Embarrassing Illnesses

Hiya ive been diagnosed with ibs i get loss of appetite,nausea,headaches,fatigue,painful wind in the morning which cramps and interfers with my sleep.Also i get this left side pain a cm away from my belly button.
Ive tried spasmonal and meberverine is there anything u can suggest. thnks

I was diagnosed with IBS 2.5yrs ago and have found a group of herbal supplements which work amazingly! I take slippery elm (my advice is find plastic capsules with the bark inside as the powder is absolutely horrible and the tablets without a coating are the same) which help with diahhorea/constipation, magnesium which helps with cramps and has also been a godsend for my periods, a multivitamin and a probiotic. I spoke to my GP today and he has suggested peppermint oil as well, so now have these capsules as well.

I also find that avoiding too many carbs and starchy foods and basing my diet more around a range of vegestables, fruit and meat helps incredibly!

I must admit, I have had 2-3 bouts of bad symptoms (ie: bad cramping, bad diahhorea/constipation) though I do still get a fair amount of wind and my bowel movements aren't fantastic. To be honest though, I would much prefer this to how it was before I was diagnosed!!

hi, Im 19 and have had IBS for about 4 years now, I found alcohol does trigger it off but it comes and goes when it feels like it, advise for everyone get some Colpermin tablets, They are peppermint oil tablets and they seem to help a great deal when i get it. You can get these tablets from just about any chemist. I wont go anywhere without them. Hope this helps as IBS can be unbearable sometimes

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I'm 29 and I've had IBS for the last ten years. It kicked off shortly after my mum passed away it seemed to be the trigger. Up to last year I found it incredibly difficult to manage, i avoided eating out with friends or weekends away as undoubtedly i would get an attack and would end up feeling embarrassed and stressed which would lead to further attacks..it was a vicious circle. Last year I gave up alcohol as on nights out I found my stomach to be 10 times worse both during the night and the following day and it would only take a couple of drinks to cause serious attacks. This was the first thing that has helped. The second was after meeting my current boyfriend and confiding in him about my condition he explained that during his training to be a biotechnologist they did clinical trials on ibs sufferers. During his time there they tested patients with ibs by asking them to take probiotics, you find these most commonly in yogurts, and the results were very good. As i tried everything else, from changing my diet to pharmaceuticals to extra fibre ( none of them worked) I gave it a shot and started eating probiotic yogurts ( on average 2 a day) and I feel so much better. Honestly its so simple but it worked. I'm not 100% better but 95% at least. And i'll take that. Please give it a go it is worth a try if it doesnt work no harm done but if it does your life will be a lot easier :)

hi, i am Amber, i got when i was about 7, i got told i had ibs :S…. im 13 now and thanks 2 the ibs, i have had countless other problems, (i fint i may even have bowl cancer, cause 1 min i have diarier, the nxt i have costipation, il get it check out just in case , bt havin ibs is very painfull, its making my life very hard :( , its hurting my education, and my social life, so if u aint got it. ur lucky

Hi i'm kyra and i'm 15 years old. I have IBS and i just wonna say about my IBS. (i don't know if its good or not) Anways, when i was 8-13 or 14 i had really nasty bad pains in my lower stomack because of my bowels and the pain usually took place between 12-4 am. I had to be rushed to Hospital 2-3 times. Doctors had givin me tablets and drinks to take. They didn't really help much. But found out that my diet did not help nor did my weight. so i changed my diet and started on digestive capsuals and ALOT of vitimin B's. it help so much. Also as i grew more mature, the pain went away. The video is right about fibres and sorts. For me vitimin B's help me alot and i have had been easy in the loo.

My advice is maybe try take alot more vitimins and alot of fruit and check your diet. Today i have to watch out for spicy food or else i may get a stomack cramp and not pleasent in the loo.

I am 24 and have been diagnosed with IBS, but am not convinced, I suffer with, bloating, flatulance and rumbling daily, however if I eat anything other than my extremely restricted diet my symptoms get worse along with cramps and eventually diaorrea. I Have given up drinking alcohol for nearly a year know as when this first started I would get diaorrea almost immediatley after drinking.
I am concerned as I am uable to eat healthily as I am not eating diary, fruit, veg, wholegrains or whole wheat and some meats due to this problem which doesn't leave much, I also suffer from recurrant uti symptoms (all tests negative) and extremely bad periods. I have had blood tests, urinalysis, ultrasounds, gastroscopy and an endoscopy all they have found are stomach ulcers and polycystic overies, I struggle to take most medications due to intolerances to lactose and soya so The only things that help are lanzoprazole and peppermint tea. This can't be normal I don't know what else to do, I think the doctors think I'm mad!

i tink i have ibs can you tell me what to do

I quit smoking over 12 months ago after a bad accident and breaking my back. Since then or soon after, i get bad cramps in my stomach and have to rush to the toilet and have diareah, after going to the toilet i am fine until the next morning.I also look like i am about 9 months pregnant as my stomach seems to be swelled all of the time, could it be the fact that i was in a full body brace for over 5 months and my tummy muscles have collasped. can you please tell me what you think, thankyou.

Am Realy worried I have had ibs for bout 7 year so my gp says so but am worried that its somthing else like cancer my bowel movment is always changing please can u help