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I need help with my ibs

My name is Sarah I have had ibs for 5years I have chronic pain all the time I don't get
A break from it I have tryed many tablets that the doctors have prescribed from spasmodic to pain killers my problem is I am constipated and all the meds constipate me more but it's the pain that is the worse I have tryed to explained this to my specialist and he wants me to clean my bowls but I have done this many times and the pain is still there I feel like they are not listening I can go to work because the pain is really bad I did try but I got fired I feel like my life has stopped I have tryed everything from diets from the dietition to different tests I just don't know what to do I can't see a way around it I don't want to spend my life on the toilet and in really bad pain
Thank you for any help

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I need help with my ibs

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Jan 19, 2012
 Constant pain.
by: Siân@IBS-Life

I am so sorry. This constant pain factor was explained when I read 'Sophie's Story' (I reviewed it here)


'The interactions between our brain, central nervous systems and GI tracts are just not functioning properly. We have colons that react to stimuli that do not affect normal colons, and our reactions are much more severe.'

It is well worth ordering the book, because Sophie coped with this terrible pain for years until she found a dietary answer. She takes a fiber supplement, and magnesium tablets and found they worked, as like you, she suffered IBS with constipation.

I found that with IBS-D, codeine, Pepto Bismol and a hot water bottle all at the same time, helped about 50% of the pain. I have this year begun to take 4 tablets of fish oil supplements per day, because it has been shown they lubricate and ease the gut as well as joints and cartilage. While I still get uncontrollable diarrhea, the pain seems to be a bit more manageable -- that is the codeine seems to help rather than scraping 20% off the pain. (Then the codeine makes me really sleepy, so half the time I feel zombified, but I can't bear the pain)

Any of the above are worth trying for you, I think, and hope you find some ease.

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