Iam 23 years old and have IBS for 2 years. i dont eat fast food anymore and am on librax. I find that when iam sitting in class if i havent eatin anything in about 3hours i start to get gas and pressure and it makes it hard to sit in class. any ideas ??

Too much acid in my stomach maybe ??

You can get gas from drinking soda, esp. if you have a good amt of stomach acid.

You can get gas from chewing gum & swallowing air. Some people develop a habit of just swallowing air -- without gum.

Of course it's also possible that the gas & pressure you are experiencing are the result of something you ate MANY hours earlier.

Have you tried taking a probiotic supplement, or yogurt with active cultures, on a daily basis? Some people find that is helpful for gas. When guts get taken over by the "bad bugs," there's usually more pain, bloat, & pressure than when the "good bugs" own the place.

Best wishes.

well i dont drink soda and chewing gum seems to help my problems. i tried takin actizymes for my stomach which seem to work for a wile but the problems come back later on . i also would take beano ounce in a while , helps wheni eat. but i think iam going to take a diff approach and look into possible food alergys maybe. thaks for your advise. When i would go out to a bar and dirnk a beer i have noticed that i can go longer without eating and not have as much stomach pain. i think cause the beer make me burp .

I have the same problem, if I don't get a chance to eat or am afraid to eat because of the pain and bloating, say if I'm going out ans still want to fit into a dress I won't eat, but that seems to backfire and I will get pain and bloating anyways, my dr told me that is definitely IBS because no matter what I do I stil get the pain and bloating and discomfort. What a miserable problem. What sucks is that they say IBS is not that big of a deal and no one can understand the misery involved unless they have it.