Struggling to cope with ibs
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Hello, new to all this so bare with me.I have just recently been diagnosed with ibs after having blood test, stool test and ultrasound done, quite a shock to suddently be dealing with this, i'm 26 and feel my life is now on hold, I was put on mebeverine for a month and didnt stop the pains, so now on amitripyline for a month to see if this helps. Last month i was doing the low fodmap diet but as i was convinced i had an ovarian cyst i wasn't 100% strict with it, so started it properly now, I have been told to keep a food diary but my pain is constant i don't know how i can track this properly , since last November I have had constant pain, seems to travel all over, felt it in my thigh, and all over my back, upper and lower stomach, my ribs feel achy to touch, i find bending over i feel pain more, and when I am on the first day of my period it is very bad, had diarrhea with it, but calmed down to just once in the morning on most days, I worry about things like going to restaurants, and exercising again, i've read exercising helps i just worry it will make it worse, been advised by my doctor to go to holland and barrett and see what they have for ibs, anyone able to recommend anything?, I feel people arent taking me seriously like they see ibs as nothing and i'm always being asked why I am so quiet at times
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kevin30685 vixxy26
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I know it feels like your alone but I promise your amitripTyrone acts like an anti spasmodic which helps to stop reactors from the brain making the colon contracting causing pain in the abdomine . I would wait and see if they help what dose are you on?
I know I have prescribed up to 100mg at night before getting a right strength that works for certain people
All your pains are real but exercise does help but generic loperamide tablets which will help with the diarrhea
See how you get on with the medication it's trial and error sometimes but go back to your gp if there is no change or feeling any better
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I will go back to gym next week, take it easy at first, ive also been drinking peppermint tea after dinner as sometimes i feel that helps, just hope holland and barret have something that can help me.
I am going away this month and I am worrying what i can do about food.
kevin30685 vixxy26
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Go away and just watch what you eat
As I said take Imodium with you watch you don't eat greasy food
The bending over you never said where the pain was but if it's higher up near the bottom of your neck can be a hiatus hernia but that will be seen when you get your endoscopy
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p3t3r vixxy26
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Luckily after being on it for several weeks I was able to start introducing small portions of some foods back (you're supposed to be able to after just a few, but that was not true for me). If you cook your own food you can work your way around a lot of things, e.g. onions and garlic are bad, but you can use garlic infused oil and the tops of spring onions. The most difficult one for me was fruit. Loads of fruits are on the "bad list" - just about anything with a pip/stone, although oranges are OK.
Maybe one of the anti-spasm tablets will work for you; they didn't for me. Take a look at the side effects though; they all have several.
vixxy26 p3t3r
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I am going to look around at other stuff i can take for ibs.
p3t3r vixxy26
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Veg is more difficult; luckily I like spring greens and cabbage (you can't have savoy cabbage though). Peppers are fine as are tomatoes, courgettes and aubergines, so you can also make a kind of ratatouille. Stuffed peppers are good; it's a dish I'm still eating. Surprisingly I found that canned beans in water were OK - the water leaches out the sugars, so if you give them a good rinse you should be able to have a helping. It's the opposite of what makes garlic infused oil work - the sugars won't dissolve into oil, so you don't get the bad parts of the garlic.
Plenty of meals are OK. I do a sea bass with shredded ginger, chillies and the green part of spring onions. Serve with spinach and new potatoes sauteed with a few lardons.
As you can tell, I did a lot of research. But then I like my food and I certainly wouldn't have coped with scrambled egg and lettuce every day.
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Luckily I now seem to be able to eat small portions of all of these again without too much problem.
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