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IBS - mixed. Are there medications for this?

Posted by savvyme1 @savvyme1, Mar 28 11:02pm

I was diagnosed with IBS -D in 2009. Later. this switched to IBS-C. Now, I would say it is Mixed.
My Gastroenterologist gave me a food restriction chart. That’s it.
I am I interested in what medications might be helpful?

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exeter | @exeter | Jun 6 4:14am

Yes, Overactive Bladder. It used to be treated with OTC meds but there were too many side effects. Now it is treated with Medtronics (Inter-stim) - implantation of device to control leakage. At my age (or any age) I would not want to be implanted.

I'd rather just have the side effects the OTC meds gave you-- dry eyes, etc.

There are different treatments now, but all of them seem to have some kind of implantation.

I just depend on Depends.......

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Lisa Lucier, Moderator | @lisalucier | Jun 6 8:32am
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@exeter

Yes, Overactive Bladder. It used to be treated with OTC meds but there were too many side effects. Now it is treated with Medtronics (Inter-stim) - implantation of device to control leakage. At my age (or any age) I would not want to be implanted.

I'd rather just have the side effects the OTC meds gave you-- dry eyes, etc.

There are different treatments now, but all of them seem to have some kind of implantation.

I just depend on Depends.......

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Hi, @exeter - thanks for clarifying.

Do you also have a tortuous/redundant colon?

@farmersmith - were you saying that with your redundant colon and working to manage your regularity, stress control has played a role in that?

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exeter | @exeter | Jun 6 9:08am
In reply to @lisalucier "Hi, @exeter - thanks for clarifying. Do you also have a tortuous/redundant colon? @farmersmith - were..." + (show)
@lisalucier

Hi, @exeter - thanks for clarifying.

Do you also have a tortuous/redundant colon?

@farmersmith - were you saying that with your redundant colon and working to manage your regularity, stress control has played a role in that?

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No, not that I know of. Just IBS M - Mixed - sometimes diarrhea, sometimes constipation.
I don't feel as if I have stress problems. I'm not anxious and I have no other issues.

I'll look that up to see what it is, but I know I don't have it.

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exeter | @exeter | Jun 6 9:27am
In reply to @lisalucier "Hi, @exeter - thanks for clarifying. Do you also have a tortuous/redundant colon? @farmersmith - were..." + (show)
@lisalucier

Hi, @exeter - thanks for clarifying.

Do you also have a tortuous/redundant colon?

@farmersmith - were you saying that with your redundant colon and working to manage your regularity, stress control has played a role in that?

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I looked up tortuous redundant colon and it sounds a lot like Crohn's disease which my son-in-law had when he was about 20 years old. He had a stoma on the side of his abdomen and did very well with it.

No, I don't have that. I'm sorry if that is what you are dealing with. He never complained but later on had short-bowel problems. Lived with it for 50 years. Never complaining about it.

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Lisa Lucier, Moderator | @lisalucier | Jun 6 10:25am
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@exeter

I looked up tortuous redundant colon and it sounds a lot like Crohn's disease which my son-in-law had when he was about 20 years old. He had a stoma on the side of his abdomen and did very well with it.

No, I don't have that. I'm sorry if that is what you are dealing with. He never complained but later on had short-bowel problems. Lived with it for 50 years. Never complaining about it.

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Hi, @exeter - you might be interested in these Mayo Clinic Connect discussions on IBS M (Mixed):

- IBS - mixed. Are there medications for this? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ibs-mixed-are-there-medications-for-this/

- Size of poop https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/size-of-poop/

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