I hope to find some answers with this please! - Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Message Board

xblondeangel650 · 11-26-2008, 04:17 AM

I have IBS-C,Chronic Idiopathic Constipation,and Gastritis with being Bipolar Manic,sounds like alot right? I guess there all linked together in some crazy way,but my stomach issues have definately become worse,when I take my Senokot Laxatives,I can't seem to go to the bathroom.Is there any type of suppliments or new medications for this now? I've done alot of research,but I can't seem to get new results.I'm suffering alot with pain and I don't want to miss anymore work with my conditions,please help!

robinegg · 11-26-2008, 05:03 AM

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hi
You might like to consider Celiac disease also have you had any blood tests done like B12 esp if you have gastritis....Gluten can really play havoc if you have a problem with it

xblondeangel650 · 11-26-2008, 07:08 AM

I have done research on that too but the doctor didn't give me a blood test for that I don't think,also I'm Lactose Intolerant.I don't know if Celiac Disease would make me severely constipated though,I definately have that.This has been going on for the past 5 years,I went too 2 different doctors already and they are expensive as hell!Thanks for replying to me though!

java junkie · 11-26-2008, 09:55 AM

I found out I not only had celiacs but I also found out other foods were causing problems in my intestine as well. I really had no idea about the wheat part but I did suspect I was having problems with other foods. I went on the ThinkRite program and used their blood test. 6 weeks later my IBS as well as fatigue was gone. I was constantly anxous too and that is also going away now.

robinegg · 11-26-2008, 08:07 PM

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Hi There

If you are Lactose intoerant the chances of you being celiac are very high. A lot of celiacs have a intolerance to lactose once going gluten free for a while the lactose can be reintroduced slowly rather successfully.......

Celiac is a funny thing if you have it as a child the symptoms seem to cahnge throught your life at least this has been docummented for some.........

Constipation is common in celiac not just loose bowels there are a lot of symptoms and even if you have mild damage bloods won't necessarily pick it up so it is tricky even doing biopsies the damage is not always consistent so it depends were they take the samples......... one can have loose stools constipation, pale stools, bulky stools, greasy stools....(I had them all) they can be super smelly because of sterrohea ,,lots of gas and it is smelly (when I first realized about gluten I went through a lot of denile and I would eat it and because with me I don't react straight away I thought I didn't have that but it would soon catch up with me a major thing was very smelly gas (sorry to be graphic) my children would say "mum you have been eating gluten again". Ohhh they always keep me in checkLOL you can get joint pains, stomach pains, neasea heaps of things but you don't have to have all of them another common connection is gallstones.

Constipation is also a
symptom of B12 deficiency can be caused from celiac which happened to me one can be deficient in the following also VitD, Folate, & iron because they are absorbed in the gut I was deficent in all my ferritin was getting lower but not anemic.......

You could always try to go gluten free for a few months at least to see if you are better it shouldn't do any harm.........But you need to be very pedantic about not having any not even a crumb.......

I would strongly recommend having some blood tests and also do some research on gluten to find out more......I am in no way saying this is a fact but the bipolar may be connected in there somewhere......

I wish you luck