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ibs and fibro

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shirley99502
shirley99502

I have all the simptoms of ibs but my gp is saying its only a winter bug. The think is i told him it wasnt there  all the time it only flers up ocassionly. My mum has ibs i told her all my simptoms and she said it is exsacully the same as what happens to her. What am i to do very confussed about it.can enyone help.

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  • JulieBadger
    JulieBadger shirley99502

    Posted

    Unfortunately I don't think they can do anything for IBS anyway.  It's you researching what triggers it, to then try and avoid it.  It could be certain food or it could be stress.  It is real and it certainly ain't no winter bug! 

    I am mainly triggered by a sudden increase in stressful thoughts. 

    I've tried fighting it but it hasn't worked for me.

    I just have to let it out of my system and grab the air freshionercheesygrinxxx

    • shirley99502
      shirley99502 JulieBadger

      Posted

      Thankyou  for that  hun i carnt seam to figgure out what flares it up but i do keep trying it could be the stress as i  i have my 2 daughters living with me 1 son and my 3 month old grandson and my eldest has got a lot of medical probbles and 1 daughter has got somethink out of line in her bloods which they want let me know what shes got to go again on the 1st oct which will be her 3rd blood test so i have that to worry about and my 3 month old grandson i worry a lot about him so it could be the stress hun 
    • JulieBadger
      JulieBadger shirley99502

      Posted

      Stress is a common IBS trigger I believe.  We Fibro/ME sufferers are very good and getting stressed about everything, even when others wouldn't.  Sounds like you got very good reasons to be stressed.

      Some say Fibro/ME symptoms are a cause of our particular bodies not being able to chemically deal with stress reactions the way non Fibro/ME bodies do. wink Bless our silly bodies.

  • tiswas24537
    tiswas24537 shirley99502

    Posted

    first of all dont panic, i used to but it does and will make it worse.

    you have to take control find out whats causing it it dosent happen with out a reason

    rule out food types , see if its worse or better for certain types of food.

    if you drink stop and see if this makes it better or worse.

    reduce caffine go to decaff ,  i have to avoid caffine ,citrus fruits, tomatoes , garlic ,all onions ,hot milk, and anything spicey , total nightmare everything i love .

    but its worth it , i also found that for me accupunture works well ,as did reflexolgy

    and i also used a self hypnoises cd esp for calming i b s , ,which works really well.

    i no stress of any kind ignites my symptoms , arguments, family upsets ,will have my stomach cramping with in minutes and me looking for a bathroom .

    so dont

    under estamte what stress can do . avoid as much as poss and thru  a cd learn ways of coping with what you cant avoid . to lesson the impact of the symptoms.

    good luck  try not to worry , get positive fight back .tian

    • shirley99502
      shirley99502 tiswas24537

      Posted

      I know its not caffine as i drink coffee all the time  can you get the cds of ebay for ibs  and the fuit is ok as well as i eat it everyday but i am under a lot of stress. Before i got fibro i have had seveir depression for over 6 years so know i have fibro it dosent help with the deppression i have been on that many antydepressants over the years you wouldent belive it 
    • tiswas24537
      tiswas24537 shirley99502

      Posted

      anti depresants arent a long term solution they in many cases compond the problems.yes you can get them thats where i got mine from  .

      just look for one that treats either axiety or one for i b s ..i got both. but you need  a self hypnosise one not just a relaxtion one .NANO GOLD is also very good supplement for depresion and general health to .

    • tiswas24537
      tiswas24537

      Posted

      and NANO GOLD dosent havent side effects.

      well not as i have found and i am super sensistive to meds even

      some alternatives.

    • shirley99502
      shirley99502 tiswas24537

      Posted

      Someone else on one of the other disscusions on fibro i had a look for(nano gold on ebay and i couldent find it anywhere on there and i will have a look for the cds thanks alot tina 
    • tiswas24537
      tiswas24537 shirley99502

      Posted

      its on there because i use a seller iv just brought another bottle ,

      its also known as collodal gold .i will private message u with item numbers

      as cant do here because its classed as advertising .tian

  • louise91796
    louise91796 shirley99502

    Posted

    I had the same problem for years, in the end my doctor told me it was all in my head, so I cut out all food and drink except for bread and water for three days and added one thing a day until I discovered what the cause the cause was
    • shirley99502
      shirley99502 louise91796

      Posted

      I wonder if the gp thinks my headaches are all in my head( pardon the pun lol) but u know what i mean  louise i wish the hole fibro thing was jusy a bad dream wish full thinking though hun 
  • louise91796
    louise91796 shirley99502

    Posted

    Ha ha good one Shirley, the GP's do try their best to help us but cannot know all there is know about everything, so we have to try to help ourselves and do some detective work on our bodies, recently I went to my GP with a list if symptoms, he shrugged his shoulders and admitted that he bad no idea, I started my own discussion and discovered I have a sensitivity to flouride ie flouride poisoning, I have now eliminated all things containing flouride including tea and am a lot better, try the elimination process, you might get a pleasant surprise 
    • shirley99502
      shirley99502 louise91796

      Posted

      I  have read some things about fibro on google  but i need to read up a bit more. I have to see a pain specialit on the 15th october i'll see what hes got to say the first one i saw a few months back was a male shovanist pxg so i reported him to the hospital ( he looked down his nose at me and was discusted cause my husdand dose every thing for me and around the house he was one of them guys yhat women should do every thing and should be seen but not heard and walk behind the man) you know the ones i mean hun 

    • louise91796
      louise91796 shirley99502

      Posted

      Was he non Brit, I've met a few if those, they need to be brought down a peg or two
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