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Everyday has been a struggle lately...

by Anonymous

I have been suffering from an IBS flare up that has now lasted nearly a month and a half. The worst is when it gets bad while I'm at work. I find it so hard to concentrate and just want to cry and go home (but I can't!). It is very frustrating. Even my husband is starting to feel the wrath of my IBS because he is the one who has to deal with me when I am not feeling well. What I cannot stand the most is the nausea. I have tried everything - going to a doctor, who prescribed a medicine for me that I can't even take because it makes my vision blurry and I can't drive, I've tried the BRAT diet, which hasn't helped at all, ginger ale, anti-diarrheal medicine, anti-gas medicine. My symptoms just keep coming back. I feel like I am at my witt's end dealing with IBS. I just don't know what to do anymore. Do I just accept my fate that I will never feel good and always have to be within several feet of a bathroom?

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Everyday has been a struggle lately...

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Apr 08, 2010
 IBS Diarrahea
by: Carol

I have had IBS for years. I am 62 and am not sure where this is going for me.
I hate leaving the house in case I have an attack. For me it is diarrhea, I never know when or where it is going to happen. It is so fast that many times I can make it to the rest room. I always have a change of clothes and imodium with me when we leave the house.
I take Aliagn daily. Not sure if it helps that much. I no longer drink coffee, sodas, or any dairy products. But I still have attacks. I am thinking this may be the best there is. It sucks.
Apr 07, 2010
 Hello, there
by: Siān@IBS-Life

Thank-you for writing. You could be me, because the nausea caused by IBS is one of the worse parts for me, if not *the* worse, and it has often lasted for weeks. I too tried everything. Ginger capsules worked better for me than ginger ale or tea as the amount is a lot stronger. Also peppermint capsules for the same reason.

I call it *pea-green sick* when it is like that and I even walk carefully, in case one movement will start me vomiting.

I wonder if you were prescribed Metoclopramide? As that is what I take if I have to, but I did find it had side effects; I had been in a desperate situation for about two months when I went to the doctors' and was given that. I also tried Pepto Bismol for the nausea, although one week I went through about every non-prescription medication I could find to cure it.

I have not found an answer to this myself yet :\ and I feel for you deeply, because I know exactly how you feel and it is completely debilitating.

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