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Diagnosed with IBS…could it really be that?
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I am glad to see that IBS is an "I dont know" diagnosis, because this confirms what I thought it must be. I had diarreha every day for a year, except one day when I ate at KFC. I retired because of it. I went to see my primary physician 4 times that year. I did FODMAP over and over, until all that was left to eliminate was my medications. I stopped my PPI Omeprazole and in 2 days the diarreah ended. All that time it had been the PPI. I changed doctors.
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@seapen,
Congratulations on finding the cause of your diarrhea. It is always good to take a look at the medications you are taking and see if any could be the culprit. You did some great investigative work, and it helped.
Just wondering if you have started using another medication to replace the PPI?
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Hi,
I'm on my 7th Dr, 3 have left, the good ones and the other 3 were a waist of space unable to diagnose the simplest of health issues just peddling medications. My current Dr is from Holland and being proactive I believe is a keeper, she has my back thankfully.
As for medication we all react differently to medications, the secret being can we tolerate each one or not. Basically suck it and see is my attitude, but usually I react. I have run out of BP meds without being able to tolerate any and the same with T2 meds being forced to go to insulin as a last result. Can't tolerate antibiotics and must be administered by injection. I try to keep the list of meds to the essentials only, putting up with pain and only taking codine when absolutely ness. All my problems started with a serious bout of Champylabacta which almost killed me. Prior I had little problems with my health or with medications.
In my search for comfort I have tried a lot of "old wives tales", some with positive results but a lot with no results. I have tried probiotics, and biotics despite the controversy over their use. In the early days I cured the IBS but managed to undo it all with an accident an ensuing surgery and antibiotics.
I now self manage my health along with the guidance and acceptance of my GP and specialists. Some of what I do they tolerate simply because it makes me sort of comfortable and causes less problems than it is supposed to! The search for answers continues despite knowing what I have is incurable and untreatable, there is always hope. Without hope there seems to be no point of existing with what I'm dealing with. It is very difficult to treat the incurable or the unknown cause as with IBS.
Cheers