Fibro and IBS - Fibromyalgia Message Board

fibrostuff · 06-19-2008, 02:19 PM

Does anyone with fibro and IBS experience IBS "flares"?

Like a lot of things with fibro, for me, symptoms come and go. Sometimes when a symptom comes back, I forget what its like!

My IBS seemed fine (maybe even several years?) up until a few weeks ago. Something I ate seems to have triggered it (got severe diarrhea) and now it is in full force.

-abdominal pain. Isn't always related to gas, not always relieved after BM.
-sometimes feels like the low level ache of period cramps
-diarhea/constipation
-gassy, bloated, uncomfortable

It's just more painful than I remember it to be. Eating mild foods helps only slightly. Soup and crackers still upsets the system.

Do your flares go away for a while, then come back and for how long?

Thanks!

Donna1964 · 06-19-2008, 05:57 PM

Hi,
I've had IBS for many more years than I have fibro. I would get it checked out because I started "getting it" much more often and worse and it wasn't the IBS at all. Next thing I knew I got pain every time I ate. Turns out it was my gallbladder which I had to have removed last year. Sometimes, even when we are pretty sure that it's chronic symptoms, we have to go get checked out for anything that is not quite right about them. Does that make sense?
Hope you get relief soon.
Donna

fibrostuff · 06-19-2008, 08:51 PM

Thank you for your response. I will go get it checked out. Do you still get IBS flare ups? Or are they gone since the gallbladder was taken out?

Moonlady · 06-19-2008, 09:54 PM

I get IBS flares. I had it real bad about a year ago for about 3 months straight... non-stop... and then after a short sharp pain in the right side of my stomach that woke me up from a dead sleep one night, everything seemed to go back to normal for a while.

And now I only have problems once in a while.. like today, my upper stomach felt so bloated that while I knew I was hungry, I felt full all day. I picked up some Extra Strength Rolaids Plus Gas Relief Soft Chews from Walmart today and after only eating one, I felt a lot better and don't feel near as bloated as earlier.

Donna1964 · 06-20-2008, 07:42 AM

I still get the IBS even after the gallbladder and for me it got worse after but at least I don't have the awful pain in the upper part of my stomach anymore. Sorry, no magic cure

.Just pay attention, it usually has triggers, mine does.
Hope you get better.
Donna