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Hi there. I'm kind of like a long time sufferer of IBS. 5 years ago I had a sigmoidoscopy due to bloated and gassy stomach accompanied by constipation and fresh blood after wiping. It went fine and I was told I had IBS. I've just tried living with it since I eat relatively healthy but symptoms come and go. Last summer I started getting diarrhea instead of constipation. I went to the doctors and they took a stool sample and blood test and both came back fine. Around December my loose stools and frequent passing came back again. I put this down to excessive alcohol drinking over Xmas but the loose stools and frequent passing remain. I had a blood test a couple of weeks ago as I had a couple of quite bad chest infections, again bloods came back fine. I'm not sure if my symptoms remain because I've been struggling with anxiety and depression lately but I'm going to the loo like 3 times a day. My stools sometimes are quite solid, other times not so much but they are never accompanied with blood or dark stools and there's no pain or anything. Does it sound like this is just IBS symptoms? I'm going on a strict and bland diet next week akin to the FODMAP diet and if it doesn't help I'm going to book another doctors appointment. As mentioned I've had some mental issues recently so this may have exaggerated other symptoms but I've generally not been feeling myself.
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pippa58442 adam84525
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adam84525 pippa58442
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Thanks Pippa. I struggle with anxiety which has been worse recently but obviously because I struggle with anxiety it makes the symptoms worse then I worry more and it's a bit of a vicious cycle with me worrying it could be something more. I'm pretty sure anything nasty in your bowels takes a while to develop so a sigmoidoscopy 5 years ago is probably quite recent given my age (29) and I've had blood tests too. Gonna try a really bland diet next week hopefully it helps.
pippa58442 adam84525
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I think anxiety is probably the worst thing about IBS. At least now I don't have health anxiety. It's just the usual stresses in life that can set me off. Hopefully, a bland diet will help.
adam84525 pippa58442
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pippa58442 adam84525
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diane79126 adam84525
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Hi Adam,
I have been thru similar circumstances.i always had IBS issues. As a child I always had constipation. And finally was diagnosed as having IBS in the military. It subsided and after a while hardly any symptoms. Until I ended up with an allergic reaction from softshell crab. Then diarrea started. On and off with gas. So I experimented with
What foods worked and didn't work. I found that taking beano before a meal helped. It stoped the gas which stopped the frequent BM's. Try it. It can't hurt and might help you. Also find a way to relief stress. Exercise meditate or bike ride.good luck
adam84525 diane79126
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Thanks Diane, I have been dabbling with meditation in recent years and try to stay fit it's just difficult with these episodes. I'll try and stay positive. Don't know what beano is?
diane79126 adam84525
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Fainting adam84525
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adam84525 Fainting
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Yes i had bad loose stools last summer and I dabbled with the fodmap diet and it definitely helped at the time but I went back to my old diet and it seemed to have resolved. I also eat relatively healthy but alas a lot of certain fruits and veggies can rub some people's guts up the wrong way. Thanks for your response and good luck.
leeniepie adam84525
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borderriever adam84525
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i would suggest if you are anxious to see your GP once more and discuss your fears. If you are not showing any blood, hopefully you are ok and you are suffering Anxiety.
Sometimes we can concentrate to much on what is not wrong and we may overreact, I would want to put this concern to the back of my mind, hence talk once more to your GP
BOB
loraine121 adam84525
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Hi Adam, I was readying your post, sometimes I take peppermint tea at night it helps if you have constipation at the time or trapped wind , I hope that things get better for you, I have also been trying to cut out dairy, using alpro coconut milk at the moment and dairy free spread , I don't know if it is only coincidence but I don't feel as bloated , good luck,
adam84525 loraine121
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Thanks Loraine. Funnily enough I have been taking some specific ibs capsules which contain peppermint I think and they don't dissolve until they get to the gut, they're quite good actually
loraine121 adam84525
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Hi Adam , happy to help ,I got that tip from someone else who has ibs also if really bad constipation liquorice is really good, I didn't believe it but after taking laxido for days,I got a bag of liquorice alsorts and I ate the whole bag , with in an hour I went to the loo , sorry I don't have any tips for when it changes to the opposite,
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