Listen guys. I've had it. I've had enough. It's been 11 years with constant anxiety and fluctuations regarding my digestion. I'm having these repeated diarrhea flairs with depression and fatigue afterwards. And if I dont have a downright flair, I still struggle with discomfort and pain in my abdomen and also mood problems and cognitive disfunction. I've been providing for myself and others while having these severe symptoms. And I've had enough now. I'm 30. I want to enjoy my life again. Don't wanna have to think about this constantly. I have developed severe anxiety regarding what I eat because of these constant problems. And I literally feeling everything inside my gut. That's not normal. And I have to be treated. I don't care about what the doctors say, I know this is not life threatening on a physical level, but wth these symptoms I kinda wish it were. And I would finally be taken seriously and the fucking doctors would get off their asses to actually try to help me. I don't even feel comfortable having people over, because I sometimes have these absurdly gassy evenings, when I can't even fall asleep because I'm literally passing gass every 10 seconds for hours. And the gass stinks like hell. Like I feel so embarassed. I can't even talk to anybody about my symptoms because it's so embarassing. Literally wanna die right now. I've made an appointment with my doctor next week. And this time, I'm not gonna hold back. I'm gonna say, i want this to be over completely. Like I literally don't wanna have to think about my digestion ever again. I'm gonna do the FODMAP fuck for two weeks with a dietary person. Probabaly I wil still feel like shit. Then I'm gonna go back to the ritalin dose I had before my symptoms started. Who the fuck knows. Maybe my systems is so used to the constant stimulation through these meds, my digestive systems just doesn't know how to cope without em anymore. If all this doesn't work. I wanna get a test for my gut microbiome. Cause who knows. Maybe somekind of bad bacteria spread. My IBS started summer 2015. The year I graduated high school. I literally thought, wow, I'm free to do anything I want now and then these symptoms started. I had a second antibiotics treatment for a severe tonsilitis. But I also quit my Ritalin and started going vegan. So yeah. I have no idea what started it. But I'm going to find a cause. I hope it's not the Ritalin, cause I hate that stuff. But if it helps with the IBS, I don't care, you'll see me taking those pills for the rest of my life.

What I've done so far:

- Various tests regarding food intollerance: lactose, fructose, gluten, all negative, gluten one I did twice

- MRI of the whole intestine, Colonoscopy, all clear

- Several Stool- and blood-tests, all negative

- SIBO negative

- I even tried the antidepressants on my own accord, they didn't alleviate the IBS

- Therapy, sure felt good, but didn't have a lasting healing impact on my system.

It's weird cause I've also had times when my symptoms were manageable, and my stools were almost normal. But I don't know the cause. And that's whats crazy. I can't rely on my self anymore. How am I supposed to live like this?

Hello all! My mom, an IBS sufferer for years, was taken to the ER last week as everything had "stopped". Turned out she had a sigmoid volvulus, which was untwisted via scope, then a resection to remove the limp noodle section of the colon 2 days later. She is 2 days post op and actually feels great and is on solid foods already (this surprised me, I had assumed she'd be on a liquid diet for some time.)

She has had a small appetite and apprehension for years towards eating many things out of fear of exacerbating her gut issues. I am wondering for those who have had a similar surgery - did this actually improve your IBS? She seems to be feeling so much better in regard to symptoms now, and I'm wondering if this is more of a temporary relief after having such an acute event, or what the long term outlook for this may be?

Just wondering about peoples' experiences as I have very little resource or knowledge on the subject. We haven't even been able to ask the surgeon any questions directly due to the overextended medical system here, but I am wanting to make life as easy for her as possible. Thank you! 😊

Hello! I’m wondering if anyone had tried this medicine for ibs it’s called Libertrim Alfa which contains trimebutine maleate, simethicone, and alpha-D-galactosidase.
I saw a doctor in Mexico for a second opinion on my gastrointestinal issues and she prescribed it to me so I’m just wondering if anyone had had any luck with it or bad effects. Thank you!

I'm on 20mg isotretionin a day and experiencing gut issues like constipation (my bowel habits are all over the place, though thankfully I don't go more than 3 days without one), really loud and foul-smelling gas, and some stomach pain.

I drink a cup of coffee and immediately get stomach cramps and loud gurgling.

I eat an apple and instantly bloat up with gas.

It feels like I can never catch a break.

My gastroenterologist prescribed two antibiotics: rifaximin and neomycin. He mentioned that I have SIBO and dysbiosis, both of which are being exacerbated by Accutane.

Does anyone have experience with this? I already tried probiotics and they made things worse. I'm anxious about taking these antibiotics because of side effects and several posts I've read on Reddit about potential die-off.

I am basically looking for reassurance that I am justified to try reaching out to another doctor at this point?

Long story short - I got PI IBS and SIBO in June. I have got a LOT better, but I still have some lower abdominal spasms/cramps and my stools are pretty much yellow, not fully formed, with lots of food in, floating etc. I haven’t had a full on loose stool/diarrhoea in two months.

All my test results have come back normal (stool/blood/colonoscopy/endoscopy) and my doctor has said the yellow stool is just due to fast transit time. Based on the food in the stools my transit time is about 1-2 days which isn’t that fast…

So, I think there’s more at play (an issue with gallbladder/liver (pancreas test was good), bile, SIBO remaining). I have flagged this to my doctor and he kind of just ignores me or says it’s just fast transit time. I did try Cholestyramine in the summer and I spent two days throwing up/diarrhoeaing - no clue why!

At this point should I just go to another doctor for some screening of my other organs and do another SIBO test? Tbh I don’t know why I’m asking - I know something is still wrong I think I either want some agreement/support or reassurance that this is just likely PI IBS healing.

For the past few months, I've been dealing with extremely loud, uncontrollable stomach gurgling, bubbling, and gas noises (borborygmi), mostly on the left side of my abdomen.

It usually happens after eating, sometimes even during meals, and can last for hours. I don't have any pain, just occasional bloating, trapped gas, and constipation.

The strange thing is that my stomach becomes completely quiet for hours after a proper bowel movement.

My doctor diagnosed me with IBS and prescribed medication, which helped about 50%, but the noises returned after stopping some of the medications.

It's honestly affecting my daily life. I'm constantly anxious about eating around people because the noises are so loud and embarrassing.

Has anyone experienced something similar and actually found a long-term solution? Could constipation, SIBO, or something else be causing this?

I'd really appreciate hearing what worked for you..

19 female 40kg 5'3, for more than 3 month's I am facing constipation sometimes it's worse sometimes things gets okay but now it's getting more and more worser and weirder, my stool right now is normal but someday it's loose somedays hard, even after letting all out i feel something is stuck there I feel slight itchiness sensetion like pinworms around the anus, there is no blood in my stool. Maybe it's because my frequent habit of eating raw rice I was addicted to eating atleast 2 tablespoon around raw rice 7-10 times a day and now i am thinking of overcoming this,

I searched up my symptoms on the internet and it frightened me as my symptoms are not normal and I can even have Ibs

Please help me to understand this.

What should I tell the doctor so he can better treat me in right direction

Coffee helps me have BM, I have never taken a laxative, magnesium citrate or anything else for it.

I’ve heard that it can irritate your stomach. Should I continue drinking it?

I’ve been struggling with anemia most of my life, along with ibs. I’m wondering if the two could be related. The last three times I’ve been to the doctor for bloodwork and a status on the anemia, I have been told I’m still anemic despite taking supplements. They tell me it’s because I’m a menstruating woman, and I’ve repeatedly had to explain that since starting birth control many years back, my periods a so light it’s basically just spotting. I’ve also been anemic since long before I went into puberty.

I don’t really see any particular reason I would be anemic. I eat meat daily, including red meat and liver fairly often. I take my iron supplements (50-100 mg) with vitamin c, and I avoid coffee and dairy 2 hours before and after taking them.

I’d like to find the root cause of the anemia mainly because the supplements are really rough on my stomach and worsens my ibs d. I’ve experimented with lower doses and liquid iron, but it doesn’t move the needle on my blood tests. Right now I’m taking my supplements only when I’m on my period and I guess that’s why I’m still anemic.

I guess my main question is if anyone else has a similar issue and how they manage.

Additional information; my ferritin is 9 and my iron is 6. I asked my doctor if I could get an iron infusion to help me along and spare my gut, but I was denied because I had a ferritin of 3 and iron 3 last year so technically I’ve been worse.
Also I’ve tested negative for celiac but I have a gluten sensitivity.

I have pretty bad visceral hypersensitivity. I feel the pain, the gas, the gurgling. If i don't poop EVERYTHING OUT, I can sense it still in my body. I poop every single day yet I wake up every morning feeling constipated ?? Mornings are horrible beause I can feel all the poop sitting in my colon, even the tiiiiniest bit. I don't really struggle with going to the bathroom, I have prucalopride in case of emergencies too. But, wow I feel everything and it clicked when I realised i really shouldn't feel this raw sensation.

I have SIBO so it makes everything worse cos I feel so uncomfortable by the end of the day, though strated herbals this week so we'll see with that. Though I don't think it's only SIBO that's doing all this and the hypersensitivity got worse over time. Defs have IBS M.

Started the Nerva app + pelvic floor therapy as well, tackling this at every front.

I've taken atidepressants when I was younger and I'm not scared of them tbh, so i'm curious, did ami or any SSRI help you out with this?

Hi friends!

I’m going to the gastro finally to figure out what the helll is going on.

I’ve been dealing with IBS-C on and off for years. I was hospitalized in 2020 with colitis. They did a colonoscopy etc and everything generally looked fine. The major outlier was very low ferritin.

Anyway. I’m dealing with this again and it seems to be aggravated by running! Whenever I try to work out it gets worse. I also feel better when I avoid gluten. My ferritin is pretty normal now though still low.

Any tips for advocating for yourself at the gastro, or anyone else dealing with something similar??

TYIA