obviously I know they’re not but I honestly feel like I’m going insane. I’ve got IBS (confirmed by multiple blood and stool tests aswell as an abdominal ultrasound, colonoscopy and endoscopy. Everything absolutely fine, so it’s just IBS. But I can’t get the symptoms under control no matter what I try. I’ve tried probiotics, FODMAP, dairy free, gluten free, wheat free, various prescriptions. Everything I can think of. I’m a healthy weight and don’t smoke or drink. Nothing is helping
I get cramps, blood in stool and when wiping, diarrhoea and mucus. I’ve had all the investigations and it’s just IBS but I don’t know why I can’t control it. I also don’t have piles or fissures. Im not stressful person and don’t have a stressful lifestyle.
this week I’ve had constipation which is unusual as usually I get diarrhoea- it’s a sudden urgency to go to the toilet with cramping and pain in my stomach. This might be TMI but I’ve also noticed what looks like white stuff throughout the stool, it’s got loads of white blobs in it (not the tiny threadworms, bigger than that) they’re slightly smaller than half a cm and I haven’t eaten anything different recently that I could think would cause this so I’m completely at a loss as to what the hell this is. It’s happened each time I’ve gone to the toilet for the last 2 days. I don’t eat seeds or anything like that. There was also lots of red blood too but that’s not particularly unusual for me.
has anyone ever managed to get their IBS under control? How did you do it?! I KNOW these symptoms are not in my head, but I’m starting to feel like I’m going completely insane because it’s just IBS and it’s been fully investigated and nobody really knows why it’s this bad, but it’s not getting better.