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Do i have IBS?

I have experienced these symptoms for 3 weeks : 1. I feel sick and burp up after about 20 minutes of eating a meal. 2. My lower stomach hurts and makes me...

I have experienced these symptoms for 3 weeks : 1. I feel sick and burp up afte...

DamoGaming

•10 years ago

5 Replies

The FODMaP diet

I have suffered with bouts of IBS for over 10 years, however for the past 2 months I have been suffering every day. I suffer with abdominal pains, sometimes...

I have suffered with bouts of IBS for over 10 years, however for the past 2 mont...

jessk23

•10 years ago

25 Replies

Pain at Night

Thought I had found my answer to IBS by adopting a low fibre diet. 4/5 days much improved but now the night time ache/pain in the lefthand side has returned...

Thought I had found my answer to IBS by adopting a low fibre diet. 4/5 days much...

Trailrider

•10 years ago

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Glutamine

I have seen a number of references to Glutamine on this forum. I have never tried it but have done some research and it appears to be a useful supplement. I...

I have seen a number of references to Glutamine on this forum. I have never tri...

Queeny54

•10 years ago

2 Replies

Nausea on a regular schedule?

I was diagnosed with IBS just over a month ago. My condition was triggered by a 6 week bout of gastro-enteritis. A colonoscopy provided entirely normal...

I was diagnosed with IBS just over a month ago. My condition was triggered by a ...

babramson

•10 years ago

10 Replies

I have been told my abdomen & pelvic pain is IBS have had various tests Gastroscopy, colonoscopy & laparoscopy, but since October have had

pain 24/7 feels like everything is swelling or being squeezed/twisted have tried Buscopan and cutting out various food groups, also invested in Symprove no...

pain 24/7 feels like everything is swelling or being squeezed/twisted have tried...

MEERKAT1971

•10 years ago

23 Replies

Help me please

Another nightmare day, just come off antibiotics, which was my 4th lot since beginning of December, went back to see my useless gp, his wonderful advice is"we...

Another nightmare day, just come off antibiotics, which was my 4th lot since beg...

Cimmy

•10 years ago

7 Replies

IBS symptoms worse since stopping anti-depressants

Hi I've recently titrated off anti-depressants (citalopram) 10 days ago but since starting to lower the dose 8 weeks ago, my IBS has got worse again. I have...

Hi I've recently titrated off anti-depressants (citalopram) 10 days ago but sinc...

Ophelia_pain

•10 years ago

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diarreha

I had 2/3 of my large instestine removed due to cancer. I have had chronic diarreaha ever since. Lost 40 pounds in a few months. I take Cholestyramine,...

I had 2/3 of my large instestine removed due to cancer. I have had chronic diar...

myLord

•10 years ago

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LEPICOL 1st week

I started using Lepicol 1week ago and I thought I`d give my first impression. I`m an IBS D sufferer of many years normally using Imodium and Buscopan to...

I started using Lepicol 1week ago and I thought I`d give my first impression. I`...

Martg

•10 years ago

8 Replies

Any advice on travelling with IBS please. As usual my husband wants to go abroad in March. I was diagnosed only this year and the worst

Parts of the day for me are early morning and evening. Worst thing for me would be to keep wanting to go the loo on a plane!!!

Parts of the day for me are early morning and evening. Worst thing for me would ...

woodland

•10 years ago

6 Replies

Who lives in Manchester? Wants set a group up?

I want to set an i.b.s group up in Manchester would people attend? This area lacks of support for us that suffer I think it would be great to discuss are...

I want to set an i.b.s group up in Manchester would people attend? This area lac...

zh27

•10 years ago

1 Reply

Ileocecal valve questions -> do I have an issue or not.

So for the past year and a half (almost 2 now) I have been having pain right where the Ileocecal valve is. I've done a tone of research and cannot figure out...

So for the past year and a half (almost 2 now) I have been having pain right whe...

karger

•10 years ago

11 Replies

Has anyone tried Silicol Gel?

I've just received the January edition of The IBS Network newsletter and seen an ad in it for a product called Silicol Gel, website at www.silicol.co.uk It...

I've just received the January edition of The IBS Network newsletter and seen an...

Hidden

•10 years ago

38 Replies

Wholemeal Bread.

I hope this might help another IBS sufferer. For years I have baked my own wholemeal brown bread and along with porridge every morning and fibre from...

I hope this might help another IBS sufferer. For years I have baked my own whole...

Trailrider

•10 years ago

7 Replies

CONSTELLA (Linaclotide) for painful constipation - has anyone tried this new drug? If so were there any side effects? Did it help pain?

I get very painful wind and especially bad when suffering from a cold aswell. I use hot wheat bags diet and relax tapes along with pain relief when really...

I get very painful wind and especially bad when suffering from a cold aswell. ...

purple-07

•10 years ago

10 Replies

What is the pain so many people feel on the left side of their torso?

I have been suffering from pain on the left side of my torso, a symptom of my IBS, and i was wondering, does any one have any idea what this pain is?

I have been suffering from pain on the left side of my torso, a symptom of my IB...

beau_alicia

•10 years ago

8 Replies

Ibs or something else confused!!!

Almost 3 years ago I was diagnosed with ibs after going to the emergency room a number of times with severe lowere right abdominal pain that comes and goes in...

Almost 3 years ago I was diagnosed with ibs after going to the emergency room a ...

Ali2125-

•10 years ago

12 Replies

A week into trying to stop PPI's is just awful. It's ok for 3/4 days and then wham!! Heartburn/upper GI like I've never known.

Has anyone else experienced this? According to my pharmacist, I should cut down to every alternate day for a few weeks and then aim for maintenance at 3 - 4...

Has anyone else experienced this? According to my pharmacist, I should cut down ...

binks

•10 years ago

5 Replies

Has anyone else tried Linaclotide and if so what results have you had?

bubbles75

•10 years ago

4 Replies

A patient's wish list for 2014

This is a very personal list for me. A mixture of of my own health wishes and those that I would like to see happen in healthcare. It would be great to hear if...

This is a very personal list for me. A mixture of of my own health wishes and th...

michaelseres

•10 years ago

1 Reply

Mental -v- Physical

The truth is I’m tired. No, not because I am up partying. At my age as if!!! I’m tired of always feeling like a patient. I am tired of over 30 years of being...

The truth is I’m tired. No, not because I am up partying. At my age as if!!! I’m...

michaelseres

•10 years ago

2 Replies

brilliant testing done

My 15 year old son was 'diagnosed' as having IBS because of burning in the stomach, sometime waking him at night and causing him problems in the toilet, this...

My 15 year old son was 'diagnosed' as having IBS because of burning in the stoma...

Hidden

•10 years ago

9 Replies

Has anybody else had to give up work. I suffer from severe bouts of diarrhoea pain &bloating several days a week!

bickerton

•10 years ago

13 Replies

Bottled water

Has anyone else had trouble with bottled water?

AfricanSheila

•10 years ago

15 Replies

Hi all , what is ibs D and how does it differ from the other variants, no one has ever told me what strain i have

1tomorrow

•10 years ago

1 Reply

Yorktest?

Hi i have been suffering with ibs and currently lost my job out of missing days of work because i did not work in a place with a toilet i was always an outside...

Hi i have been suffering with ibs and currently lost my job out of missing days ...

ctanner-uk

•10 years ago

6 Replies

Can an attack last for on and off for 8 weeks ? Told I had post viral IBS whole system affected. Lots of nausea and indigestion + diarrhea

isaw GE consultant did not seem too concerned Had colonoscopy and endoscopy 3 years ago , diverticulosis and gastritis . Im 66 female ....so fed up grand for...

isaw GE consultant did not seem too concerned Had colonoscopy and endoscopy 3 ye...

bumpermac

•10 years ago

7 Replies

Update on condition and clinic appointments

An update to this post: https://healthunlocked.com/theibsnetwork/posts/1177009/ibs-or-ibd-the-investigation-is-ongoing My GP decided to try me on Fybogel...

An update to this post: https://healthunlocked.com/theibsnetwork/posts/1177009/i...

kirstyboo

•10 years ago

10 Replies

Years of relief

After suffering IBS for several years I consulted a private specialist who put me on 20mg NEXIUM (one every morning) COLPERMIN (three times a day before...

After suffering IBS for several years I consulted a private specialist who put m...

TheGrocer

•10 years ago

11 Replies

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All posts for January 2014

Do i have IBS?

The FODMaP diet

Pain at Night

Glutamine

Nausea on a regular schedule?

I have been told my abdomen & pelvic pain is IBS have had various tests Gastroscopy, colonoscopy & laparoscopy, but since October have had

Help me please

IBS symptoms worse since stopping anti-depressants

diarreha

LEPICOL 1st week

Any advice on travelling with IBS please. As usual my husband wants to go abroad in March. I was diagnosed only this year and the worst

Who lives in Manchester? Wants set a group up?

Ileocecal valve questions -> do I have an issue or not.

Has anyone tried Silicol Gel?

Wholemeal Bread.

CONSTELLA (Linaclotide) for painful constipation - has anyone tried this new drug? If so were there any side effects? Did it help pain?

What is the pain so many people feel on the left side of their torso?

Ibs or something else confused!!!

A week into trying to stop PPI's is just awful. It's ok for 3/4 days and then wham!! Heartburn/upper GI like I've never known.

Has anyone else tried Linaclotide and if so what results have you had?

A patient's wish list for 2014

Mental -v- Physical

brilliant testing done

Has anybody else had to give up work. I suffer from severe bouts of diarrhoea pain &bloating several days a week!

Bottled water

Hi all , what is ibs D and how does it differ from the other variants, no one has ever told me what strain i have

Yorktest?

Can an attack last for on and off for 8 weeks ? Told I had post viral IBS whole system affected. Lots of nausea and indigestion + diarrhea

Update on condition and clinic appointments

Years of relief

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