anybody with IBS?

I hate it sometimes because people don't understand this condition and it is very embarrassing at times!

totally know what you mean, i get embarrassed a lot about it. and then that makes it worse!

You've just got to beat the embarrassment with humor. I've got a code word: if my friends or coworkers wonder why I am late, suddenly unavailable, etc., I say I had a "bathroom emergency". I came up with that one after growing tired of the raised eyebrows and endless half-joking "are you pregnant?" queries about my frequent morning... sickness.

If I remember well I had the symptoms since I quitted smoking. After quitting smoking some issues where emerged and I began increasing dietary fibres in my diet, especially dried plums, which I loved.
2 months ago, I had to go to a doctor because of a food poisoning and there I was diagnosed (except food poisoning) with a rising duodenal ulcer and IBS.
The doctor hasn't asked me to watch out my diet, and I'm still on medication until I complete a 3 month treatment. Only the first 10 days I was asked to cut the diary products and fresh fruits but this was because of the food poisoning by ice-cream.
Recently I found out that I will never eat again dried plums! They are far the only trigger of my awful symptoms. As for the pain, before taking medication, made me wake up in the middle of the night because it was insufferable. Now I have only some small cramps, completely tolerable. I'm wondering what it will happen when I complete my treatment.

Any of y'all who would like to friend me are welcome to. It sounds like most of you are IBS-D sufferers? I'm IBS-C (I know I saw at least one who sounded like it, too).

What meds have y'all tried, and are they specific to IBS-D? I tried a bowel-relaxant, but I can't remember what it's called. The side effects were as bad as the symptom it was meant to relieve, so I couldn't stay on it. I take large doses of Fiber Gummies (cause me less cramping than other fiber brands I've tried), and drink water like it's going out of style.

Any of y'all who would like to friend me are welcome to. It sounds like most of you are IBS-D sufferers? I'm IBS-C (I know I saw at least one who sounded like it, too).

What meds have y'all tried, and are they specific to IBS-D? I tried a bowel-relaxant, but I can't remember what it's called. The side effects were as bad as the symptom it was meant to relieve, so I couldn't stay on it. I take large doses of Fiber Gummies (cause me less cramping than other fiber brands I've tried), and drink water like it's going out of style.

i concur it sounds like most of you have IBD which is inflammatory bowel disease which is a lot more serious than IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) as it can lead to Crohns Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.

That's possible too, but that wasn't actually what I meant. IBS-D is how people refer to diarrhea-predominant IBS. IBS-C is constipation-predominant. People with IBS-C can experience both issues, but experience severe constipation more often than not.

I dooo. It started out pretty serious. Before they diagnosed me. I started not being able to eat without feeling incredibly nauseous. I couldn't even stomach the smell of food, so I basically stopped eating. It wasn't pretty. It then evolved into just having to go to the bathroom a lot. After tons of tests, they diagnosed me with IBS. And I started taking medicine for it, but I've been weaned off of them and I've been doing pretty well without it.

It generally only kicks in now whenever I get super stressed out or eat junk food.

I have IBD and IBS, so I kmow exactly what you ladies are feeling! I always have to watch what I eat. I find banana has reacted really badly with me lately.

I was diagnosed with IBS-D way back when I was pregnant with my son (17+ years ago). What I didn't realize was that there is an IBS-D and and IBS-C. Just two days ago I was diagnosed with IBS-C. I'm still coming to grips with it after numerous hospital visits, procedures, testing, biopsies and countless doctors. I was completely oblivious to IBS-C until my waistline went from a 29-37 basically overnight. The pain was just excruciating and this went on for about a month+. My new Gastro doc nailed it...my body is revolting with the immense amount of stress I am under working non-stop. Really?!? Now each day is a surprise not knowing what sort of day it will be....D or a C. Knowing how intense IBS-C is I would give anything just to have my old IBS-D back any day. I've lived with it so long I've just dealt with it. IBS-C has a whole new set of rules that I need to adapt to. Stress has always been my trigger for IBS-D but now it appears it is the same for IBS-C! I'm still sorting out how to reduce/eliminate the stress to lead a somewhat normal life....definitely a work in progress.

hi im new on here....i found my trigger for IBS is stress
but because i dont get it so often now, i can take co-codimol and it helps to ease it x

Have had IBS for 14 years, came with onset of fibromyalgia. If I control stress and eat a high-fiber diet, I don't have symptoms. But add some stress and then I'm lactose intolerant. I take fiber gummies for prevention along with at least 25 mg fiber per day in food. Have lactase tabs when needed, but sometimes the IBS hits me before I realize it. Then I use a combo of OTC Imodium for the diarrhea and prescription Levsin (hyoscyamine) for the cramping. I do get dry mouth and a little drowsy from the latter but since I'm in bed holding a heating pad to my stomach it really doesn't matter!

I suffer from IBS. My mum too. For years, I thought it was food poisoning or something. But I finally figured out trigger foods ... wheat, commerical milk and some overly sugary foods. Now I try to control it. And recently, throu tests and doctors found out it could be side effect to my PCOS.