despair at the relentless symptoms

[binks]

currently in the second week of the worst flare up in ages. I feel like crying. It’s just a roller coaster of bloating, sore feeling, cramping pain. Then the sore bottom that results from multiple BM’s a day. I end up losing weight when it gets this bad because my appetite goes and I feel constantly sick. Every time I eat something it triggers one of the range of symptoms! I hate this condition it wrecks my life. Just need to offload. No one who doesn’t suffer from ibs knows what it’s like!

[Fade2Grey]

🥺 Sending you my love and a big 🤗 xx

[SingC]

So sorry, Binks! Hopefully the flare up simmers down and you get some relief soon. Meanwhile, you have a community here that really sympathises.

[binks in reply to SingC]

Thank you. the weird thing is, I get the calm before the storm thing going on. A good day - followed by armageddon!

[Yoga82]

Oh my goodness that was like reading something I would have wrote. I too am suffering a bad flare up and it’s so debilitating! I also suffer from anxiety which as we know is linked to ibs with the gut brain connection, so only makes symptoms worse. I do find peppermint tea does soothe my tummy a bit, so maybe try that.

Sending you lots of love and support as I know how hard it can be x

[binks in reply to Yoga82]

That's why this is such a good place to post. The symptoms are so random and diverse and so debilitating. Thank you so much xx

[Puffnstuff]

I understand completely, I had 20 years of it. Taking drugs everyday couldn't even get on a bus. I was on my own at the time after a bad divorce. Then in 1984 I got married and for a long time I was still depending on drugs that didn't really help but mentally made me think they did. And gradually it got a bit better day by day. So there is hope for you don't give up trying everything you can to mentally fight it and I hope you push through what ever it is causing your problems.