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Consulted a doc?
Buscopan can help with cramps and bloating and so can peppermint tea.
Seriously though, maybe it's something you're eating... Try cutting out gluten, dairy etc and see if it makes any difference.
IBS is a companion condition associated with the disease Ank. Spon.,which I have had since early 20s
I am not sure if I have IBS courtesy of the AS or a lifetime of aspirin and ibuprofen use or both
if I watch what I am doing I get by just fine.....if I deviate from my rules I pay a price
NO......or very little starch...potatoes cakes bread pastry
no eating snacks
no eating late or after main course
it's doable but in it's own way a NIGHTMARE....for instance,after living like a monk for a month I may go absolutely crazy and eat some white bread and a packet of crisps.....20 mins later the IBS gremlins come knockin'.....
my 2 methods depending how I am feeling is to eat little and often or to wait til I am super hungry until I eat, this is my main method at the mo as it also helps my hiatus hernia.
I've had the colonoscopy...it was clear, thank God
a memory I will cherish forever took place immediately after the colposcopy in what can only be described as the "farting room"
Folk that have just gone through the colonoscopy procedure are ushered into a side room tae ensure that the build up of gas that has accumulated during the "look see" has a chance tae .......dissipate, before one leaves the hospital
so you have a roomful ( open window ) of perfect strangers,men and women,sitting there with their tea,biscuits and sandwiches....all sitting, cross-legged, cross-eyed and bashful, holding onto their cup of tea with extended pinky and the conversation went something like....
" what bus.......PAAAARP...... you getting then?"
"PAAARP.......Oh. I'm.. PAAARP... getting picked up" RIPPPPPP
"Wisnae too pain.. PAAARP... painful at all, was it?"....PEEP
"these.....HONK..... fuckin' custard creams are......PAARP.....sklooooosh..........NURSE!"
Hypnosis for IBS is a treatment recognised in the NICE guidelines -- which I know can be damning with faint praise but NICE guidelines, for all their pros and cons, are not just pulled out of a hat.
Hypnosis can work because...
Once you've excluded all biological components of the problem, and excluded organic symptoms caused by different foodstuffs, you're left with a set of debilitating symptoms which can be a mystery.
IBS is an exaggeration of normal bowel behaviour -- (understatement).
A highly personal take on it is that IBS symptoms seem to have an association with people who are e.g. driving themselves hard -- which is great -- until the body says "slow down please." And the person keeps pushing and driving. And the body says "Fuck you! I'll get you to stop by giving you diarrhoea 36 times a day!"
Obviously not a conscious choice!
Hence hypnosis.
And "driving too hard" can often be people who are too bloody caring. Always giving too much of themselves.
Also, the therapist is highly important to success. You need someone who is experienced in the subject.
(I know someone who is very specialised with hypnosis and IBS and am happy to recommend by PM if anyone is interested.)
Thorpers......DON'T EAT ANYTHING AFTER MAIN MEAL ......you should notice results very quickly
last bite of the day at 18:00
it works for me Bro
all the best
Exploring that change is interesting.
Doctors and therapists with with much bigger brains than mine have noticed the interaction our minds have with our bodies. I've seen it with IBS and I was really in two minds about mentioning here -- a couple of lines on a guitar forum -- because of the necessity of just cutting to the chase and leaving out all the necessary background evidence.
Just as a taster, you might be interested to read this on Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms. It's in the same ball park and it's a good read by a sober minded neurologist.
Suzanne O' Sullivan, "It's All In Your Head" [worst f*cking title ever given the content and message of the book]