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I.B.S Question
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Can certain types of food change your status with the diarrhoea and consipation?
I've been ok for about 2months now and today i've had Nando's (chicken and peri peri chips)
will this effect my stools? as i now have a very bad feeling i will be shitty for england tonight... has this happened to any of you?
I've been ok for about 2months now and today i've had Nando's (chicken and peri peri chips)
will this effect my stools? as i now have a very bad feeling i will be shitty for england tonight... has this happened to any of you?
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Still, price worth paying, I say.
damn i hate i.b.s.....
how long have you all had it for? ive had it about 2 years now.
Im like that, i tell a few people, but not loads, i feel so awful aswel when i go round to people's houses and turn down food
I have to admit though and say one of the main things which made mine worse was the pill. I've just swapped to the mini-pill and the change between the before tablet and after is noticable.
god, i know exactly what you mean. i don't think people get how ill it makes me, cause the symptoms i have are not exactly the kind of things you like to share.
say to someone you were up all night throwing up, and they'll have all the sympathy in the world for you. but try telling someone you've been up 3 nights in a row crapping your brains out and see how quickly a conversation can die.
about 15 years. but it's only started to get really bad the last 5 years or so. pain in the arse. pun intended.
Because unfortunately when i took the combined pill for two years i ended up pretty ill from it but didn't realize until an optician told me (strange but true) that the pill could be causing my health problems. In some cases the pill can cause nausea/stomach problems, not sure how but it did. So for someone with ibs it can lead to bad problems.
I can pretty much cure my ibs with diet regulation and exercise but now taking the mini pill i am starting to suffer again. Bah fecking being female is shite
Kaffrin, know exactly what you mean. People tend to swerve towards the fact that i'm thin, exercise and eat healthly and believe (wrongly) that i have some sort of disorder. I can't be arsed with explaining the truth as it's not something i'm particuarly fond of conversing about :rolleyes:
How have people gone about telling their partners when trying to explain the situation?
have found it best to try and make jokes about it. and being totally honest works too. with mr. kaff, he was aware of it right from the word go, and i warn him if he might need to evacuate the room or open a window. we have a laugh about it, and then we get on with life.
you have an illness. it's not your fault. if they don't understand, that's their problem.
but it depends which i.b.s you have, and that depends on what actions are taken.
i have ibs -c
is that what you have lil-miss? if so what are u taking
i get prescribed colofac pretty much permanently, which helps with cramps quite spectacularly. you can buy it OTC as 'colofac IBS', but it's quite expensive, i think.
peppermint oil is said to help, but i think only works for quite mild attacks, as had no effect at all on me. except it tasted lovely when i burped!
i also get stemetil for nausea attacks, and loperamide (sp?) for, um, other attacks.
and remegel is your friend if heartburn strikes.
I have no idea what type of IBS I have.
Well.... ibs-c is just constipation
ibs-d is diarrhea
ibs-a is alternative between c & d
and i think ibs-b is bloated but im not sure on that one.
this might help you figure out which one u are...
i used to be c but have sort of grown out of it a little bit by watching my diet.
Aimz erm where did all the letters come from?
IBS is basically all those things rolled into one is it not? Well going along that i used to be IBS - A (as in all of them)
I don't bother with tablets, tried about four different types and gave up. Especially when the doctors prescribed colofac, went back two months later after no go and the doctor re-prescribed them even after i said they didn't work :rolleyes: wank*** honestly. I'd probably go towards the herbal remedies myself things like peppermint, ginger or charcoal tablets. I always did find if i took proper tablets like imodium that it would work for a day and then come back twice as bad the day after. Hypnosis is supposed to be good as a lot of IBS is triggered by panic and nerves (mine used to be).
i had many questions one which was: Is there one specific type of ibs? and they told me the a / c / d thing to make me understand easier, so when someone spoke about their type of ibs (if you had more constipation than diarrhea) you would relate to that specific thread instead of wasting hours trying to find someone to relate to....
so in a sense there is different types of ibs, but there are different types of nearly everything, so i wouldnt be surprised if there were more types...
Sorry if i confused you sweetie