IBS-anyone got it?

I was diagnosed with IBS when I was 14 (im 16 now). Please feel free to PM me if you want to chat about it.

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fruitcake

im a bit ignorant... what's IBS?

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fruitcake

im a bit ignorant... what's IBS?

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qexy-loz

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Irritable Bowel Syndrome?

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34253

I PMed you :smile:

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OP

Thanks Everyone especially Elipsis and Flora, you're personal experiences have helped me alot. :redface:

*hugs*

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Yeah I have it and it's so vexing! If you want to PM me about it then do! :smile:

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fiesty_fox

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Yeh I have it. I had it for few weeks now, but i don't know it'll last that long.
Actually i think it depends on the person's ammune system and their diet really

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Unregistered

Hi i totallly understand your problem. i am 18 and have IBS since i was 14, the pain even led me to have to be referred to a consultant and even now they think i mite hav chrones disease like my mum. all i can say is that i have tried to not let it affect my life and just ignored when i can-you cant let it take you over, i know its hard but you cant let something so rritating ruin your life-your'e only young. eat and sleep-dont drink too much and you will be helping yourself a lot.

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Yeah I have to visit the loo during every meal I eat. It's really embarrasing! I have to be very careful with what I eat and I stick to things like Bran Flakes and brown bread. A drink called 'Fybogel' really helps. My Dr prescribed it to me (as it's a bit pricey) and it tastes foul but it provides some relief. It's the bloating that drives me crazy though....everything I eat or drink causes my tummy to bloat to the extent that I look pregnant! Grrr.

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34253

fiesty_fox

Yeh I have it. I had it for few weeks now, but i don't know it'll last that long.
Actually i think it depends on the person's ammune system and their diet really

I'm sorry to say that its a life long disease and there is no magic cure for it, it gets better and worse but you will always have it.

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OP

clairey87

Yeah I have to visit the loo during every meal I eat. It's really embarrasing! I have to be very careful with what I eat and I stick to things like Bran Flakes and brown bread. A drink called 'Fybogel' really helps. My Dr prescribed it to me (as it's a bit pricey) and it tastes foul but it provides some relief. It's the bloating that drives me crazy though....everything I eat or drink causes my tummy to bloat to the extent that I look pregnant! Grrr.

Omg..im on Fybogel too...just started taking it this week...it is horrible, loads of granules of something just floating and if you drink it all but half is still sticking to the bottom of your glass of water it chokes you! I'm ment to have it 2 times a day but it's so horrible when you're choked by it that i only manage one a day. I'm also on Mebeverine tablets which i've had before and it's working ok. YES bloating is a killer with IBS, I cannot eat breakfast in the morning because anything i eat even a little tiny piece of sumthing such as toast or cereal bar makes me badly need to go to the loo. It's horrible how when u eat a tiny bit and you bloat, get wind then get urges to go loo just because of a slice of toast or something! I know it's important to eat breakfast but i just cannot, otherwise i'll end up with urges to the loo before i go school, then again within 30 mins! :frown:

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LPK

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I am going for an endoscopy on friday to see whether i have it. I know how annoying it is at school. I got sent home over 30 times from january to july this year! It worked out more than twice a week. It is annoying seeing people in school being so healthy and you're just feeling like crap. Especially the people who smoke. Hopefully the doctors will be able to control it for you. It has taken them 8 months to finally narrow mine down to IBS, and they still arent controlling it.

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loobylou1987

Hi i totallly understand your problem. i am 18 and have IBS since i was 14, the pain even led me to have to be referred to a consultant and even now they think i mite hav chrones disease like my mum. all i can say is that i have tried to not let it affect my life and just ignored when i can-you cant let it take you over, i know its hard but you cant let something so rritating ruin your life-your'e only young. eat and sleep-dont drink too much and you will be helping yourself a lot.

Another reason it stresses me out.

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The seceret to drinking Fybogel is to make it with cool water....not really cold stuff. Then really really stir it and while it's still swirling around, down it! My boyfriend knows I can't stand it but also knows that I have to drink it so he won't let me out of the kitchen until i've drunk it!

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clairey87

The seceret to drinking Fybogel is to make it with cool water....not really cold stuff. Then really really stir it and while it's still swirling around, down it! My boyfriend knows I can't stand it but also knows that I have to drink it so he won't let me out of the kitchen until i've drunk it!

ok..i'll keep that in mind. Wish me luck cause i nearly threw up taking that choking fybogel! :rolleyes:

Has anyone tried Peppermint oils for ibs. I have and it seriously stops the bloating and wind, just not the urges. I had to stop taking them cause of the new meds :frown:

For those who suffer bloating and wind try peppermint oils! Never mind Peppermint tea, try the peppermint oils! :p:

They stay intact until the reach the guts...hmmm.... :p:

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will do!!!! thanks for the tip, I'm fed up with looking pregnant!

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*Emily*

clairey87

Yeah I have to visit the loo during every meal I eat. It's really embarrasing! I have to be very careful with what I eat and I stick to things like Bran Flakes and brown bread. A drink called 'Fybogel' really helps. My Dr prescribed it to me (as it's a bit pricey) and it tastes foul but it provides some relief. It's the bloating that drives me crazy though....everything I eat or drink causes my tummy to bloat to the extent that I look pregnant! Grrr.

i love bran flakes! and ditto the bloating! its so horrible coz i think oh no i've gotta lose weight i look so fat, but even if i lost weight it'd still look fat :frown:

i think i've got ibs, but i really dont want to go to doctors it'd be really embarassing :redface:

i hate it so much, and you just feel like ah no i wish i was normal and didnt have to worry :frown:

i worry all the time :frown:

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