jilliscool
12-22-2005, 10:29 PM
I've taken monodox antibiotic for acne for 5 months. A month ago I got horrible cramps and then a week and a half ago diarreah started. So last monday I went to a doctor(she's not a gastroenterologist) and I got put on flagyl. No tests were taken but she seemed sure it was my antibiotic(needless to say I got off that). I read on the internet that it can take about 12 days for it all to go away. I thought I was getting better. I don't get those horrible cramps anymore. I do feel an urgent need to go, and my poop was normal yesterday and this morning but tonight at dinner after eating spaghetti and a little tomato sauce I had to urgently leave the table and I had some diarreah. Not as bad as it has been but it is so discouraging. and then I had to go another time like 20 min after that and just now I let out a tiny bit more out. I felt fine this afternoon. Very recently I've been burping more than usual. I used to never burp. It's not bad just noticable. Celiacs also runs in my family. I read that this is a sign of celiacs. And also I think I've lost weight because last year I was 98 lbs and when I went to the doctor I was 93. I have not changed my eating habits. IBS shouldnt make you lose weight. I also, very recently, have felt bloated. It's not that I don't feel finished after going to the bathroom. It's just that my stomach feels bloated.
I pray pray to god that I don't have IBS. I'd seriously would rather have Celiacs. At least you KNOW what can be done. How can I live my life. I'm 20 and how am I going to get a boyfriend if I have to urgently go to the bathroom at dinner? How am I going to have a sex life. I'm crying so hard. I hope I really do have antibiotics induced colitis because that can go away if you treat it. IBS never goes away. please help me. My doctor said if I don't get better in 10 days she'll refer me to a gastroenterologist. I'm waiting til after the weekend. I want my life back. I just want to be normal. I have a feeling I'm going to have to go to a Gastroenterologist. and I really thought I was getting better.
I pray pray to god that I don't have IBS. I'd seriously would rather have Celiacs. At least you KNOW what can be done. How can I live my life. I'm 20 and how am I going to get a boyfriend if I have to urgently go to the bathroom at dinner? How am I going to have a sex life. I'm crying so hard. I hope I really do have antibiotics induced colitis because that can go away if you treat it. IBS never goes away. please help me. My doctor said if I don't get better in 10 days she'll refer me to a gastroenterologist. I'm waiting til after the weekend. I want my life back. I just want to be normal. I have a feeling I'm going to have to go to a Gastroenterologist. and I really thought I was getting better.
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tatootie
12-23-2005, 05:54 AM
First off, you have to relax, and dont panic ! That will make it so much worse. IBS isnt so bad once you learn how to live with it. You actually can end up healthier because you realy have to eat and drink right. You will get it all figured out - just takes a little time.
peace
peace
danimal15
12-27-2005, 04:45 PM
I agree - try to relax. If you eat the proper diet and don't get too stressed out, you can live an almost normal life. Plenty of people with IBS get married and have kids. I'm a guy, and I've dealt with my wife's minor health problems over the years and she with mine. She doesn't have IBS and neither do I, but I'm sure if that had been the case with her it wouldn't have stopped me from falling in love with her and wanting to marry her. I'm sure things will work out fine.
Fizzickle
01-09-2006, 08:52 PM
Jill
I'm guessing you're still dealing with a touch of c.difficile colitis. I had it about six months ago, the result of taking a broad spectrum antibiotic for another problem. I had to take two rounds of flagyl. If flagyl hadn't worked, the gastroenterologist said he would have gone to vancomycin.
So don't panic. c.diff is difficult to eliminate (no pun intended), and it certainly causes one to question the indiscriminate use of broad spectrum antibiotics because of their tendency to cause c.diff. colitis.
This isn't going to keep you from having a social life. Even if this is IBS, you can work around most any physical problem if there is mutual attraction between a couple..
Good luck,
Bill
I'm guessing you're still dealing with a touch of c.difficile colitis. I had it about six months ago, the result of taking a broad spectrum antibiotic for another problem. I had to take two rounds of flagyl. If flagyl hadn't worked, the gastroenterologist said he would have gone to vancomycin.
So don't panic. c.diff is difficult to eliminate (no pun intended), and it certainly causes one to question the indiscriminate use of broad spectrum antibiotics because of their tendency to cause c.diff. colitis.
This isn't going to keep you from having a social life. Even if this is IBS, you can work around most any physical problem if there is mutual attraction between a couple..
Good luck,
Bill
hake
01-10-2006, 09:43 AM
I wouldn't worry about it being permanant. I have IBS anyway but several months back I had antibiotic induced colitis. My gastrenologist said it can take a few months for the colon to get back to normal. Mine took about 4 months but I had a very severe case.
hake
01-10-2006, 09:46 AM
I have IBS anyway but I also had antibiotic induced colitis several months ago. My gastrenologist said it can take up to 6 months for the colon to get back to normal after something like that. Sounds like I was a little worse off though (became very ill and had to visit the ER) maybe yours will not last that long. I wouldn't get worried that it will be permanant.
odc
01-10-2006, 02:10 PM
I'm new here, and have dealt with IBS for several years.
Question: how long do your "bouts" with IBS typically last?
I'm used to having a couple of days of problems here and there, but have been feeling poorly with symptoms for the past week. Is a week's time unusual?
Thanks!
Question: how long do your "bouts" with IBS typically last?
I'm used to having a couple of days of problems here and there, but have been feeling poorly with symptoms for the past week. Is a week's time unusual?
Thanks!
Director
01-11-2006, 07:54 PM
I've written about this in the Digestive Disorders board, but had to make a point here about Clostridium difficile. My GI doctor did three rounds of vancomycin with me and we couldn't get rid of it. He finally proposed and we went ahead with a proceedure that is still considered experimental in the US. It was a fecal transfer with my wife as the donor. They took her sample and poured plain saline over it and through a filter which left a liquid with the "good bacteria" in it. They then did a colonoscopy where they inserted the liquid throughout my bowels. I was having uncontrollable "accidents", a couple in public and several at night in bed. This proceedure took care of the problem, but C. diff is sometimes very difficult to get rid of and it is usually brought on because of antibiotic useage. Something like 40% of the cases are contracted in the hospital and I was in the hospital having lung surgery (yes, they gave me antibiotics) about two years before the C. diff was finally diagoised. I do have IBS too, but the only problem I seem to have after getting rid of the C. diff is more gas than I use to have. It is pretty bad sometimes.