Is this IBS?

[LQ001]

Following an online consultation with my GP and stool samples taken my diagnosis is IBS, what I don’t understand is reading your posts, my symptoms are nothing like other sufferers. I can happily eat and drink anything although I do find milk and bread tend to slightly irritate my stomach but only causing gas and not pain. I wake every morning with a slightly uncomfortable stomach, I get up and within 15 mins need the loo urgently and have diarrhoea and that’s it and I don’t need to go again until the next morning and if I am on holiday it often goes the other way and I am constipated … is this classed as IBS?

[LQ001]

How did you get referred was it via your GP?I have since read there is a condition called morning diarrhea it’s on the NHS website which is also classed as a form of IBS

may I ask what you are taking for it?

[Suecoo66 in reply to LQ001]

Often morning is predominantly worse in IBS D

[tony11173]

I think people are affected differently. Age also is a factor because our guts change like any other organ. What was your dr looking for ..qfit/ calprotectin?

[LQ001 in reply to tony11173]

Just diseases of the bowel as far as I know

[Risita]

Two thingsSounds like you are sensitive to gluten and Lactose intolerant.

Write what bothers you and stop it

[Suecoo66]

Not everyones symptoms are the same. But urgent loose bowel movements are a sıgn of IBS. Have you not had any other tests?

[LQ001 in reply to Suecoo66]

Just bloods taken which came back clear and two stool samples which were the same

[Frasina]

Get your GP to refer you to gastro; you may well have a long wait for an appointment but actually ruling out other things is the only way of saying you have IBS. From what you write, I would say it possibly is, but as others have mentioned, we are all different so symptoms vary a lot!

[doris22]

Hi. You might have tried? Change your milk and go gluten free with your bread. Oat milk is creamy. Do it for a few days and see. Good luck

[LQ001]

Thank you

[Arpin]

I had loss of weight and nausea my doctor referred me to 2 week fast track clinic I had gastroscopyafor upper GI where they found a blockage in a tube only slightly but they are keeping their eye out for me in future I had bloods stools CT Scan MRI then a colonoscopy with sedation it was when the camera turned a corner (technician's words) I felt a lot of pain After this the cramps came with intolerance to lots of foods Its trial and error I'm on Pantoprazole 40mg I was diagnosed with IBS It's early days I get pellet poo up to 5 times a day which I have no control over I'm incontinent with it I'm concerned when I go out and pretty fed up but I'm a positive lady who won't give in Keep trying different foods which will suit

[LQ001]

Thank you for sharing your story, gosh you have been through the mill and I hope you find the answers you are looking for stay positive x