. Just recently I have noticed that my motions have been like small pellets & this is making me anxious worrying that it may be something else. I have been on mebeverine for a few years now and have cut down from 3 tabs to 2 tabs per day. Since doing this my motions have changed. Any advice please.

[Maureen1958]

Go back to 3 tablets a day!

[pam1000 in reply to Maureen1958]

Thank you for the reply. I would like to eventually come off mebervine but I think maybe its not to be.

[Maureen1958 in reply to pam1000]

Why do you want to come off mebeverine if it works?!

[pam1000 in reply to Maureen1958]

Because I have been on it now for 3 years and take it every day. Have read that it shouldnt be taken over a long period.

[Maureen1958]

I've had IBS for 35 years and never heard anything like that. I don't take them as they didn't help me. But I would it they did help. I don't take anything except for Beteblockers but that is because I have high blood pressure, I have to take them. But I have never found anything to make my IBS better!

[diana16]

Hi Pam, I have been taking 2 tabs of Mebeverine a day for many years and don't really know if it does any good. I have had breaks from it and not noticed any difference really so it seems silly to keep taking it but you live in hope that something will work.

[Help789]

The pellets are constipation. Try adding more fibre to your diet very slowly. I have pellets when I go too but it improves when I increase fibre x