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IBS: How to get rid of or ease the symptoms?

Posted by vkzwkansas @vkzwkansas, Oct 23, 2011

I have tried about everything to get rid or ease the symptoms of IBS. I have had a colonoscopy, celiac test, ultra sound on uterus, endoscopy, food allergy test, etc. I had my gallbladder removed and that helped some. I have tried probiotics, dicyclomine, imodium, colestipol, staying away from wheat and corn products. Right now I am taking Aloecure and that isn't helping. Nothing seems to help ease the symptoms. Imodium will take care of the diarrhea when that is the problem but I still have to deal with multiple bowels movements and feeling of still having to go all day long, every day. Does anyone have any other ideas of what a person could try?

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laneyh | @laneyh | Jul 24, 2022
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I guess, like the yay in AA and NA, are you willing to do whatever it takes? dunno, fasting for sixteen hours would be hard for me. I did read somewhere that three square meals, rather than a bunch of smaller ones, which is usually recommended, sometimes works better, because it fits in in with the cycles of the tummy's digestive "waves" not medical advice, your mileage may vary

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Fasting 16 hrs for me is easy because I eat a big 6 pm dinner then have breakfast between 10:30 and 11am next day. I do have black decaf in am with pills I can’t eat on. I am also a big protein eater not sure this helps with the fasting.

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dragonfly123 | @dragonfly123 | Jul 24, 2022
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Fasting 16 hrs for me is easy because I eat a big 6 pm dinner then have breakfast between 10:30 and 11am next day. I do have black decaf in am with pills I can’t eat on. I am also a big protein eater not sure this helps with the fasting.

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cash bet is that it does, because protein, bigger meals, build up the blood sugar levels, but they stay up for a lot longer, than eating...well, seem to recall, as a "kid" first or second year college, health science, possibly 101, back then, I was eating cereal in the morning, but the class showed the spike and rapid drop, in a graph, of blood sugar, and protein, went up slower, but stayed up longer, so I switched to oatmeal, boiled eggs, etc. in the morning, and sure enough didn't get "hangry" before lunch time...

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rsacker | @rsacker | Jul 24, 2022
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no worries. I got excited there for a minute.

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This may be a repeat. On the web (antennas up) I heard of a drug, FDA approved, ZAXINE, that is taken for 2 weeks then free of symptoms for 10 weeks. If someone from Mayo is tuned in please comment.
Rsacker PhD

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sonnie27 | @sonnie27 | Jul 25, 2022
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Does anyone know of a medication to relieve symptoms of IBS?

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Might want to google that drug. I just did. Personally I would only take it if I could not manage my IBS-D with diet anymore.

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hello1234 | @hello1234 | Jul 26, 2022
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I agree. I have found a diet that takes away my symptoms. However, I started taking dicyclomine for IBS. So far I have received relief from chronic abdominal pain. I still have urgency(I wear a pad so I can go out) and fecal leakage.
My colonoscopy last week was visually clear. Now waiting for biopsy results to see if I have micrscopic inflammatory disease.
I have been struggling with this for years. I have pretty much given up on a cure.

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Hi @rocknrobbn 😊 and @sonnie27
It is nice to meet you both! Can you please share some of the foods you eat each day on the diet that is working for you? It's so nice to hear that someone found a diet that takes away the IBS-D symptoms!

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nancykeenan | @nancykeenan | Jul 26, 2022
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Does anyone know of a medication to relieve symptoms of IBS?

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I took colostrymine powder and D stopped after a week. Can only get by subscription. Try it! Doesn’t say it is suppose to do that but my research, since I had no gull bladder made me try.

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sonnie27 | @sonnie27 | Jul 26, 2022
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Hi @rocknrobbn 😊 and @sonnie27
It is nice to meet you both! Can you please share some of the foods you eat each day on the diet that is working for you? It's so nice to hear that someone found a diet that takes away the IBS-D symptoms!

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Well it doesn't take away IBS-D. Other triggers for me are stress, anxiety and emotional issues. And then there is the temptation of eating certain foods while at home because you are craving them and can deal with the D because you are home. See above post of the FODMAP chart from @bsh171947.

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larue13 | @larue13 | Jul 26, 2022
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Hi @rocknrobbn 😊 and @sonnie27
It is nice to meet you both! Can you please share some of the foods you eat each day on the diet that is working for you? It's so nice to hear that someone found a diet that takes away the IBS-D symptoms!

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Below is the Fodmap food list.

Shared files

IBSDiets-FODMAP-chart (IBSDiets-FODMAP-chart.pdf)

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hello1234 | @hello1234 | Jul 26, 2022
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Below is the Fodmap food list.

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Thank you @larue13 😊 for the diet, this is great! Do you happen to know what patient population should use the "low" diet and who should use the "high" diet? If you have IBS with constipation dominant is that a different diet from IBS diarrhea dominant? Thank you again for jumping in to help!

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larue13 | @larue13 | Jul 26, 2022
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Thank you @larue13 😊 for the diet, this is great! Do you happen to know what patient population should use the "low" diet and who should use the "high" diet? If you have IBS with constipation dominant is that a different diet from IBS diarrhea dominant? Thank you again for jumping in to help!

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The Fodmap food list diet is for low solvable fiber. I believe that all IBS patients would benefit from the low fodmap diet.

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