Irritable Bowel Syndrome
symtoms of ibs
symtoms of ibs
My doctor says I have IBS, I’ve thought I’ve had it for the last few years, but I’m trying to control it by not eating a lot of greasy or fatty foods. My doc have me previcide I think…I’m not quite sure though. How does a person develope IBS? It’s kind of embarassing, especially when I’m public & have to go home ’cause I have to go to the bathroom.

Chosen Answer:

I’ve had IBS for a long time now. I was diagnosed with it about 15 years ago. From my experience, a person has always had it but ignores the symptoms until they become bad enough or often enough that they see a dr, then it gets diagnosed. i think they go through adolescence thinking that it’s normal. Symptoms include living in a constant cycle of constipation/diarreah. There’s usually a lot of cramping and discomfort, and when you finally have to go to the bathroom, you have to go RIGHT NOW. I have taken medication for it twice, but the side effects were worse than the IBS so I stopped. I don’t take anything for it now…I rely on either working my schedule around it, or using the hypnosis. The diet changes helped, but with the hypnosis, diet didn’t make a difference – I could eat whatever I wanted without any episodes.

It’s often linked with anxiety and come hand in hand. I think that it’s just a condition that some people’s intestines are more sensitive than others.

For diet suggestions, I found this site/info helps…

http://www.helpforibs.com/

She has a cheat sheet of what you can eat and what to avoid for most people…

http://www.helpforibs.com/diet/cheatsheet.asp

I’ve also had very good luck with self hypnosis for this particular condition…I was able to for a full 3 months without any episodes at all. I suggest listening to the cd every 2-3 months to keep it working…if you can’t get to it from the link below, go to ebay and search for “IBS HYPNOSIS” and Woodland_Hypnosis’s product should come up. I highly recommend it as it worked miracles for me (I had to listen to it two days in a row for it to first start working).

http://cgi.ebay.com/RELIEVE-IRRITABLE-BOWEL-SYNDROME-IBS-USING-HYPNOSIS_W0QQitemZ220035333645QQihZ012QQcategoryZ122746QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I’m not sure if you experience anxiety or not (I do), but most times anxiety and IBS come together as a package deal. If so, I’ve used The Linden Method for anxiety and have found it very helpful also. It hasn’t gotten rid of all of the anxiety (yet), but I no longer get full blown panic attacks.

I am not affiliated in any way with any of the websites that I have listed here, I’m only stating what has worked for me.

I sincerely wish you the best of luck, and hope that those products help…they definitely did for me.
by: Sapphy
on: 20th July 07