IBS? Look like I'm 6mo pregnant! HELP!!! - Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Message Board

Marsanne · 01-26-2005, 05:54 PM

I was diag. w/IBS just recently due to a tender stomach exam and intermittent diar. w/const. My stomach tends to "blow" up at night and by morning it is back down to normal size. But for the past few days it has blown up to a considerable size, very uncomfortable from my rib cage to groin it looks like I swallowed a watermelon! At first it was just uncomfortable and I was still passing stool normally, but last night and this morning there has been incredible sharp pains in my lower abdomen, feels like a "hot poker" in my rectum and the pain comes and goes the longest it lasted was 3 hrs. I layed down with a heating pad and it subsided a bit. I took a mild laxative this morning after this and nothing happened. I drank a bottle of magnesium citrate (spelling?) with no results. What the heck is going on? Is this IBS or should i go see a doc?

princesspea · 01-26-2005, 07:39 PM

I can tell you that I have experience what you are discribing...the bloating and pains. It is my IBS. I am a C and have taken lax. and mag.c with no luck before. I did go to a doctor though to make sure I wasn't impacted. I always say when in doubt go to the doc. He works for you so don't feel bad about repeatedly going in there. Now I don't go in for every little thing but, when I have a new symptom that worries me or is a significant change for me. I get checked out. This is just my experience and 2 cents. Hope it helps.

Love,

Jamie

Harry · 01-26-2005, 09:56 PM

Alot of time with bloating -- it means that your intestinal friendly bacteria is out of balance like an intestinal yeast infection/ candida.

Eating a good brand of yogurt and taking a probiotic supplement may help to re-balance the intestinal flora.

I like and use Stonyfield Farm yogurt -- it contains 4 additional active friendly cultures and it's organic. Yogurt contains very little lactose because the 2 cultures use to make it use up all the milk sugar(lactose) that we find it difficult to digest!

I also use Pearls by Enzymatic Therapy and PB-8 by Nutrition Now--- probiotics. They work for me!!

God Bless---Harry

princesspea · 01-27-2005, 12:59 PM

Harry thanks for the post!

I guess my gut figured out what you said before I knew why. I take a good probiotic with 4 bacteria. I never associated it with my gas going away but, I'm sure it helped. I just noticed the Yeast going away on my tongue. Thanks again!

Love,

Jamie

rush_rulz · 01-28-2005, 02:33 PM

Where are you guys finding the probiotic supplements? (I wonder if these would help my IBS symtpoms as well as my Siunitis which is ruining my life too!)