IBS suffers come tell me all about it, suffering!

[walkinthewoods]

I went to the gp's the other day as I have been suffering from diarrhea for over 2weeks. In the last week I have started to feel nauseaous (most of the day, sometimes worse than others and lose my appitite)

I thought it might have been a side effect from an increase in dosage from my AD's but it didn't start immediately (and the nausea didn't satrt til last week)

Gp says it sounds like a classic case of IBS. I have an ugency to go in a.m. usually after eating. I have tummy cramps just beofre.

I have given a stool (sorry tmi) sample just to rule out an infection. Gp reakons I would be over it by nowe if it was.

I have been under an enormous amount of stress for a long time (won;t bore you) and that's why I'm on AD's.

It is a bit soon for your gp to say IBS imo. It is only IBS after other things have been ruled out. A stomach bug can temporarily irritate your gut and this would pass in a few weeks with the help of some loperamide.

My GP told me I'd got IBS without doing any tests for anything else. I keep hearing about how everything else should be ruled out first but I know plenty of people who were told they'd got IBS without checks for anything being done. What other things could it be?

I got diagnosed with IBS after they had poked and prodded, taken a stack of blood.. put cameras up and down...!! to rule out everything else.

there are things you can do.. keep a food diary and score each day 1 - 10 good to bad.. also record stress levels each day.
Work on stress.. long haul I know.

drink plenty and take suppliments for the vitamins and minerals you might be missing.
GP should go through this with you.. tbh.

drugs wise from GP.. I take antiacids ( really strong ones).. anti sick pills.. anti squit pills.. buscopan.. colpamin (sp) for gas and cramps.
I also take multi vitamins and other suppliments.

The up shot is.. I still feel sick everyday.. still have stomach cramps .. but at least the pills make it so that I can actually get on with the day 90% of the day.

somedays are good tho

I saw a homeopath who made a massive difference. As well as the homeopathic remedy she suggested not eating too much wheat as it's difficult to digest & making sure I drink plenty. My GP suggested about 10 different medicines for the various symptoms & avoiding food that caused problems. Considering all food causes a problem when my IBS is bad I didn't think he was much help.

Just to add into the mix, I know two (medical) people who suffered from IBS, and both were cured by hypnotism. Not something I would normally recommend, yet they went in as complete skeptics but found it really worked.

Thanks for all of your replies. I did think it was a bit quick off the mark to suggest IBS but she did say it might well be this rather than defo.

I have been particularly bad this a.m. but have put some root ginger in hot water and it eases slightly. (Tis like being blardy pg)

I have noticed that drinking tea is a no-no now. I hardly ate anything yesterday. The thought of some foods just turns my stomach. Will keep a diary as suggested.

Also just wondering how many actually suffer from this nausea because that's the worst. I thought the trots were bad enough but the nausea is really pissing me off.

I used to sometimes suffer from nausea although a delightful combination of alternating constipation & diarrhoea are my main symptoms

i suffered with ibs a few years ago and it went on for about 4 years but disappeared after i had my 2nd child. 3 years later upon hearing i have an ofsted inspection due (i'm a childminder) it's come back with a vengeance this weekend. I've had stomach cramps and so much gas i feel like i'm going to be sick,nausea and a major tension headache. Sometimes having a hot bath helps for me for a short time and i've just started taking buscopan which seems to be quite good.

I was told that is what I am suffering from, by my gp 4 weeks ago. I had a nagging pain, in my right side, slight constipation, she ran loads of blood tests and examined me inside and out! Put me on Colofac, went away for a while and is backwith a vengeance this w/end, feel very very fat around my middle and uncomfy generally. My husband was diagnosed with bowel and liver cancer in March so its been almost a year of hell, in fact he came out of hospital last Mon after having liver surgery. They blame the IBS on stress, now theres a surprise, esp as we have 10 yr old triplets!

I'm not surprised you're stressed triplets. Hope your husband is doing ok.

I've had it for years too. I've finally found chocolate is a huge trigger for 'upset' tummy, even a small cookie does. Heat and stress are other triggers for me. It's worth looking at your diet, if you can afford it you can get Yorktested as I did. Funny though they didn't show up chocolate! With me once something upsets it it takes week to settle down again.

I'm thinking I might have this too

Not sure, it could be as I had a bad infection over the summer and am having symptoms again. Hope it isn't nasty thing back again - it seems to go away then comes back when I am really stressed.

They're doing tests again to make sure. IMO IBS isn't normally diagnosed until other things are ruled out and you've had the problem for at least 3 months??

The older I get I firmly believe we under estimate stress and its affect on our bodies! When my son died in 1994 my periods stopped for two years. Then I had 2 goes at ivf, pumped full of hormones, then third attempt lightly different as I had donated eggs, result triplets just before my 46th birthday! Never had a full nights sleep since and now very sick husband and 3x`s 10 yr olds! I need to be pampered....ha ha!