change in IBS symptoms

[Junkjournal1]

Hi I am totally confused and a bit bewildered. So I have had IBS with terrible bouts of diarrhoea for over three years. During which time I definitely had trigger foods which made it a lot worse. Going on a gluten free diet seemed to help slightly as did a fructan free diet. Also low fodmap. But didn’t stop the diarrhoea completely. Over the last few months I’ve been trying prebiotics and probiotics not helped a great deal either. The last lot I tried I took for three months they seemed to help a bit but not massively. So I decided about a month ago to stop taking them. The last two weeks I’ve had no diarrhoea and have been eating some trigger foods which I have been fine with. What the dickens is going on 🤷‍♀️. I’m not complaining but I am totally at a loss what’s going on after having diarrhoea for over three years. If anyone can shed some light on this I would be very grateful thank you.

[winfong]

IBS is very weird. It's not unheard of it to switch from C to D, or to inexplicably get better or worse.

Anything else going on your life? Reduction in stress can help.

[ValDee88]

My longstanding IBS-D appears to have changed to IBS-M. I had the usual exclusion tests-no change there. My GP said it was reasonably common for IBS to change with age, however, if you are concerned or have new symptoms please speak to your GP.

[Colinstar]

So sorry to hear all this I empathise !! Any emotional triggers my IBS is definitely worse when under severe stress and i am having counselling to deal with emotional issues, I suggest exploring counselling if you have not already done so

[LFHell]

I heard ibs gets better for some people but not everyone.