PPIs and mebeverine not giving me relief

I started one a week ago. I wanna give it a month and see.

Thanks Angel91

She does suspect ibs since my endoscopy showed acid reflux and hiatal hernia.

She says the stomach cramps and loose stools are ibs symptoms.

I am so tired of having all these symptoms that nothing is able to take care of.

I have been asked to take them for a month and see how I feel. If I still have all my ssymptoms then a colonoscopy will be my next stop.

I m becoming more and more anxious.

Endoscopy showed acid reflux and small hiatal hernia. I have also had abdomen xrays which came back clear and ultrasound that showed a gassy abdomen.

I am too scared to have a CT scan or MRI.

Try giving up sugar and alcohol for a week and see how your stomach reacts. You maybe insulin resistant.

Thanks moon53540

My ultrasound showed a gassy bowel which obscured other organs.  No conculsions were drawn from this although it was noted.  After three and a half months, I was diagnosed with IBS.  I often wonder if the gassy bowel was a sign of this. I am always passing gas.

I’m glad I came off mebeverine within four days; it is obviously nastier than I thought.  When I was on Buscopan regularly, I was able to come off it cold turkey without problems. Buscopan is much milder and works.

Same here Paul75665! I really have enough of it.

I can't remember that last time I had a normal day.

I always have stomach discomfort and pain. And since I started the mebeverine and nexium ,I experience nausea every morning after the 1st dose. I have a bit of pain too. Could it be the fact that the meds are taken on an empty stomach(as they should)? I hear my stomach juices move around,I still burp like crazy. What could be going on???? I m really losing my mind over this. Plus the loose stools I am having...I am a big mess mentally!

You did? What were you experiencing while on it(mebeverine)?

Were you nauseous and even a little too anxious? Coz I am and I m sick of it to be honest.

When I took the first tablet, it felt as if I had swallowed a pebble within a few minutes of taking it. I could later feel my stomach digesting my food for one full hour.  Mebeverine is designed for IBS D, so it bungs you up.  I have IBS C, so it worsened my constipation.  As this worsened, my nausea, lack of appetite and stomach pain increased.  It says on the leaflet that you should tell your doctor if you have constipation before taking this medicine.  I told my doxtor, but she still prescribed it anyway!  I had severe anxiety st the time because no one was diagnosing me and I didn’t know at first  that I was having side effects. The Mebeverine did not cause my anxiety..  

I have chronic indigestion but Mebeverine made it far worse than I have ever experienced.

Hi pippa! I think my anxiety comes from not knowing What s wrong with me and all these meds i am given but nothing works. Now that you 've mentioned it,I too think that's my source of anxiety.

And like you said,a few minutes after I take it,I have stomach cramps and my tummy is rumbling the whole day. I can feel all the juices moving.

I saw another doctor who put me on digestive enzymes. Do you think that might help? I am so out of it I am ready to try anything .

It’s all trial and error with IBS.  Everyone is different with medication.  The only way of knowing is to wait and see whether the digestive enzymes work.  However, I would come off Mebeverine since it disagrees with you and maybe try Buscopan instead.  It is very mild and helps my pain.

Thanks pippa. Will try and get buscopan. Do i need a prescription to get it?

I’m in the UK and I can get it over the counter.

Will try to check here too

I find going to doctors stressful so I prefer getting it over the counter.

Will try that too. I am in the middle of an episode.

I just had a piece of cake and my tummy is rumbling like crazyyy.

Do you think the ingredients in the cake could be the culprits?

I m burping a whole lot too .

One can never be normal with this condition.

Grrrrrr...

If your symptoms atarted after eating cake, it may be a food trigger.  Avoid eating the cake to see if your symptoms die down. 

I thought so too. It's just so frustrating to live with tummy troubles. I feel my life has totally gone left. I fail to enjoy my days.i worry about the next pain and how bad it would affect me. I am very very anxious.

Hi pippa , have you ever experienced itchin when your tummy is rumbling.

Mine itches on my upper left side . Under my rib and on my back.

Weird!

I don’t experience itching; I only get pain and change of bowel habit. I don’t get rumbling sensations either.  The only time I had rumbling was last year when I was having diarrhoea.  Everyone gets different symptoms.

Since my diagnosis, I haven’t worried about my IBS, so it has stayed largely in remission.  My IBS only strikes if something else is worrying or upsetting me.  I try to avoid situations that I know cause me anxiety and concentrate on my hobbies and seeing friends.  All these things make me forget I have IBS.

Try concentrating on hobbies and light exercise to control your anxiety.  You could also ask your doctor about relaxation therapy.

Thanks pippa! I have actually noticed that when I concentrate on hobbies and hanging out with friends i forget about my tummy and doesn't feel any serious discomfort. You are very right,not paying attention to it helps.

I want to see my doctor so we can work on my anxiety.

It's really stopping me from having a good time,I always think my troubles will start and spoil my fun. It's almost like my brain tells me I am not able to have fun anymore coz I will get sick.

And I have to ACCEPT my diagnosis.

I always think the doctors missed something. It can't just be gerd or ibs or hiatal hernia. It's something scary and they can't put their finger on it. My mind is really disabling me.

And do you still watch you eat pippa? Coz I still do. And with IBS does it mean you will never eat any of the food that might have triggered your symptoms in the past? Or does it get better.

My IBS doesn’t cause me any food troubles but my GERD causes me trouble with highly fatty and spicy, rich foods though not as bad as before.  There are still fatty foods that I have to avoid such as salame because I can’t digest the fat and I vomit hours afterwards.

When I worried about doctors missing something, my symptoms were a lot worse.  When I concentrated on enjoyments and believed my doctor, I got better.